Recruitment Assistant

About the role

Kennedys is growing our Recruitment team and are excited to announce a new opportunity for a Recruitment Assistant based in our Berkeley Heights, New Jersey location. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to get experience in legal recruiting.

Responsibilities

• Identify, source, recruit, and screen for business services and paralegal positions for all US office locations.
• Coordinate all stages of the US recruitment process for attorney positions, including posting jobs, reviewing resumes, and screening candidates.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates, ensuring consistent communication and a positive candidate experience.
• Work closely with the Senior Recruitment Manager to strategize and ensure open roles are filled in a timely manner.
• Proactively source and identify qualified candidates.
• Obtain interview feedback from both hiring team and candidates as needed, and facilitate the progression of the interview process in a timely manner.
• Draft offer recommendations to hiring team and receive required approvals.
• Prepare and send offers to candidates, including composing offer recommendations for approval, and drafting and sending offer packets to candidates.
• Administer and assist with the new joiners' process, including monitoring the return of offer letters, conflict checks, and references.
• Ensure candidate information is up-to-date in the firm's ATS and recruitment spreadsheets.

Requirements

• This is an entry level role. 0-1 years of recruitment experience in a professional services environment is preferred, but not mandatory.
• Highly professional with strong client-facing skills and an ability to forge strong and lasting internal relationships.
• Proactive, committed, enthusiastic and innovative.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate at all levels with excellent organizational skills.
• Experience working with various online recruitment platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, and others.

Pay

The annualized salary range for this role is $52,000-$55,000. However, this is contingent upon level of experience, location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.