HR/Recruiting Specialist

Disability Rights Texas•Austin, TX

About The Position

The Human Resources Recruiting Specialist for the Rural Justice Initiative (RJI) will develop, coordinate, and execute recruitment and talent-acquisition activities supporting Disability Rights Texas’s participation in the initiative. This new, grant-funded, time-limited position focuses primarily on attracting, engaging, and hiring attorneys to provide disability-related legal services in rural and underserved areas of Texas. The specialist may also support recruitment for other RJI-funded positions and other DRTx employment needs as assigned. Continued employment depends on the duration and availability of RJI project funding. Working closely with the Human Resources Director, RJI project leadership, supervising attorneys, hiring managers, law schools, bar associations, community partners, and professional networks, the specialist will develop sustainable attorney talent pipelines and manage assigned recruitment activities from sourcing through accepted offer and transition to onboarding. The role emphasizes proactive, creative sourcing and relationship building, including outreach to law schools and career services offices; bar associations and professional organizations; public-interest and legal-services networks; community organizations; colleges and universities; and people with connections to or interest in practicing in rural Texas. The specialist will represent DRTx at recruitment events and periodically travel throughout Texas, including occasional overnight travel. The position is full-time, non-exempt, reports directly to the Human Resources Director, and is designated as a Confidential classification outside the bargaining unit.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute recruitment strategies for attorneys and other designated RJI-funded positions.
Create innovative sourcing strategies for positions and geographic areas where traditional applicant pools may be limited.
Proactively identify and engage prospective candidates and develop pipelines for anticipated future hiring needs.
Establish and maintain relationships with law schools, bar associations, professional organizations, public-interest organizations, community partners, and other recruitment sources.
Manage assigned recruitment processes from approved requisition through accepted employment offer and transition to onboarding.
Conduct initial candidate screening interviews and coordinate interviews, candidate communications, reference checks, background screening, and other pre-employment activities.
Partner with hiring managers to develop recruitment timelines, candidate profiles, evaluation criteria, and selection processes.
Represent DRTx at recruiting events, career fairs, conferences, law school programs, professional meetings, and community events.
Track recruitment activity and outcomes; use recruitment data to evaluate sourcing effectiveness, identify barriers, and adjust strategies.
Support documentation and reporting requirements associated with RJI grant-funded positions.
Collaborate with Human Resources colleagues to improve recruitment processes, candidate experience, sourcing practices, and employer visibility.