About the Role
The Project Management Specialist will support the Global Real Estate practice's operations and provide administrative and strategic support to its senior members.
Responsibilities
- Support business functions and operations for the Real Estate Practice’s senior stakeholders.
- Oversee scheduling and logistics for Real Estate Practice meetings, programming, and events.
- Coordinate and track major Real Estate practice initiatives.
- Assist with scheduling calls, meetings, and events, both internally and externally, for the Real Estate practice key team members.
- Assist with logistical planning for major initiatives.
- Research and maintain working knowledge of major clients and development for the Practice.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key clients and vendors.
- Serve as liaison to firm departments and external stakeholders to promote and coordinate new or existing projects.
- Plan and coordinate special projects in support of the Real Estate Practice.
Requirements
- Strong interpersonal skills to interact with attorneys and staff at all levels within a large law firm setting.
- Attention to detail and good organizational skills; effective at multi-tasking.
- Demonstrated ability to deal with confidential and highly sensitive information.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proactive self-starter who is able to self-manage and also work as part of a team.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, intellectually rigorous environment.
Experience Level
- 15+ years of direct experience in scheduling and coordinating logistics
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience working in a legal or other global professional services firm
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000 - $200,000
Benefits
- Health care
- Retirement benefits
- Paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
- Parental leave
- Basic life insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Discretionary, performance-based bonuses
About the Company
- Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes.
- Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes.
- The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.
Equal Opportunity
- Gibson Dunn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities.
- We strive to ensure an inclusive and accessible hiring experience.
- The Firm will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the application and recruitment process, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
