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About the Role

The Assistant for Entry-Level Recruitment supports all aspects of the entry-level lawyer recruitment functions, working closely with internal teams to recruit, develop, and retain legal talent. This role provides strategic direction and implementation for lawyer recruitment at the local office level while executing firmwide initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Work proactively with the local Hiring Committee, Director of Entry-Level Recruitment, New York Manager of Entry-Level Recruitment, and other legal recruiters across the firm to anticipate and determine summer associate and entry-level hiring needs and goals.
• Create and implement best practices for entry-level recruitment at select national and local law schools.
• Recruit the highest quality of law students by fostering strong relationships with local law school career services offices, student organizations and candidates.
• Organize and execute on-campus recruiting events, including networking receptions, dinners, coffee chats, career fairs and information sessions, managing all logistics and ensuring a seamless candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Coordinate on-campus and callback interviews, including identifying and scheduling interview teams, managing candidate communications and follow-up efforts and facilitating the offer process.
• Develop and execute the New York Summer Associate Program, including budgeting, planning and implementing the program's social calendar, developing and delivering orientation programming, overseeing work allocation and evaluations, coordinating summer associate training and managing the offer process and follow-up efforts.
• Work with stakeholders to implement onboarding, integration, and development programming for entry-level lawyers.
• Maintain data entry, recruitment records, and budgets for New York office summer program and recruiting efforts.
• Manage payments and reimbursements related to on-campus recruitment events, summer program activities and candidate expenses.
• Participate in data collection and analysis for purposes of completing necessary forms and surveys (i.e., NALP form).
• Work overtime as needed, particularly during the summer program, on-campus interviewing and callback periods. Overtime may exceed 20 hours per week during peak recruiting seasons.
• Position requires overnight travel for on-campus recruiting events throughout the year.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, 4 years of relevant recruitment, human resources, or legal industry experience.
• Experience in a law firm or professional services environment highly preferred.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communications skills; both written and verbal.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, responsiveness, and excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership skillset that promotes an environment of collaboration, teamwork, client service, innovation, excellence, and commitment.
• General knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as Adobe Acrobat.
• Knowledge of Flo Recruit, viDesktop/viRecruit and/or Lawcruit, or other familiarity with applicant tracking systems is preferred.
• Ability to adapt to new software.
• Ability to develop, monitor and approve budgets and expenditures.

Skills

• Interpersonal skills
• Written communication skills
• Verbal communication skills
• Teamwork
• Attention to detail
• Accuracy
• Responsiveness
• Organizational skills
• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Client service
• Innovation
• Excellence
• Commitment
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Adobe Acrobat
• Flo Recruit
• viDesktop/viRecruit
• Lawcruit
• Applicant tracking systems
• Adaptability to new software
• Budget development
• Budget monitoring
• Budget approval

Location

• New York

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Entry-level

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $60,000 - $75,000

Benefits

• Access to three medical insurance plans
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Pre-tax benefits (health savings and flexible spending accounts)
• 401(k) savings plan
• Profit-sharing plans (if eligible)
• Fertility benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Student loan assistance refinancing options
• Paid time off (minimum 20 days)
• Paid maternity leave (minimum 14 weeks)
• Paid paternity leave (minimum 14 weeks)
• Child care support (back-up care program)
• 11 Firm holidays

About the Company

• Norton Rose Fulbright is a highly regarded global law firm with over 3,000 lawyers and 3,000 business services professionals across 50 offices worldwide.
• The firm provides a full range of legal services to leading corporations and financial institutions operating in key markets and sectors.
• Norton Rose Fulbright consistently receives recognition from Great Place to Work and Top Workplaces.
• Teams collaborate across regions, value new ideas, and deliver meaningful client solutions.
• The firm embraces ambition, development, and shared success.

Equal Opportunity

• Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations.
• Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
• Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to providing reasonable accommodation as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities.
• Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.