Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Advocates - PNW • Seattle, WA

4d • $70,000 - $150,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Advocates is a growing personal injury law firm with branches across the United States. The Pacific Team is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with branches in Portland, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; and Los Angeles, California. The firm represents accident victims with kindness and respect and is committed to achieving strong results for its clients.

The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns recruitment for the firm as its sole Talent Acquisition team member within a lean, three-person HR team. The role focuses primarily on attorney recruitment across Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and Spokane: filling immediate openings and developing a sustained pipeline of experienced attorneys. The specialist also manages hiring for legal support staff and partners with hiring managers to anticipate future staffing needs.

This role is responsible for building scalable recruiting foundations and strategy, sourcing and engaging candidates, creating a strong candidate experience, developing the firm's employer brand and talent network, and managing recruiting processes and data in Greenhouse. It also includes representing the firm at recruiting, law school, and networking events. The position is hybrid, with three days per week in the Seattle office after 90 days of employment, and includes occasional travel to the firm's markets.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• At least 3 years of in-house recruiting experience for a single company rather than a recruiting firm.
• At least 3 years of recruiting for competitive, highly skilled, or executive roles.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Workforce strategy skills, including proactively using candidates to build a strong team.
• Interpersonal effectiveness and ability to build rapport with people at all levels.
• Data competence and ability to understand and use available data tools.
• Process development skills, including building, training on, and valuing strategically developed processes.
• Ability to guide hiring managers using recruitment and interview expertise while respecting their technical expertise.
• Ability to represent the firm to external networks and candidates in a way that enhances its reputation.
• Collaborative mindset, valuing different perspectives and understanding the broader situation before acting.

Responsibilities

• Fill immediate attorney openings in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and Spokane, then build a lasting pipeline of experienced attorneys.
• Source and engage passive candidates through outreach, referrals, bar associations, and law school networks.
• Create a polished, memorable experience for attorney, director, and executive candidates.
• Travel throughout the Seattle, Spokane, Portland, and Los Angeles areas to network, attend events, and visit universities to build candidate connections.
• Seek out and attend tabling and networking events across the firm's markets.
• Own the career web presence and partner with Marketing on employer branding.
• Build relationships with hiring managers and plan ahead for upcoming hiring needs.
• Lead and develop recruitment and talent strategy with hiring managers at all levels.
• Design, train hiring teams on, and champion structured, data-backed interviews.
• Keep hiring teams on track with timely feedback and thorough documentation in Greenhouse.
• Own Greenhouse and use recruiting data to improve decisions.
• Create repeatable recruiting processes and playbooks that can scale with the firm.
• Represent The Advocates at recruiting events and shape its employer brand in partnership with Marketing.
• Run full-cycle hiring for entry- to mid-level legal support roles, from job postings and phone screens through offers.
• Reduce time to hire without compromising the quality of hires.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching after 1 year of employment.
• 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance, with buy-up options available.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter/Metro Card Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level