Senior Legal Recruitment Lead

Wisnik Career Enterprises, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in legal recruitment or professional services, exceptional interpersonal skills, and strong Excel/ATS proficiency. You will lead coordinators and interns, oversee budgets, ensure compliance, and provide analytics to the Recruiting Committee.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in legal recruitment or professional services.
• Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead teams with a customer-service focus and interact at all levels.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills to manage time, deadlines and budgets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, applicant tracking systems, interview platforms, and related software.

Responsibilities

• Manage candidate interviews, correspondence, GPA calculations, and onboarding communication.
• Develop and maintain relationships with target law schools, career services, student organizations, vendors, and recruitment professionals; represent the firm at events.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state legislation and best practices; develop and monitor budgets for outreach and recruiting efforts.
• Collaborate with team members and committees to implement marketing/promotional strategies; provide recruitment statistics, reports, and presentations.
• Oversee coordinators, assistants, and interns; provide feedback and support professional development of junior team members.
• Protect confidential, sensitive information the Firm retains.

Skills

Legal recruitment

Leadership

Organization

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Excel

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job description

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in legal recruitment or professional services, exceptional interpersonal skills, and strong Excel/ATS proficiency. You will lead coordinators and interns, oversee budgets, ensure compliance, and provide analytics to the Recruiting Committee.