Senior Advisor: Human Resources

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 Washington, D.C. office, as a Senior Advisor: Human Resources.

The Senior Advisor: Human Resources provides specialist-level support for attorney HR functions in the Washington, D.C. office, working closely with the Attorney HR Manager and the U.S. Student Recruitment Team. Key responsibilities include onboarding, integration, retention and diversity initiatives, coordination of the summer associate program, and general HR transactions.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Recruitment:

• Supports the Firm’s student recruitment initiatives, including coordinating law school registration, preparing OCI materials, and managing resume collection and distribution
• Leads planning efforts and execution of the Summer Program, including event coordination, trainings, and orientation week meetings
• Prepares for and attends WDC summer program events
• Monitors and maintains summer program work assignment database
• Prepares mid-point and end-point review packets
• Manages LCLD job postings, facilitates resume collection, conducts candidate screen interviews and coordinates candidate interviews
• Collaborates with the U.S. Student Recruitment Team and HR Manager on law school events and outreach efforts
• Attends WALRAA meetings and monitors recruitment trends among Washington, D.C. law firms
• Partners with the HR Manager to support outreach for Post-Clerk events and other related recruitment functions
• Compiles data and generates reports as requested
• Coordinates interviewer materials and promotional collateral, including advertisements, brochures, and gifts; updates job postings as needed
• Tracks OCI dates and registration in partnership with the U.S. Student Recruitment Team
• Facilitate recruitment meetings when necessary
• Assists with planning New Lawyer Orientation for first-year Associates and Post-Clerks
• Leads the on-boarding process for fall associate class including extranet site, collection and tracking of information and paperwork, reimbursement for bar exam fees and relocation expenses, facebook, fielding questions; assists with coordination of orientation materials and first year training lunches
• Maintains applicant tracking and hiring statistics using LawCruit and FloRecruit databases, ensuring accurate candidate file management

Human Resources:

• Audits and monitors PeopleSoft data for Washington, DC attorneys to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Leads on-boarding process for all attorney new hires. Prepares new hire documentation, including conflicts clearance, relocation expenses, and orientation schedules; collaborates with relevant departments to complete all pre-employment tasks and oversees the pre-onboarding platform
• Leads employment verifications and maintains personnel records for attorneys
• Supports the HR Manager in administering short-term disability, long-term disability, and Workers’ Compensation programs for attorneys
• Maintains office headcount reports, attorney arrival/departure charts, and related tracking documents
• Processes HR department invoices and ensures timely submission
• Contributes to HR projects and initiatives, offering administrative and operational support
• Assists with arrangements for in-house training programs
• Leads the attorney offboarding processes, ensuring proper documentation and communication
• Partners with the lateral recruitment team to onboard contract attorneys
• Audits attorney workflows in the HRIS system for employment transactions and administrative processes; addresses benefits and payroll inquiries and resolves paycheck discrepancies
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