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Legal Recruiting Assistant
Location
Office in Downtown Los Angeles
Remote Work Flexibility
Experience the freedom of working remotely for a portion of your workweek. Our infrastructure enables seamless communication, collaboration, and access to resources from anywhere.
About the Company
Manning Kass is a national civil litigation defense firm that stands out from the rest—every case and client matters. Established in 1994 with just sixteen attorneys, we have expanded over the past thirty years to more than 160 attorneys across seven offices, including major economic hubs like New York and Los Angeles.
About the Role
Manning & Kass is seeking a Legal Recruiting Assistant reporting to the Director of Attorney Recruiting and Engagement. This role provides critical administrative support including maintaining recruiting database, resume data, schedules candidate interviews with partners, and calendars orientation for new associates as needed.
Responsibilities
- Assist in coordinating a variety of internal, external, and virtual attorney recruiting efforts.
- Provide general administrative support for recruiting, onboarding, orientations scheduling and attorney engagement surveys.
- Manage logistics for meetings, interviews and events, including scheduling, room reservations, set-up, and preparation of materials.
- Collaborate with practice area leaders and departments across the firm to ensure recruiting and development data is accurately maintained and accessible.
- Track and maintain recruiting metrics records and data related to assist in increasing overall percentage to promote retention of attorneys.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and equivalent relevant experience required.
- Proficiency with virtual meeting software platforms.
- Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft is preferred.
- Previous experience in a law firm, legal or professional office setting is preferred or law school career services environment.
- Ability to respect, protect and maintain highly confidential information.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with attorneys, business professionals, and external contacts.
- Independent, self-starter with strong problem-solving abilities and a flexible, team-oriented mindset.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and LinkedIn.
Company Offers
- Salary range $60,000 - $65,000 and represents the firm’s good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and locations.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, flexible spending account, and 401K.
- Pet insurance coverage.
- Referral program.
- A company culture that fosters career growth and opportunity.
- All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.
Salary : $60,000 - $65,000