Manager, Entry-Level Recruiting

Practice Group / Department:

Entry-Level Recruiting

Job Description

We are a global law firm with a powerful strategic focus and real momentum. Our industry-focused strategy is seeing us take on pioneering work in places that others have yet to reach. Our shared values define our culture and our workplace. You will find us to be unusually collegial, team-oriented, and ready to innovate. We work seamlessly across practices, offices and around the world. This elimination of boundaries has allowed us to evolve into a law firm that works as hard for its culture as it does for its clients.

Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Entry-Level Recruiting team to lead the recruiting efforts in our Houston office and provide support to the firm-wide legal recruiting team in all aspects of entry-level recruiting.  

The manager is responsible for assisting all aspects of the entry-level non-partner lawyer recruiting functions and works closely with the Hiring Committee, diversity, equity, and inclusion professionals, and other internal constituents to support broader firm projects related to the recruiting, development, and retention of legal talent. The manager will assist in the development of strategic direction and implementation for lawyer recruiting at the local office level, while executing firmwide initiatives and strategy. This position will build strategic relationships with career services personnel and key law student groups in the region. The manager is also responsible for providing support to successfully grow the firm through proactive entry-level recruiting efforts in a manner consistent with the firm’s strategic goals.   

The position is based in our Houston, Texas office. Flexibility to work outside of regular business hours, including evening and weekends, will be required during peak recruiting seasons. Some travel will be required. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Working proactively with the local office Hiring committee, Senior Manager of Entry-Level Hiring, and other legal recruiters across the firm to anticipate and determine summer associate and entry-level hiring needs and goals 
• Recruiting the highest quality of law students and judicial clerks by fostering strong relationships with local law school career services offices, campus outreach efforts, on-campus interviews, and callback interviews
• Creating and implementing best practices for entry-level recruiting at select national and local law schools 
• In collaboration with office hiring partner, responsible for the identification of interview teams, active management of candidate communications and follow-up efforts, and offer management
• Developing and executing the office’s summer associate program; this includes budgeting, planning, and implementation of the program’s social calendar; development and implementation of orientation program; management of work product; management of summer associate evaluation process; development and implementation of summer associate training programs in collaboration with Talent Development team; and management of the offer process and follow-up efforts 
• Working with stakeholders to implement onboarding, integration, and development programming for entry-level lawyers 
• Supervising and maintaining data entry, recruiting records, and budgets for responsible office, school team(s) and summer program 
• Managing