Senior Legal Recruiter

Lexitas; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Lexitas, a rapidly growing legal services company in Chicago, IL, seeks a Senior Legal Recruiter to join our Legal Talent Outsourcing Division. You will source and qualify lawyers and paralegals for placement in law firms, in-house departments, or document review teams, managing recruiting life cycle from intake to placement.

This candidate-focused role emphasizes relationship building and consistent achievement of recruiting metrics.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of high-level recruitment experience.
• BA/BS preferred, and JD, a plus.
• Proficient in using recruitment internet search tools, social media, ATS, and job boards.
• Legal recruiting experience and demonstrable knowledge of the legal industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Full lifecycle recruiting – source, identify, attract, screen, market and place attorneys and paralegals in various positions including interim legal placements, commercial contracts outsourcing, direct hire, and document review projects.
• Develop and maintain candidate information in the applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Ensure ATS data is accurate and up to date, follow recruitment core processes and workflow to ensure database compliance
• Compliance with recruitment and employment laws.
• Skill market candidates to clients and prospective clients.
• Participate in Job Order Intake discussions to enhance understanding of client motivation, environment, culture, and the overall details of the Job Order to be filled.
• Build strong relationships with candidates by engaging in a thorough interview and ongoing communication and information sharing.
• Meet or exceed assigned targets and recruiting metrics, as assigned by the manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Results oriented

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Independent worker

Detail oriented

Time management

Education

BA/BS preferred

JD a plus

Job description

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Senior Legal Recruiter

Legal Talent Admin Full-Time Professional Chicago, IL, US

SUMMARY:

Lexitas, a rapidly growing legal services company, is seeking a Senior Legal Recruiter to join our Legal Talent Outsourcing Division. Through this division, Lexitas provides Interim Legal Staffing, Direct Hire Placements, Commercial Contracts Outsourcing and Document Review services to our law firm and corporate legal department clients.

The Senior Legal Recruiter is responsible for sourcing and qualifying lawyers and paralegals for placement into positions with law firms, in-house legal departments, on document review teams or within one of our managed services. This is a candidate-focused position which develops and maintains relationships throughout the recruiting life cycle, which includes recruitment, placement and throughout employment.

This is an ideal position for an experienced legal recruiter or a practicing attorney who is a people person that no longer wants to practice law but wants to stay within the legal industry.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Cultivate a good understanding of the legal industry, various practice areas, law firm and in-house legal department staffing and recruitment best practices, as well as the legal staffing solutions Lexitas provides.
• Full lifecycle recruiting – source, identify, attract, screen, market and place attorneys and paralegals in various positions including interim legal placements, commercial contracts outsourcing, direct hire, and document review projects.
• Develop and maintain candidate information in the applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Ensure ATS data is accurate andup to date, follow recruitment core processes and workflow to ensure database compliance
• Compliance withrecruitment and employment laws.
• Skill market candidates to clients and prospective clients.
• Participate in Job Order Intake discussions to enhance understanding of client motivation, environment, culture, and the overall details of the Job Order to be filled.
• Build strong relationships with candidates by engaging in a thorough interview and engaging in ongoingcommunication and information sharing.
• Meet or exceed assigned targets and recruiting metrics, as assigned by the manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Results oriented, candidate focused, team player with a high level of integrity.
• Driven by excellence with a service and growth mindset.
• A desire to continuously hone legal recruitment and business skills.
• Strong professional and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to set and achieve Daily/Weekly/Monthly Goals.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Ability to work evening and/or weekend hours when clients have deadline driven projects, includingdocument reviews.
• Must show high attention to detail, good judgment, and possess excellent organizational and time management skills.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS preferred, and JD, a plus.
• 2+ years of high-level recruitment experience.
• Proficient in using recruitment internet search tools, social media, applicant tracking system(s), database programsand job boards.
• Legal recruiting experience and demonstrable knowledge of the legal industry is preferred.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role is not a supervisor position.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from internal and external customers whose first language is English.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

License to practice law, a plus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, type and use mouse; reach with hands and arms; and talk and/or hear. The employee is required to sit for extended periods of time.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office environment in a clerical environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Travel is generally local during the business day but may include out of town travel; Total travel is expected to be less than 10%.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to the job at any time with or without notice.

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

Lexitas prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

EOE Employer/Vet/Disabled.