Sr. Legal Recruiter

Aston Carter•Seattle, WA

4d•$55 - $55•Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on independently sourcing and building strong talent pipelines for critical positions within the Legal and Public Policy space. You collaborate closely with hiring teams to understand ideal candidate profiles and proactively identify, engage, and deliver high-quality legal talent. You rely on your extensive recruiting experience and professional judgment to plan and accomplish goals, using a wide degree of creativity and autonomy to manage a variety of recruiting tasks in a fast-paced corporate environment.

Requirements

At least 5+ years of recruiting experience, including legal recruiting experience.
Demonstrated functional sourcing experience, particularly for specialized or hard-to-fill roles.
Proven legal sourcing experience, preferably within the Legal and Public Policy space.
Corporate talent acquisition, including partnering with internal stakeholders and hiring teams.
Experience as a legal recruiter managing full-cycle recruitment or advanced sourcing responsibilities.
Strong ability to calibrate with hiring teams to understand and refine ideal candidate profiles.
Comfort working with sourcing targets and performance indicators, with a focus on meeting or exceeding goals.
Capacity to rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish recruiting objectives.
Ability to handle a wide range of recruiting tasks while maintaining quality and timeliness.
Stable work history with demonstrated commitment to roles, as frequent job hopping is not aligned with this position.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree is preferred but not required.
Any relevant degrees or certifications are considered a plus.
Prior experience in a corporate environment supporting legal or public policy functions.
Proven success in roles that required building and maintaining legal talent pipelines.
Ability to operate with a wide degree of creativity and latitude in sourcing strategies.
Strong communication skills for engaging candidates and collaborating with hiring teams.
Experience working in environments where sourcing performance and targets are closely monitored.

Responsibilities

Independently source and identify talent pipelines for critical roles within the Legal and Public Policy domains.
Partner with hiring teams to calibrate on role requirements, candidate profiles, and search strategies for legal and related positions.
Conduct approximately 40% of your time on passive sourcing activities, including identifying, researching, and engaging prospective candidates who are not actively applying.
Manage approximately 35% of your time speaking with candidates to assess qualifications, interest, and fit for current and future legal opportunities.
Handle applicant bids and inbound candidates as a smaller portion of your workload, ensuring they are appropriately screened and progressed.
Leverage functional sourcing experience to identify specialized legal talent across multiple practice areas and levels.
Utilize prior legal sourcing and recruiting experience to build targeted pipelines for legal and public policy roles.
Collaborate with corporate stakeholders and hiring managers to ensure a positive and efficient talent acquisition experience.
Track and meet sourcing targets and performance indicators related to pipeline health and candidate delivery.
Apply sound judgment and creativity to refine search strategies, overcome sourcing challenges, and continuously improve recruiting outcomes.
Perform a variety of recruiting and sourcing tasks with minimal supervision, demonstrating ownership and accountability for results.
Report to a manager or department leader, providing regular updates on search progress, pipeline status, and candidate activity.