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Fenwick & West · 5 days ago

Attorney Recruiting Coordinator

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$68K/yr - $96K/yr

2+ years exp

Fenwick & West is seeking an Attorney Recruiting Coordinator to collaborate with the Attorney Recruiting team and other departments to manage recruiting efforts for various attorney roles. The position involves scheduling interviews, drafting offer letters, and maintaining relationships with universities and search firms.

Law Practice

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Schedule and coordinate candidate interviews

Schedule call-back interviews and greet recruits. Gather interview evaluations and prepare evaluation packets for the Hiring Partners and Recruiting Managers. Follow up on decisions, including initiate letters to candidates, update records and monitor follow-up calls

Draft and finalize attorney offer letters

Work closely with Legal Personnel, Human Resources, and other departments as needed to understand offer letter terms and manage negotiation of terms with candidates

Handle offer correspondence and new hire processing, including, but not limited to, initiating background requests and conflicts checks

Coordinate expense and cost sharing for candidates

Generate reports, including LawCruit, Workday, Smartsheet, recruiting database and other spreadsheets

Build and maintain good relationships with universities and other educational institutions

Assist in developing ongoing relationships with search firm consultants, ensuring that these resources are provided up-to-date information about the firm, our practice, hiring goals and standards

Post job ads and source potential candidates

Act as a liaison with lateral hires, search firms, and summer associates

Work closely with the Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting and law school team to coordinate Summer Program events, summer associate work assignment system, track evaluations, follow-up with attorneys, coordinate mid-summer and exit reviews

Prepare registration materials for fall on-campus interviewing, coordinate law school and hotel arrangements for on-campus interviewers if needed and register for law school on-campus interviews when applicable

Work closely with the Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting and law school team to coordinate spring law school presentations, law firm branding events and receptions

Work closely with team members on various programs, meetings, and events, including the coordination of all arrangements, mailings and marketing for programs, presentations, and receptions

Work closely with the Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting on identifying and registering for STEAM Career Fairs related to Patent Engineer and Patent Scientist hiring

Work closely with the Senior Attorney Recruiting Manager on scheduling partner recruiting interviews and updating partner candidate dashboard and other materials/databases as requested

Coordinate hiring and pre-arrival actions for lateral attorneys, including reference checks, conflicts submittals, State bar verifications and relocation

Act as a liaison with lateral hires, coordinating new hire paperwork, start dates and relocation as needed

Collaborate with other departments to arrange first-week orientation and integration activities

Staff and coordinate temporary document review needs of the firm, including, but not limited to, requesting conflicts checks, processing hires in Workday and maintaining the temporary attorney’s status throughout the review engagement

Collaborate with Lateral Recruiting Manager in assisting new hires with immigration applications as needed

Perform other related duties and assist with projects as assigned

Qualification

Attorney recruiting processesMicrosoft OfficeApplicant tracking systemsOrganizational skillsCommunication skillsRecruiting experienceInterpersonal skillsAttention to detailFlexibilityCreativity

Required

Knowledge of the attorney recruiting processes

Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with all levels of firm personnel as well as external clients, including search firms and vendors

Flexible with the ability to adapt to changing work situations and handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Highly motivated and creative

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and applicant tracking systems, such as Workday and Lawcruit

2+ years of recruiting experience, preferably in a law firm environment

Bachelor's degree or equivalence in education and/or experience strongly preferred

Benefits

Healthcare

Life Insurance

Health Savings Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts

Wellbeing

Company

Fenwick & West

Fenwick is a leading law firm, purpose-built to guide visionary tech and life sciences companies and their investors through every stage of growth, from startups securing their first round of funding to leading publicly traded global enterprises.

Founded in 1972

Silicon Valley, CA, US

501-1000 employees