Junior Legal Recruitment Assistant

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

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in New York City seeks an Assistant for Entry-Level Recruitment to support the firm’s lawyer recruitment strategy across the NY office. The role involves coordinating with the Hiring Committee, developing campus outreach, managing interview logistics, and guiding candidates through the process with a client-service mindset.

The position requires overtime during peak seasons and some travel; a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is needed.

Qualifications

• 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 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Attention to detail

Budgeting

Adaptability to new software

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Flo Recruit

viDesktop/viRecruit

Lawcruit

Microsoft Office

Job description

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in New York City seeks an Assistant for Entry-Level Recruitment to support the firm’s lawyer recruitment strategy across the NY office. The role involves coordinating with the Hiring Committee, developing campus outreach, managing interview logistics, and guiding candidates through the process with a client-service mindset.

The position requires overtime during peak seasons and some travel; a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is needed.