About the Role
Davidson Kempner is seeking an Early Careers & Recruiting Associate to help build and scale its approach to junior talent across the firm. This role sits at the intersection of early careers strategy, recruiting, and business partnership, playing a key role in developing a structured pipeline of high-quality junior talent into investment and corporate functions. You will contribute to internship and analyst hiring, support existing programs, and expand junior talent pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Support and help develop the firm’s early careers strategy, including internship and Rotational Analyst Programs (RAP)
- Drive campus recruiting activity, building relationships with target universities and student organizations
- Partner with business leaders and HR Business Partners to understand junior hiring needs and support workforce planning
- Coordinate and deliver internship programs, including onboarding, feedback, and conversion tracking
- Contribute to the design of structured assessment processes for early careers candidates
- Help build new junior talent pipelines in areas of the business without existing programs
- Support direct sourcing activity and broader recruiting efforts across the firm
- Ensure a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the recruitment process
Requirements
- Highly organized and relationship-driven individual with strong attention to detail and an interest in early careers recruiting and talent development.
- Candidates may come from campus recruiting, talent acquisition, or HR-related roles.
- Candidates may come from an investment or financial services environment (e.g. sales / marketing, investment / trading support, or other business or operational roles), with a strong interest in transitioning into recruiting and talent.
- Internal applicants from within the firm are very welcome to apply.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent organizational and project management capability
- The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- A proactive, detail-oriented approach with a strong sense of ownership
- Demonstrate strong academic achievement
- An interest in financial markets, talent, recruiting, or organizational development.
Skills
- Communication
- Stakeholder management
- Organizational
- Project management
- Attention to detail
- Ownership
Location
- New York
Work Type
- minimum four days per week in-office
- full-time
Experience Level
- 2–5 years of relevant experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree required
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000—$160,000 USD
Benefits
- bonus
- benefits
About the Company
- Davidson Kempner takes a selective, high-conviction approach to early careers hiring.
- Our programs are designed to identify and develop individuals who can succeed in a rigorous investment environment and build long-term careers at the firm.
