AscendHire · 5 days ago
Recruitment & Professional Development Associate
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$80K/yr - $90K/yr
2+ years expAscendHire is seeking a Recruitment & Professional Development Associate to provide administrative support for the department and coordinate all aspects of recruiting and associate development. The role involves managing professional development programs, supporting recruiting efforts, and handling various administrative tasks related to legal personnel functions.
Human ResourcesRecruitingStaffing Agency
Hiring Manager
Elena Epidy
Responsibilities
Collaborate with Recruiting and Associate Development Manager and cross-functional teams to provide project management support for professional development programs, initiatives, and milestone events
Provide comprehensive project management and logistical support for in-person, virtual, and hybrid programs and other initiatives, including creating and managing timelines, coordinating with presenters and reception services, scheduling, preparing and distributing invitations and reminders, providing detailed instructions to speakers and attendees, and onsite support
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align logistics, technology, and materials for a high-quality participant experience
Produce virtual training programs via Zoom, including creating meetings, polls, and breakout rooms, managing live sessions, and troubleshooting technology as needed
Coordinate with internal and external speakers, including scheduling meetings, reviewing presentation materials, and processing expenses
Manage various administrative aspects of professional development, including surveys, reporting, and special projects
Draft, maintain, and update content on the Associate Development intranet pages to ensure training schedules, materials and all other information is accurate, current, and engaging for users
Oversee the submission, processing, and tracking of vendor invoices, including liaising with Accounts Payable to ensure timely payment and accurate recordkeeping
Provide general team support, including coordinating meetings, maintaining timelines and checklists, and liaising with internal business professional teams to ensure seamless execution
Coordinate Visiting Attorney Program: Facilitate relocation, orientation, departure, etc. Organize Visiting Attorney CLE presentations
Support the department in recruiting efforts, including scheduling interviews, preparing recruiting committee meeting agendas with feedback reports, drafting offer letters and organizing post-offer visits
Track law school and student organization requests to the Firm and coordinate with students to staff events
Provide support for Summer Associate Program by: Monitoring time entries for all summer associates; Collecting summer associate feedback and creating feedback files; Assigning attorney big sibs and dinner partners for incoming summer associates; Prepare correspondence and information for new attorney hires; process salary advances; maintain onboarding data; draft first day orientation memos and biographies
Process background checks, coordinate with Human Resources and complete new hire packets; Collect and process new hire materials
Assist in the preparation of new attorney orientations, including fall and lateral off-cycle hires
Process bar-related and relocation expenses for new hires
Maintain membership with the local city group New York City Recruitment Association (NYCRA) and the National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Serve as a resource to associates to discuss matters on an ad hoc basis
Ad hoc projects as requested
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
2+ years of experience in a professional services environment in the area of professional development and/or recruiting
Knowledge of current recruiting and associate development best practices
High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Familiarity with Zoom and/or virtual conferencing
Experience with learning management systems (LMS), continuing learning education (CLE), and familiarity with Attorney Tracking Systems and FloRecruit, ViRecruit, or similar databases
Benefits
Bonus/Great Benefits
Company
AscendHire
AscendHire specializes in staffing and recruiting professionals to a wide range of industries.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Tony Vigliotti
Partner
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