Lateral Attorney Recruiting Coordinator (open in multiple offices)

Morgan Lewis • Los Angeles, CA

60d • $59,300 - $107,825 • Hybrid

About The Position

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world’s leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, is seeking to hire a Lateral Attorney Recruiting Coordinator. Reporting to the Lateral Attorney Recruiting Manager, the Lateral Attorney Recruiting Coordinator will assist with all aspects of lateral non-partner lawyer recruiting and coordinate a wide range of activities supporting the overall planning, management and administration of lateral associate/counsel recruiting. This position can reside in any of the following Morgan Lewis offices: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Princeton, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. A hybrid in office/remote working schedule is available. General Responsibilities: Lateral Recruiting: Coordinates multiple and various non-partner lateral attorney searches for the full recruiting cycle. Tasks include but are not limited to working with hiring partners and recruiting team to understand needs and priorities, posting jobs, reviewing and circulating candidate materials, scheduling interviews, gathering feedback, facilitating the offer, follow-up, and onboarding process. Posts and maintains job descriptions on LinkedIn and manages the team’s LinkedIn Recruiter account. Supports local recruiting teams to onboard lateral candidates. Utilizes recruiting technology (LinkedIn Recruiter and Pirical) to actively source candidates for multiple openings to create a strong candidate pipeline. Works with lateral recruiting team to implement creative strategies and processes for sourcing and identifying candidates. Builds and maintains relationships with external search firms in all US cities where the firm has a presence. Works with firmwide managers to support the greater team with ViRecruit, including the search firm specific portal and anything related to lateral recruiting processes. Other: Attends and participates in annual Professional Recruiting Committee (PRC) meetings and other firm meetings and conferences as needed. Assists as needed with the summer associate program and law student recruiting. Performs various assignments at the request of the attorney recruiting team leadership, hiring partners and practice group leaders. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university, and;
• A minimum 2 years of related legal recruiting or human resources experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of practice-specific market research and legal recruiting knowledge, generally.
• Excellent communication, planning, organizing and time management skills.
• The ability to provide quality customer service to both internal and external clients.
• The ability to work individually as well as with a team.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and balance competing demands with a sense of urgency.
• Basic knowledge of the following systems: iManage Document Management System, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ViRecruit, LinkedIn Recruiter and Pirical a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates multiple and various non-partner lateral attorney searches for the full recruiting cycle.
• Posts and maintains job descriptions on LinkedIn and manages the team’s LinkedIn Recruiter account.
• Supports local recruiting teams to onboard lateral candidates.
• Utilizes recruiting technology (LinkedIn Recruiter and Pirical) to actively source candidates for multiple openings to create a strong candidate pipeline.
• Works with lateral recruiting team to implement creative strategies and processes for sourcing and identifying candidates.
• Builds and maintains relationships with external search firms in all US cities where the firm has a presence.
• Works with firmwide managers to support the greater team with ViRecruit, including the search firm specific portal and anything related to lateral recruiting processes.
• Attends and participates in annual Professional Recruiting Committee (PRC) meetings and other firm meetings and conferences as needed.
• Assists as needed with the summer associate program and law student recruiting.
• Performs various assignments at the request of the attorney recruiting team leadership, hiring partners and practice group leaders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• eligible employees may enroll in: a 401(k) plan, as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, business travel accident insurance plans, and health savings and flexible spending accounts for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents.
• eligible employees may utilize the Employee Assistance Program, Work/Life Services, Health Advocate, Bright Horizons Back-Up Child Care, and WageWorks Commuter Benefits for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents.
• Employees will also receive: 9 paid holidays per calendar year, 2 personal days per year, and up to 20 days of vacation per year.
• In accordance with state applicable law, eligible employees will earn 1 paid sick leave hour for 30 hours worked.
• Eligible employees may also take up to five days off for bereavement leave, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave per year and up to 10 weeks of paid pregnancy disability leave per pregnancy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees