Business Professional Recruiting Manager

Ogletree Deakins•Kansas City, MO

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Ogletree Deakins’ Talent Department is seeking a Recruiting Manager of Business Professionals to oversee recruiting and hiring for legal support roles across the firm and, as needed, assist with administrative-role recruiting. The role manages full-cycle recruiting and hiring, leads and develops the business professional recruiting team, and works with firm leadership and Talent, HR, learning and development, marketing, communications, compensation, and office administration teams to support hiring initiatives and improve recruiting processes. It reports to the Senior Manager, Recruiting. The position may be based in the Chicago, Denver, or Kansas City office and may be performed in a hybrid capacity.

Requirements

At least 6 years of recruiting experience, preferably in the legal industry.
At least 3 years of management experience.
Prior supervisory or team-leadership experience managing a small team.
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills when working with lawyers, administrative staff at all levels, and external contacts.
Strong judgment and ability to manage highly confidential and sensitive information.
Exceptional organizational skills.
Ability to balance priorities in a high-performing, fast-paced work environment.
Ability to drive processes and tasks to completion, meet competing deadlines, and maintain attention to detail.
Experience with applicant tracking systems such as iCIMS or VIRecruit.
Familiarity with state and federal laws related to hiring.
Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a law firm, preferably in business professional recruiting.
Experience conducting market research and sourcing candidates.
Experience with recruiting data analytics.
Experience recruiting through multiple sources, including online channels, referrals, and search firms when necessary.

Responsibilities

Manage business professional recruiting and hiring efforts for legal support roles across the firm.
Work with the Senior Manager, Recruiting to lead and develop the business professional recruiting team, including hiring, performance assessment, feedback, task delegation, issue resolution, and efficiency improvements.
Distribute and allocate workloads among recruiting specialists and provide training and mentoring.
Manage the full recruitment cycle, from sourcing and interview scheduling through due diligence, offer extension, and tailored candidate-closing efforts.
Communicate with firm leadership to understand hiring needs and organizational goals.
Provide leadership with proactive updates on active searches, target lists, recruiting activity, and search strategy.
Partner with internal marketing and communications teams to develop strategies for marketing the firm to candidates.
Communicate with candidates and external agencies throughout recruiting and hiring.
Coordinate alternative sources of legal talent, such as temporary staff, contract attorneys, and staff attorneys, as needed.
Work with the compensation team to ensure new-hire salaries and offers are within market range.
Assess and report market intelligence and trends, and keep abreast of recruiting developments to support innovative, effective, and legally compliant strategies and processes.
Collaborate with recruiting, HR, learning and development, and local office administration teams to support recruiting, onboarding, and integration across offices and improve efficiency.
Assist the Director of Recruiting and Retention and Senior Manager, Recruiting with developing and monitoring the recruiting budget, approving recruiting expenses, paying invoices, and keeping expenses within budget.
Develop and implement training methodologies and protocols for the broader Recruiting team.
Represent the Recruiting team and present at firm-wide training sessions, forums, and meetings.
Support completion of recruiting-related surveys as needed.
Lead and support the broader Talent team on tasks and strategic initiatives as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.