Strategic Lateral Legal Lead

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Manage lateral hiring activity (e.g., interface with recruiting agencies and partners, handle scheduling, coordinate onboarding and integration with the Talent Management and Conflicts teams)
• Monitor market conditions and trends related to lateral recruitment; make suggestions on process improvements to hiring practices
• Maintain relationships with recruiters at agencies and search firms; remain in frequent communication with trusted recruitment partners and headhunters to ensure top talent is being submitted to the firm
• Performs statistical analysis on hiring trends and attrition, and present progress reports as requested
• Closely monitor practice group needs with Managing Partners. and frequently share applications with senior partners for review
• Assist with coordinating the Firm’s Visiting Lawyers Program by managing communication between partners, clients, and candidates (e.g., tracking candidates and correspondences, scheduling interviews, participating in LL.M. Job Fairs aimed at recruiting Visiting Lawyer candidates, etc.)
• Organize firm meetings between partners and agencies related to recruitment programming
• Manage vendor relationships, including those involving recruiting technologies.
• Manage relationships with other service departments (i.e., notifying other departments of upcoming hires, tracking technology requests/changes, etc)
• Work with Talent Management with respect to onboarding practices
• Manage events calendar with other constituents.
• Train and coach junior staff. Work closely with recruiting teammates, as needed, when lateral recruitment needs additional support
• Assist non-NY offices with lateral associate recruitment, as well as the Executive Director’s office with partner recruitment, as needed on an ad-hoc basis
• Special projects or other duties may be assigned within other areas of the LTO specifically, Talent Management, Learning & Development, and Diversity Management Department.