Recruitment Specialist

Our client is seeking a full-time Attorney Recruiting + Development Specialist to join its Talent Team. This role will lead and support the full-cycle recruitment of lateral associates, partners, and temporary attorneys.

The Attorney Recruiting + Development Specialist will serve as a strategic partner to firm leadership and hiring partners, helping to drive a thoughtful, efficient, and high-touch approach to lateral hiring. The position will work closely with the Chief Talent + Culture Officer and an Attorney Recruiting + Development Assistant to deliver an exceptional candidate experience and support long-term talent objectives.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a proactive recruiting professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership of complex hiring initiatives, builds strong relationships across the firm, and contributes to the continuous improvement of recruiting processes, programs, and policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and finalize search descriptions with hiring partners for lateral associate, partner, and temporary attorney searches.
• Coordinate the launch and distribution of searches internally and through recruiting agencies, including maintaining search infrastructure, intake forms, tracking spreadsheets, and recruiting systems.
• Participate in recruiting strategy, pipeline, and hiring discussions with firm leadership, hiring partners, and recruiting agencies.
• Review resumes, evaluate candidate qualifications, and assess alignment with hiring needs.
• Prepare candidate presentations and related materials for hiring partners.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for candidates, recruiting agencies, and hiring partners.
• Manage active candidate pipelines, process submissions, conduct agency follow-ups, track outstanding items, and maintain accurate recruiting data and reporting.
• Conduct first-round associate interviews and participate in candidate evaluations.
• Oversee interview scheduling and logistics and provide guidance to the Attorney Recruiting + Development Assistant.
• Advise hiring partners regarding interview feedback, hiring recommendations, and next steps.
• Collaborate with firm leadership on compensation recommendations and offer terms.
• Draft and distribute hiring memoranda in support of hiring recommendations.
• Extend offers, draft offer letters, prepare offer packages and benefits materials, and manage communications throughout the offer process.
• Oversee conflicts and background-check clearance in partnership with the General Counsel, department leaders, and Human Resources.
• Coordinate attorney onboarding, including start dates, pre-start communications, first-day logistics, office assignments, building access, technology setup, and calendar coordination.
• Facilitate attorney integration and orientation, including training, announcements, firm tours, cross-department introductions, and ongoing check-ins.
• Close searches by updating recruiting systems, archiving search records, and communicating with recruiting agencies.
• Process placement invoices and maintain recruiting budget tracking and reporting.
• Coordinate collection of new-hire performance feedback from practice group partners.
• Oversee recruiting agency agreements and support contract negotiations.
• Update annual compensation and benchmarking data, conduct market research, and monitor industry trends.
• Develop and refine recruiting procedures, checklists, and workflow documentation to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Provide guidance and support to the Attorney Recruiting + Development Assistant.
• Serve as a trusted ambassador of the firm through professionalism, sound judgment, discretion, and exceptional client service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of attorney recruiting experience within a top-tier law firm environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruiting processes with increasing independence.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a polished, client-focused approach.
• High level of discretion and commitment to confidentiality.
• Proactive, resourceful, and able to operate independently while knowing when to escalate.
• Strong attention to detail and flexibility in a dynamic environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• ATS experience preferred.