Director, Legal Recruiting and Placement (Attorney)

Overview

This role supports corporate recruiting by leveraging legal-industry experience to identify, recruit, and place attorneys and legal paraprofessionals into secondment, interim, consulting, and permanent positions. The position is permanent, full-time, and remote with work-from-home flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit, and place corporate-law-firm-level attorneys and paraprofessionals in secondment, interim, consulting, and permanent roles with leading companies and law firms, including:
  • general counsel, chief compliance officer, senior corporate counsel, and other in-house roles
  • partner, counsel, and associate level roles at corporate law firms
• Manage full life cycle of placement, including sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, assessing, and proactively proposing candidates or responding to specific client requests
• Present proposed candidates effectively (orally and in writing) to in-house counsel and law firm partner clients
• Help develop and operate creative sourcing, assessment, placement, and onboarding processes
• Nurture positive relationships with the attorney/paraprofessional team through ongoing communications, social media, social events, and professional development activities
• Work as part of a cohesive, collaborative team that is highly responsive to candidates, consulting attorneys and paralegals, other professionals, and clients

Requirements

• Minimum of three years of experience as a practicing attorney in a mid-to-large corporate law firm or in-house setting
• Strong client service skills, including the ability to communicate (orally and in writing) at a high level with sophisticated law firm and corporate legal department clients and attorneys to determine client needs and attorney qualifications
• Dependable, detail-oriented, very organized; capable of using document management and database management software programs
• High discretion and high integrity; proven team player
• Ability to be highly flexible and work effectively in a collaborative, fast-growing, agile environment
• Ability to use social media, online recruiting tools, and in-person networking to source new candidates and market open positions
• Demonstrated active involvement in professional associations and activities; leadership experience in professional organization is highly preferred (e.g., local, state and national bar associations, Association of Corporate Counsel, Inn of Court, etc.)
• Ability to identify priorities and pivot or adjust focus as appropriate
• Full-time professional role with a flexible schedule, including communicating with team members and clients as needed, and sometimes responding to emails during evenings and on weekends
• J.D. from accredited law school
• Stellar references

Compensation & Benefits

Pay

• Base salary range: $90,000 to $125,000 annually
• Potential bonus: up to 25% of base salary
• Potential “all-in” compensation: $112,500 to $156,250
• Pay is based on multiple factors including work experience, qualifications, credentials, and location

Benefits

• Full benefits including group medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Complimentary group life, LTD, and AD&D insurance
• Qualified 401k plan
• CLE and Professional Expense stipend of up to $1,000 per year (for eligible employees)

Location

• Remote (work-from-home flexibility)

Confidentiality

• Candidates will not be proposed to prospective clients without prior consent.
• Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

• Equal Opportunity Employer