Lateral Partner Recruiting Specialist

King & Spalding; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness plan

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts and aHealth

401(k) plan

Profit sharing plan

Substantial PTO

Job summary

King & Spalding is seeking a Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator to join our Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Texas or Washington, DC offices. This role coordinates interview schedules for lateral partner candidates and supports logistics for the interview process.

The position requires flexibility to extend hours until 6pm ET or occasionally 7pm ET, with opportunities for discussion on scheduling. Travel within the network and collaboration with headhunters are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Must communicate well with lawyers, candidates, administrative staff, and external contacts.
• Possess facilitation and organizational skills, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines 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 and recruiting experience are preferred.
• Ability to work through 6pm ET and/or 7pm ET as needed.

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.
• Sends interview evaluation forms to internal partners and monitors completion of evaluation forms; follows up with partners as needed.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Facilitation

Organizational skills

Ability to work after hours

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

King & Spalding is seeking a Lateral Partner Recruiting Coordinator to join our Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Texas or Washington, DC offices. This role coordinates interview schedules for lateral partner candidates and supports logistics for the interview process.

The position requires flexibility to extend hours until 6pm ET or occasionally 7pm ET, with opportunities for discussion on scheduling. Travel within the network and collaboration with headhunters are part of the role.