Recruiting & Employee Engagement Associate

About the role

The Recruiting & Employee Engagement Associate is responsible for building strong talent pipelines, cultivating meaningful candidate relationships, and promoting a compelling employer brand. This mid-level role blends proactive sourcing, strategic partnerships, and hands-on recruiting with employee engagement and onboarding efforts that reinforce culture, belonging, and long-term success.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support full-cycle recruitment efforts across all departments, from initial sourcing through onboarding.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to assess staffing needs, define role requirements, and ensure a smooth and consistent hiring experience.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines to support current and future hiring needs by leading proactive sourcing through LinkedIn.
• Partner with recruiting platforms to ensure inclusive hiring practices and maximize candidate reach.
• Ensure all job postings comply with applicable pay transparency, EEO, and local/state employment requirements.
• Conduct and complete compensation and benefits surveys to support competitive, market-aligned hiring practices.
• Coordinate the end-to-end internship recruiting cycle, including sourcing, screening, interviews, and onboarding.
• Track and maintain the intern pipeline.
• Oversee logistics and execution of the annual new hire event, including travel planning, speaker coordination, agenda development and welcome reception planning.
• Deliver orientation sessions and ensure all new hires are properly onboarded with technology, resources, and buddy assignments.
• Send onboarding information to hiring managers with tailored guidance and resources.
• Serve as a visible champion of culture efforts by driving initiatives that strengthen employee engagement, belonging, and alignment with company values.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to create a positive onboarding experience that supports long-term employee success.
• Support efforts around employee communications, ensuring content is accurate, timely, and visually engaging; collaborate with teams to post relevant employee communications.
• Care for employee work anniversaries by coordinating gifts.
• Support planning and execution of firm-wide initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5-7 years of experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, or employee engagement, with a strong emphasis on proactive sourcing and relationship-based hiring.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, candidates, and external partners to support hiring and employer brand objectives.
• Strong sourcing expertise using LinkedIn Recruiter and other talent platforms to build diverse, long-term talent pipelines.
• Experience promoting employer brand through candidate engagement, internship programs, campus outreach, and internal or external communications.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruiting technologies; ability to manage job postings and candidate workflows efficiently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent the firm professionally to candidates and external audiences.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to balance multiple recruiting and engagement initiatives simultaneously.
• Knowledge of hiring practices, EEO requirements, and pay transparency regulations.
• High attention to detail and discretion when handling confidential candidate and employee information.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and contribute as a collaborative member of a people-focused team.