Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator

King & Spalding LLP; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

health and wellness plan

life and disability insurance

flexible spending accounts

health savings account

401(k) plan

profit sharing plan

Paid Time Off (PTO) program

Job summary

King & Spalding LLP is seeking a Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator to join our team across multiple offices in the United States. The role involves coordinating interview schedules for lateral partner candidates, managing travel logistics, and ensuring a smooth interview process for domestic and international candidates.

The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional communication, organizational, and facilitation skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects and tight

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication across all levels.
• Strong facilitation and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and coordinates multiple candidate interview schedules weekly; anticipates partners' needs and adjusts as needed.
• Coordinates virtual interviews by Microsoft Teams; ensures interviews start, run, and end smoothly.
• Prepares and sends pre-interview materials; updates and maintains candidate materials.
• Sends interview evaluation forms to internal partners and follows up based on requests.
• Coordinates candidate travel via Travel Department and catering for in-person interviews.
• Coordinates with Lateral Partner Recruiting Directors during candidate visits; greets candidates as needed.
• Works with domestic and international offices.
• Maintains lateral partner tracking sheets and candidate data; generates reports.
• Ensures candidates are entered into Lawcruit; collaborates with search firms as needed.
• Processes expense reimbursements and invoices in Chrome River.
• Standard work week hours through 6pm ET or 7pm ET as needed.
• Performs additional duties as requested.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Facilitation

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Company Overview

King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape.

We are seeking a Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator to join our Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Texas or Washington, DC office. This person, working with others, will coordinate interview schedules for lateral partner candidates and will also assist with various logistics surrounding the lateral partner interview process. The work hours for the Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator will go through 6pm ET or occasionally 7pm ET; flexible start time or other scheduling adjustments can be discussed to accommodate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepares and coordinates multiple candidate interview schedules weekly; anticipates partners' needs based on calendars and adjusts interview schedules as needed.
• Coordinates virtual interviews by Microsoft Teams; ensures interviews are started, monitored and executed flawlessly.
• Prepares and sends candidate pre-interview materials alongside meeting reminders; updates and maintains candidate materials on an ongoing basis.
• Sends interview evaluation forms to internal partners and monitors completion of evaluation forms; follows up with partners as needed based on Lateral Lead's requests.
• Coordinates candidate travel via Travel Department and catering needs for in person interviews and meetings.
• Coordinates with Lateral Partner Recruiting Directors and Associate Directors during candidate visits to their offices; greets candidates as needed.
• Works across all candidates, both domestic and our European, Middle East and Asia-Pacific offices.
• Maintains lateral partner tracking sheets as appropriate, including contacting Lateral Leads for regular updates.
• Maintains all stats on lateral candidates including start date; position; previous employment, etc. Using this data to provide reports as requested by the Lateral Team.
• Ensures all lateral partner candidates are entered into Lawcruit (application tracking database) accurately. Raising with Lateral Leads if there is any historic data related to an application.
• Coordinates with headhunters when needed and maintains search firm agreements.
• Processes expense reimbursements and invoices in Chrome River.
• Standard work week hours expected through 6pm or occasionally 7pm ET.
• Additional duties as requested.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to communicate well with lawyers, candidates, all levels of administrative staff, and contacts outside the firm.
• Possess excellent facilitation and organizational skills, with the ability to work proactively, to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously while maintaining poise under pressure.
• Strong experience across Excel and PowerPoint is highly desirable.
• Attention to detail is highly important in this role.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; law firm and/or professional services experience as well as recruiting experience is preferred.
• Ability to work through 6pm ET and/or 7pm ET as needed.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The firm offers a generous total compensation package with bonuses and raises awarded in recognition of individual merit-based performance.

BENEFITS PROGRAM

• health and wellness plan
• life and disability insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings account
• 401(k) plan
• profit sharing plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO) program

PAY TRANSPARENCY RANGES

• Chicago: The anticipated full-time annualized salary range is $66,000 - $80,000.
• New York: The anticipated full-time annualized salary range is $75,000 - $89,000.
• Washington, D.C.: The anticipated full-time annualized salary range is $72,000 - $85,000.

King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.

We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.

King & Spalding advances leading companies' complex legal and business interests in more than 160 countries. Collaborating across an integrated platform of transactional, litigation and regulatory talent in 24 offices globally, we work to understand and achieve our clients' business objectives.