Senior Legal Recruiting Manager

Gunderson Dettmer•Redwood City, CA

1d•$175,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Gunderson Dettmer has an opening for a Senior Legal Recruiting Manager in our Silicon Valley office. The Senior Legal Recruiting Manager will support the Director of Legal Recruiting and oversee lateral and entry-level legal recruiting. The Senior Legal Recruiting Manager will partner with talent management leaders; supervise a team of coordinators and assistants; drive the attorney hiring process and related initiatives; and collaborate with the firm’s attorneys and business professionals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
5+ years of prior legal recruiting experience in a law firm
Prior supervisory experience
Ability to work under pressure, prioritize competing demands, manage projects from inception to completion and meet various deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Superior written, organizational and communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills to interact effectively with attorneys and professional staff at all levels and in differing jurisdictions
Ability to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
Use of good judgment and discretion
Ability to work across multiple offices, travel as needed and work overtime, as needed
Knowledge of legal employment issues
Ability to understand unconscious bias and its effect on recruiting and hiring
Ability to set priorities, work independently and handle a variety of duties effectively under time constraints
Resourceful, ability to find creative solutions and avenues to fulfill the firm’s recruiting needs
Highly proactive and responsive
Proficiency in using social media platforms to promote the firm’s recruiting efforts
Ability to develop and analyze reports and projections regarding market trends in diversity, legal recruiting and retention
Ability to quickly and comfortably understand workflow and can document and improve it efficiently
Experience with an applicant tracking system, such as LawCruit or viRecruit, and running data for reports

Nice To Haves

Member of professional organizations (such as NALP)
Experience with HRIS systems (preferably Workday)

Responsibilities

Manage the recruitment process for lateral associates, including: coordinate with local Hiring Partners and Practice Group Leaders, conduct outreach to and build professional relationships with search firm recruiters, strategically source candidates via internal referrals and targeted searches, review and screen candidate materials, manage interview process, liaise with senior management on offer approvals, oversee candidate offer process and due diligence follow-up, work with HR and Immigration team on candidate sponsorship needs.
Drive efforts and manage entry-level recruitment, including: coordinate with local Hiring Partners and law school teams, partner with law school career services offices and student organizations, plan for student outreach and events, develop and execute plan for h on-campus engagement, set hiring targets, and oversee the interview and offer process.
Plan and execute the West Coast Summer Associate Program, including but not limited to: oversee pre-onboarding communications, plan and execute orientation, trainings, events, work assignment process and evaluation collection, lead Summer Associate Committee meetings.
Compile and utilize recruitment statistics and market trends in order to report on and optimize recruitment processes.
Implement best hiring practices and recommend improvements to policies and processes.
Partner with the Director of Legal Recruiting to implement firm and team strategic goals.
Manage Legal Recruiting budget and reimbursement approvals.
Oversee approval of attorney Legal Recruiting investment hours.
Develop and lead interviewer trainings and new attorney Legal Recruiting orientation.
Provide training, supervision, feedback, evaluations and mentorship to legal recruiting team members.
Collaborate with Marketing and Diversity and Inclusion teams to develop Legal Recruiting brochures, swag and firm collateral.
Oversee development and distribution of quarterly Legal Recruiting Newsletter.
Manage, train, evaluate, mentor and motivate direct reports, contributing to their development and advancement by setting standards, goals and expectations for expected and successful performance.
Other duties and projects as assigned.