Lateral Attorney Recruiting Coordinator (open in multiple offices)

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world’s leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, is seeking to hire a Lateral Attorney Recruiting Coordinator. Reporting to the Lateral Attorney Recruiting Manager, the Lateral Attorney Recruiting Coordinator will assist with all aspects of lateral non-partner lawyer recruiting and coordinate a wide range of activities supporting the overall planning, management and administration of lateral associate/counsel recruiting. 

This position can reside in any of the following Morgan Lewis offices: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Princeton, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. A hybrid in office/remote working schedule is available.

General Responsibilities:  

Lateral Recruiting:

• Coordinates multiple and various non-partner lateral attorney searches for the full recruiting cycle. Tasks include but are not limited to working with hiring partners and recruiting team to understand needs and priorities, posting jobs, reviewing and circulating candidate materials, scheduling interviews, gathering feedback, facilitating the offer, follow-up, and onboarding process.

• Posts and maintains job descriptions on LinkedIn and manages the team’s LinkedIn Recruiter account.

• Supports local recruiting teams to onboard lateral candidates.

• Utilizes recruiting technology (LinkedIn Recruiter and Pirical) to actively source candidates for multiple openings to create a strong candidate pipeline.

• Works with lateral recruiting team to implement creative strategies and processes for sourcing and identifying candidates. 

• Builds and maintains relationships with external search firms in all US cities where the firm has a presence.

• Works with firmwide managers to support the greater team with ViRecruit, including the search firm specific portal and anything related to lateral recruiting processes.

Other:

• Attends and participates in annual Professional Recruiting Committee (PRC) meetings and other firm meetings and conferences as needed.

• Assists as needed with the summer associate program and law student recruiting.

• Performs various assignments at the request of the attorney recruiting team leadership, hiring partners and practice group leaders.

• Other duties as assigned.

Experience/Qualifications:

This job requires:

• A Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university, and;

• A minimum 2 years of related legal recruiting or human resources experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

To perform the job successfully, an individual must demonstrate the following knowledge skills and abilities:

• Knowledge of practice-specific market research and legal recruiting knowledge, generally.

• Experience with ViRecruit, LinkedIn Recruiter and Pirical a plus.

• Excellent communication, planning, organizing and time management skills.

• The ability to provide quality customer service to both internal and external clients.

• The ability to work individually as well as with a team.

• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and balance competing demands with a sense of urgency.

• Basic knowledge of the following systems: iManage Document Management System, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Qualified candidates must apply online by visiting our website at www.morganlewis.com and selecting “Careers.”

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For positions in Boston, MA, Princeton, NJ, and Washington, D.C., the salary range for this job posting is: $62,000.00- $99,200.00

For positions in Chicago, IL, the salary range for this job posting is: $59,300.00- $94,850.00

For positions in Los Angeles, CA, and Seattle, WA the salary range for this job posting is: $64,700.00- $103,475.00

For positions in New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA, the salary range for this job posting is: $67,400.00- $107,825.00

Child Care, and WageWorks Commuter Benefits for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Employees will also receive: 9 paid holidays per calendar year, 2 personal days per year, and up to 20 days of vacation per year. In accordance with state applicable law, eligible employees will earn 1 paid sick leave hour for 30 hours worked. Eligible employees may also take up to five days off for bereavement leave, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave per year and up to 10 weeks of paid pregnancy disability leave per pregnancy. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, firm or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value inclusion and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP reasonably accommodates applicants and employees who need them to perform the essential functions of the job because of disability, religious belief, or other reason protected by applicable law.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact Talent Acquisition at 888.534.5003 or [email protected]

If hired, your employment relationship with the firm will be on an "at-will" basis, meaning that the firm may modify the terms and conditions of your employment at any time, and that either you or the firm will be free to end the relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without advance notice, although reasonable notice would be expected.