Director of Legal Recruitment & Retention

The Office of the District Attorney Bronx County (BXDA) is charged with the twin goals of ensuring public safety and striving for equal justice for the over 1.4 million members of the Bronx County community. By Pursuing Justice with Integrity the BXDA places a focus on assistance for crime victims while simultaneously ensuring fairness to defendants. Moreover the BXDA aims to balance the need to seek appropriate punishment for certain crimes while recognizing when punitive measures do not adequately advance justice. By recognizing these significant distinctions and acting accordingly BXDA has established a standard of excellence in the representation of the Bronx community at large which continues to grow stronger every furtherance of this mission the BXDA seeks an experienced and enthusiastic Director of Legal Recruitment & Retention.

The Bronx District Attorneys Office seeks a highly organized and detail-oriented Director of the Legal Recruitment and Retention Bureau. The ideal candidate for this position will contribute to the strategic leadership and operational oversight of the Bronx District Attorneys Offices attorney and intern talent lifecycle from recruitment and hiring through onboarding mentorship professional development engagement and retention. Reporting to the Chief of Legal Recruitment and Retention the Director designs and executes a comprehensive data-driven talent strategy that builds sustainable pipelines for future attorneys and professional staff while supporting the long-term success and engagement of the Offices current Legal workforce. The Director serves as a strategic contributor to the development and sustainment of a positive inclusive and high-performing work culture. This role serves as the central authority for attorney and intern recruitment operations and retention initiatives collaborating closely with bureau chiefs executive staff training leadership and external partners to ensure alignment with the Offices mission of justice equity and public service. This role requires periodic travel to attend law school outreach events job fairs on-campus interview (OCI) programs and other recruitment-related engagements.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Leadership & Bureau Operations

- Support the Chief of Legal Recruitment & Retention in advancing the bureaus strategic vision priorities and performance objectives.
- Contribute to the day-to-day management and operations of the Legal Recruitment & Retention Bureau including coordination of workflows timelines and deliverables.
- Supervise and mentor assigned recruitment retention and administrative staff supporting accountability workload management and professional development in alignment with bureau leadership direction.
- Assist in the development implementation and refinement of bureau policies procedures and internal workflows to promote consistency transparency and operational excellence.
- Oversee and coordinate NYCAPS personnel transactions related to attorney hiring onboarding transfers and other personnel actions ensuring accuracy timeliness and compliance with applicable procedures.

Attorney & Intern Recruitment Strategy

- Partner with bureau leadership to design and implement comprehensive recruitment strategies for entry-level and lateral attorneys across all bureaus.
- Support and coordinate end-to-end hiring processes including workforce planning outreach application review interviews background checks offers and onboarding logistics in alignment with leadership guidance and approvals.
- Assist in managing attorney and intern recruitment pipelines ensuring processes are equitable efficient and responsive to organizational needs.
- Contribute to the recruitment and coordination of interns at all levels including high school college law school and graduate programs to support intentional pipeline development.
- Build and maintain productive relationships with law schools colleges and universities bar associations affinity organizations and community partners to strengthen and diversify recruitment pipelines.
- Coordinate support and attend job fairs career fairs and on-campus interview (OCI) programs in partnership with the Chief of Legal Recruitment & Retention and bureau leadership.
- Serve as a point of contact for law schools and academic institutions regarding recruitment events OCI scheduling interview logistics and follow-up communications.
- Assist in planning recruitment calendars including identifying priority schools conferences and outreach opportunities aligned with pipeline and diversity goals.

Mentorship Internship & Pipeline Program Support

- Assist in the development execution and continuous improvement of structured mentorship and internship programs for interns entry-level attorneys and lateral hires.
- Support program design elements including learning objectives supervision models evaluations and feedback mechanisms.
- Partner with training staff bureau leadership and supervisors to ensure mentorship and internship programs are meaningful compliant and aligned with professional development goals.
- Monitor program participation and feedback and elevate insights and recommendations to bureau leadership to inform program enhancements and retention strategies.

Retention Engagement & Work Culture

- Support leadership-led retention strategies focused on engagement career progression organizational integration and workforce sustainability.
- Assist in the administration and analysis of stay interviews exit interviews surveys and other feedback tools to identify trends and potential attrition risks.
- Contribute insights and recommendations related to workforce morale engagement and culture serving as a thought partner to the Chief and executive leadership.
- Support the planning coordination and delivery of professional development programming for legal staff including onboarding integration and ongoing learning initiatives.
- Support initiatives that foster a positive inclusive and respectful work culture where attorneys interns and staff can thrive.

Interpersonal Skills & External Relationship-Building

- Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to collaborate across roles bureaus and leadership levels.
- Cultivate and sustain external partnerships that advance recruitment pipeline development and the Offices reputation as an employer of choice.
- Navigate sensitive matters with discretion diplomacy sound judgment and professionalism reinforcing trust and collaboration.

-All other duties as assigned.

ADMIN COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPEC - 1002F

Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and four years of satisfactory full-time community liaison community organization or community relations experience at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibility for planning organizing coordinating developing evaluating and/or administering a large community service program or activity; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in 1 above at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in 1 above; or
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. Undergraduate education above the high school level may be substituted for the community liaison community organization or community relations experience but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in 1 above at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience up to a maximum of 4 years. Graduate education beyond the baccalaureate degree may be substituted for the community liaison community organization or community relations experience but not for the two years of broad administrative or policy-making experience described in 1 above on the basis of 30 graduate credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience up to a maximum of 2 years. However all candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational
equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity with responsibilities as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time