Fractional Legal Recruiter (Full Time Role)

Do you enjoy working with multiple clients at once? Do you believe recruiting isn't about filling jobs—it's about building companies by finding A-Players who stay and succeed? If you're tired of being measured by placements instead of long-term hiring success, this role may be for you.

About the role

SMB Team is seeking an internal, full-time Fractional Recruiter to serve our portfolio of law firm owner clients. This is a hands-on, client-facing role acting as an extension of the client law firm—leading full-cycle recruiting across all roles (attorneys, paralegals, administrative, and operations staff) to find A-Player talent, without the commission-driven bias of a traditional agency recruiter.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for assigned client law firms across all roles — attorneys, paralegals, administrative, and operations staff
• Partner with client stakeholders (CEO, Managing Partner, COO, Office Manager) to build the job blueprint & job description before sourcing begins, ensuring alignment on the role, comp, and non-negotiables
• Source, screen, and present a shortlist of qualified candidates using SMB Team's structured hiring methodology (scorecards, structured interviews, PI/behavioral assessments)
• Manage the candidate pipeline and communication end-to-end, providing clients a weekly search-status update
• Support offer structuring and negotiation on behalf of the client, ensuring compensation is realistic and competitive for small/mid-sized firms
• Track and report recruiting KPIs (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, retention) to both the client and SMB Team leadership
• Assist and support internal recruiting as needed

Requirements

• 3+ years of recruiting experience with a demonstrated mix of agency and in-house recruiting (will consider candidates with just one but those with both will be given preference)
• Proven track record recruiting for small-to-mid-sized businesses
• Experience recruiting across multiple role types (professional, administrative, operations), not a single specialty
• Working knowledge of the business cost of a bad hire, and the discipline to prioritize fit and long-term retention over speed-to-close while still maintaining hiring velocity
• Strong consultative and stakeholder-management skills; comfortable operating as a trusted advisor to firm owners and Managing Partners, not a transactional vendor; including driving processes/deadlines with client deliverables
• Demonstrated process discipline — follows a structured hiring methodology rather than an intuition-only approach
• Strong written and verbal communication — represents SMB Team directly to clients and candidates
• Legal recruiting experience preferred but not required
• Client-first orientation: optimizes for the hiring firm's long-term success, not for maximizing placement fees or speed
• Proven success in outbound recruiting (not just hiring through in-bound applicants)
• Experience recruiting for a minimum of 5 roles at a given time, ideally 10+
• Above average technical abilities and proven success using technology and AI

Benefits

• 75% coverage of Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for you and your family
• Flexible vacation time — encouraged to take time to recharge
• Team member education and learning budget for courses, events, and books
• 401(k) with a 3% company match
• Work from home or come to the office — your choice

Pay

Salary for this role is $90,000 with additional bonus potential up to $30,000.