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About the Role

The Recruiting Assistant will coordinate new hire onboarding and support recruiting efforts across the firm, playing a key role in ensuring a smooth hiring and onboarding experience while supporting a wide variety of recruiting and HR initiatives.

Responsibilities

Coordinate onboarding activities and prepare new hire paperwork and orientation materials
Schedule new hire training sessions and facilitate Rochester-based new hire orientations
Track onboarding progress, manage new hire checklists, and follow up on outstanding items
Schedule and track retention meetings for new employees
Support I-9 compliance efforts and assist with internal audits
Help improve and enhance the firm's onboarding and orientation processes
Build and maintain strong relationships with HR team members, new hires, hiring managers, colleagues, candidates, and recruitment agencies
Assist the recruiting team with job postings, resume reviews, phone screens, interview scheduling, reference checks, and background checks
Maintain recruiting information within the firm's applicant tracking system and assist with job description updates and approvals
Assist with salary benchmarking and researching new recruiting sources and strategies
Support HR projects, programs, and initiatives as needed

Requirements

1+ year of onboarding, human resources, and/or recruiting experience
Experience within a Human Resources department is preferred
Associate's degree in Human Resources or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS), HRIS platforms, and Dayforce is preferred
Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
Strong communication, client service, and relationship-building abilities
The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and professionalism
Experience in a law firm environment is a plus

Skills

Microsoft Office applications
Applicant tracking systems (ATS)
HRIS platforms
Dayforce

Location

Rochester, NY

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

1+ year of onboarding and/or recruiting experience

Education Level

Associate's degree in Human Resources or equivalent combination of education and experience

Salary/Compensations

$48,000 - $60,000 annualized
$23.08 - $28.85 per hour

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurances
Health savings and flexible spending account options
Life and disability insurances
Retirement plan including 401(k) and profit sharing
Paid leave programs
Employee assistance resources
Commuter and parking benefits where applicable
Professional development opportunities

About the Company

Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP. A forward-thinking and innovative partnership with the benefit of more than 250 years of combined history, Harris Beach Murtha’s New York roots reach back to 1856 and the firm has had ties to New England since 1936. Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina were separately among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal.
Harris Beach Murtha and its subsidiaries have a strong Northeast presence, but a global reach. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. The firm’s practice areas and industries served span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates.
The firm’s lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut in Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford; New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Long Island and White Plains, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey.

Equal Opportunity

Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from diverse candidates with varied background and skills, including military experience. Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The firm’s policy prohibiting unlawful discrimination applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, placement, assignment of duties, training, promotion, compensation & benefits and termination. It is the policy of Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC that all applicants and employees enjoy a positive, respectful and productive work environment, free from behavior, actions or language constituting unlawful harassment. Accordingly, harassment or discrimination of any kind based on an individual’s race or color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, carrier status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, creed, domestic violence victim status or any other legally protected status is strictly prohibited. Harris Beach Murtha complies with the provisions of the Human Rights Law, all other State and Federal statutory and constitutional non-discrimination provisions including non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.