Senior Specialist: Legal Recruitment

Overview

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Human Resources department in our Chicago, or New York office, as a Senior Specialist: Legal Recruitment.

 

Responsible for providing support for all aspects of lateral, experienced attorney (non-partner) recruitment for all U.S. offices while maintaining a focus on the Firm’s diversity objectives.  May serve as the primary point person/lead for specific functions and practices in attorney recruiting.  May also provide support for business services recruitment.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions: 

Recruitment

• Supports initiatives for all aspects of lateral, non-partner recruiting (including lateral associates, counsel, staff attorneys and contract attorneys), obtains approvals to initiate searches, interfaces with search firms and utilizes other search tools such as LinkedIn and Legal Monitor, oversees applicant tracking, works with practice leaders on candidate selection process, schedules interviews, gathers feedback, coordinates offer decision process, drafts and finalizes offer letters, and manages candidate sell process
• Assists to develop a full range of candidate sourcing strategies and avenues, with an emphasis on strengthening direct sourcing capabilities and reducing our reliance on search firms for the full range of positions we fill
• Communicates with practice leaders and other attorneys to promote internal referral bonus programs
• Establishes a full slate of interviewers and provides support to practice leaders/sponsoring partners to implement best practices for effective in-person and virtual interviewing, candidate evaluation and feedback collection process; coordinating with local offices as necessary to coordinate an HR representative to greet candidates for meetings
• Tracks status of open positions, status of candidates, recruitment outcomes, recruitment of diverse candidates, etc. and provides updates as necessary for weekly and ad hoc reports
• Manage integrity of data in applicant tracking databases and procedures, including completion of necessary information for Mansfield Reporting purposes
• Manages lateral associate/attorney survey preparation, data compilation and report generation, such relevant NALP surveys, firm surveys, website components, and other recruiting materials
• Responsible for all aspects of experienced attorney recruiting including developing and maintaining relationships with search firms
• Administers contract attorney projects from candidate identification through project completion
• Coordinates recruiting efforts with other offices as appropriate
• Coordinates and assists with various office events as requested
• Supports business services recruitment as necessary

Qualifications

Education/Training/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the job.
• 3 years+ of experience in the Legal Recruitment industry; at a private sector law firm preferred

 

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of software tools such as LawCruit and Legal Monitor a plus; experience with similar database tools for applicant tracking; proficiency with MS Office Suite applications including Excel, Word and Outlook required.
• Advanced proficiency in virtual platforms such as WebEx and Zoom

 

Performance Traits:

• Ability to multi-task, take initiative, prioritize work and meet deadlines, strong service orientation, attention to detail and accuracy; high degree of professionalism; ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the appropriate discretion; exce