Assistant, Entry-Level Recruitment

Law-Hire Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability coverage

401(k) and profit-sharing

Paid time off (minimum 20 days)

Parental leave and childcare support

Firm holidays

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in New York seeks an Assistant for Entry-Level Recruitment to support all facets of the firm’s lawyer recruitment efforts. The role collaborates with the NY Manager, Hiring Committee, and People & Development to execute firmwide initiatives.

The position requires overtime during peak seasons, occasional overnight travel, and strong collaboration with law schools to attract top candidates. Strong communication and budgeting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of relevant recruitment, HR, or legal industry experience.
• Experience in law firms or professional services preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to work independently and in a team.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills; budget and expenditure management.

Responsibilities

• Support all aspects of entry-level lawyer recruitment at the New York office.
• Coordinate on-campus interviews, callbacks, and offer process with teams firmwide.
• Organize campus events, networking receptions, and information sessions.
• Develop and manage New York Summer Associate Program including budgeting and orientation.
• Oversee onboarding, integration, and development programs for entry-level lawyers.
• Maintain recruitment data, budgets, and expense reimbursements for NY programs.
• Travel as needed for on-campus recruiting events; overtime during peak seasons.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Budgeting

MS Office

ATS familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

4 years related experience

Tools

Flo Recruit

viDesktop/viRecruit

Lawcruit

Job description

Job Description

At Norton Rose Fulbright, people thrive because of a shared commitment to quality, unity and integrity. The highly regarded law firm consistently receives recognition from Great Place to Work and Top Workplaces, two companies that specialize in assessing organizational culture. Teams collaborate across regions, value new ideas and deliver meaningful client solutions, supported by a culture that embraces ambition, development and shared success. With more than 3,000 lawyers and 3,000 business services professionals working together across 50 offices worldwide, this global law firm provides a full range of legal services to leading corporations and financial institutions operating in key markets and sectors.

The Assistant for Entry-Level Recruitment is responsible for supporting all aspects of the entry-level lawyer recruitment functions. The Assistant works closely with the New York Manager of Entry-Level Recruitment, Hiring Committee members, People and Development professionals, and other internal constituent s to support the recruitment, development, and retention of legal talent. The Assistant provides strategic direction and implementation for lawyer recruitment at the local office level, while executing firmwide initiatives and strategy. This position is also responsible for providing support to successfully grow the firm through proactive entry-level recruitment efforts in a manner consistent with the firm’s strategic goals.

The position is based in our New York office. Overtime and flexibility to work outside of regular business hours, including evening and weekends, will be required during peak recruitment seasons. Some travel will be required.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work proactively with the local Hiring Committee, Director of Entry-Level Recruitment, New York Manager of Entry-Level Recruitment, and other legal recruiters across the firm to anticipate and determine summer associate and entry-level hiring needs and goals.
• Create and implement best practices for entry-level recruitment at select national and local law schools.
• Recruit the highest quality of law students by fostering strong relationships with local law school career services offices, student organizations and candidates.
• Organize and execute on-campus recruiting events, including networking receptions, dinners, coffee chats, career fairs and information sessions, managing all logistics and ensuring a seamless candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Coordinate on-campus and callback interviews, including identifying and scheduling interview teams, managing candidate communications and follow-up efforts and facilitating the offer process.
• Develop and execute the New York Summer Associate Program, including budgeting, planning and implementing the program's social calendar, developing and delivering orientation programming, overseeing work allocation and evaluations, coordinating summer associate training and managing the offer process and follow-up efforts.
• Work with stakeholders to implement onboarding, integration, and development programming for entry-level lawyers.
• Maintain data entry, recruitment records, and budgets for New York office summer program and recruiting efforts.
• Manage payments and reimbursements related to on-campus recruitment events, summer program activities and candidate expenses.
• Participate in data collection and analysis for purposes of completing necessary forms and surveys (i.e., NALP form).
• Work overtime as needed, particularly during the summer program, on-campus interviewing and callback periods. Overtime may exceed 20 hours per week during peak recruiting seasons.
• Position requires overnight travel for on-campus recruiting events throughout the year.

Other duties

Please note this job description does not cover or contain all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications and job related skills:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, 4 years of relevant recruitment, human resources, or legal industry experience.
• Experience in a law firm or professional services environment highly preferred.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communications skills; both written and verbal.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, responsiveness, and excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership skillset that promotes an environment of collaboration, teamwork, client service, innovation, excellence, and commitment.
• General knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as Adobe Acrobat.
• Knowledge of Flo Recruit, viDesktop/viRecruit and/or Lawcruit, or other familiarity with applicant tracking systems is preferred.
• Ability to adapt to new software.
• Ability to develop, monitor and approve budgets and expenditures.

Employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with skill and experience. The full time base annual salary for this position in the New York City market is expected to range between $60,000 and $75,000. This range represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting for a position in New York City. Salaries in other markets will vary depending on market data. Bonus opportunities are non-guaranteed and are dependent upon individual and firm performance.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family. Benefit packages include access to three medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance. Employees can also access pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts. Norton Rose Fulbright helps provide financial security by allowing employees to participate in a 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans if eligible. Full- time employees are eligible to access fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys. Employees may also access commuter benefits where applicable and student loan assistance refinancing options.

In addition to the Firm’s health and welfare benefits above, we offer a competitive paid time off plan, which provides a minimum of 20 days off based on your role and tenure with the firm. The firm offers a generouspaid maternity leave and paid paternity leave (parental leave) benefit allowing parents to take a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave to bond with your newborn or adopted child(ren). Employees may also access child care support through a back-up care program. Employees are also entitled to 11 Firm holidays.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations that require the collection and recording of certain data and information. The information we receive will not be used to make any decision regarding employment and will be kept separate from your application. Similarly, self-identification information is kept confidential and used only in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to providing reasonable accommodation as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation to complete your application, please contact [e-mail]. Please provide your contact information and a description of your accessibility issue. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case‑by‑case basis.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the firm, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).