Recruiting Coordinator

Recruiting Coordinator

Birmingham, Alabama

With an important role in a highly respected and hard-working team, the Recruiting Coordinator’s overarching role is to take ownership, pride and a proactive role in supporting the firm’s recruiting initiatives. This position serves as a point person in recruiting talent through and the summer recruiting program and supports pipeline programs and associate training and development initiatives. It is of utmost importance that the Recruiting Coordinator ensures that all activities and processes for which s/he is responsible meet the highest standards of accuracy and professionalism.

Primary Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Coordinate summer associate recruiting and the 6-week program. The program is typically 6 weeks and varies by length and activities in each office.  Coordinating the program includes scheduling on-campus and in-office interviews to select participants, collection of work projects for summer associates to perform, planning various social events, internal/external speaker events, and various other recruiting events.
• Coordinate Maynard Law Prep, a four-week program in the summer for undergraduate college students considering law school, including the annual application cycle, candidate communications, weekly events and luncheons with guest speakers, and project assignments with paralegals and attorneys.
• Manage law school relationships and activities, including job fairs, mock interviews, Meet the Market events, recruiter panels, and dean and faculty engagement. Maintain the 1L prospect list and respond to student inquiries.
• Coordinate associate programs, including new associate orientation, the Associate Mentoring Program, associate training, and surveys with summary reports to leadership.
• Assist with administering sponsorships and community involvement, including sponsorship guest lists and payments, local bar and young lawyer event support, and the Birmingham office United Way campaign.
• Coordinate the Firm’s participation in job fairs and on-campus activities.
• Support Chief Talent & Human Resources Officer with Firm’s ongoing goals and initiatives, including but not limited to the LSAT Prep Course, including committee support, the firm retreat, and recognition programs such as the anniversary gifts program.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Work requires a general knowledge of a law firm environment/culture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including attention to detail in composing, typing and proofing materials.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Zooms and Teams and an overall comfort using internet-based technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to provide great internal and external client service and handle sensitive information, and greet guests by phone or in person. 
• Demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy.
• Analytical ability is required in order to gather, summarize and report on survey and program data.
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• Ability to prioritize work assignments.
• Understanding the work ethic and management style of direct leaders in an effort to be proactive and ensure great team performance.
• Must be flexible, demonstrating the ability to adapt easily to a fast-paced working environment.  This may include periodically working in addition to standard work hours to meet - service demands and occasional travel to other offices or law school campuses.
• Must have a positive attitude and be a team player with the ability to communicate effectively, assertively and confidently across various offices and practice areas with a variety of stakeholders in the firm.
• Ability to multi-task and timely execute a variety of time-sensitive projects simultaneously.
• Must demonstrate effective problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong event planning skills.
• Ability to perform initial screening of applicants for pre-law and summer associate positions.
• A Bachelor’s degree is required

Reports to Chief Talent and Human Resources Officer

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled