Job Description
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Collaborate with practice group leaders and practice group directors to identify staffing needs, devise search strategies, and draft advertisements.
Participate in conference calls and meetings for practice group-specific hiring committees.
Source candidates, review unsolicited resumes and applicants.
Support development of go-to market strategies for advertising lateral roles and work with the marketing department to update recruiting materials as needed.
Coordinate candidate interview scheduling and collect interview feedback; act as liaison to lateral candidates throughout the interview process.
Facilitate decision-making process with practice group leaders, draft offer letters, and with Lateral Recruiting Senior Manager, advise on offer packages and candidate follow-up.
Document and track all candidates through the recruiting process, maintain candidate tracking documents and adhere to file retention policy.
Establish and maintain relationships with legal search firms, work with search firms to advertise available positions, and organize search overviews with headhunters and practice groups as needed for specific roles.
Stay up-to-date on legal hiring market, including vendors and trends, and provide updates internally at Dechert.
Maintain statistics on U.S. lateral recruitment, including diversity metrics for lateral associates and counsel. Partner with internal departments to facilitate lateral associate on-boarding, orientation and integration.
Review fee agreements annually to ensure current terms and market considerations are included.
Provide feedback to Lateral Recruiting Senior Manager, to determine preferred headhunter list and coordinate with Partner hiring group on similar.
Review payment of placement fees and reimbursement of all expenses related to lateral hiring.
Organize content and updates on lateral recruiting careers page.
Special projects and other responsibilities, as assigned by Director and Senior Manager of Lateral Recruiting.
QUALIFICATIONS
A minimum of 4 years of relevant recruitment experience
Bachelor's degree required
Systems required: LawCruit or ViRecruit, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Must be able to effectively function in a fast-paced service environment and be a team player on an energetic recruiting team
Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to juggle multiple tasks
Ability to communicate professionally and diplomatically with professionals at all organizational levels of the firm
Display a positive, high-energy attitude
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Additional Job Description
At the time of this posting, the salary range for this position in New York is $70,000.00 to $90,500.00 annually. Actual compensation is commensurate with job related knowledge, skills, experience and location of the position.
Location(s)
New YorkPhiladelphiaTime Type
Full timeDechert LLP is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination. The Firm prohibits unlawful discrimination in any term or condition of employment against any employee or applicant for employment because of the individual’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, membership or service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law.