Senior Legal Recruiting Specialist

About the Firm

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on Law.com's UK A-List twice in the past three years. The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government across Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. The firm is recognized for leading practices in asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

About the Role

The Senior Legal Recruiting Specialist partners with the Senior Manager of Legal Recruiting and the Boston legal recruiting team to attract, hire, and retain top entry-level legal talent for the Boston office. This role collaborates with department leadership to execute recruitment initiatives, including the firm’s annual summer program.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the building and management of candidate pipelines through interviewing, offers, and follow-up processes.
• Independently formulate hiring strategies and execute on-campus outreach initiatives; engage candidates at firm marketing events.
• Network and partner with law school career services personnel and faculty to raise the firm’s profile.
• Strategize, execute, and manage the local office summer associate program, including logistical planning, work allocation, assignment tracking, and evaluations.
• Organize, execute contracts for, and attend sophisticated summer program social events; supervise summer associates at such events.
• Manage summer associate attendance, serve as the first-line resource for resolving questions or concerns, and handle other summer program duties.
• Collaborate with practice groups to organize interview schedules, collect and synthesize interviewer feedback, make offer recommendations, and produce offer letters.
• Assist with the onboarding process of lateral associate and career attorney hires, as needed.
• Maintain candidate records using the legal recruiting database; analyze complex data to make recommendations and present reports to hiring partners and leadership.
• Represent the firm through membership in local legal recruiting organizations; stay current on evolving developments in the recruiting field.
• Conduct market research with peer firm representatives as requested.
• Direct the work of coordinators, assistants, and temps within the department.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by Legal Recruiting leadership.

Qualifications

• Flexibility to respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities.
• Team-oriented with the ability to share information, goals, opportunities, successes, and failures with appropriate parties.
• Ability to effectively train and delegate to others on the team.
• Consult with attorneys and staff across all levels of seniority to determine the best approach for fulfilling staffing needs and re-evaluate as necessary.
• Innovative and proactive in marketing the firm to various candidate constituencies.
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-up and follow-through abilities.
• Ability to manage and prioritize projects effectively.
• Experience working in a multi-office environment.
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally and educationally diverse environment.
• Proactive in learning and adapting to new systems and processes.
• Ability to perform under stressful conditions in a thoughtful, organized, and professional manner.
• Continually seeks to streamline recruitment processes for efficiency.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Five to seven years of executive recruiting or attorney professional development experience at a mid-sized or large law firm, career services, or other professional services industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with database programs (e.g., LawCruit, FloRecruit, Symplicity).
• Advanced social media (LinkedIn, etc.) and web-based program skills are highly desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to recognize and maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Ability to work efficiently both independently and within a team.
• Highly motivated with strong initiative skills.

Pay

The anticipated pay range for this role is $88,600 - $135,100 for the Boston location. The actual offered rate will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors, including qualifications, experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity. In addition, this role is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance.

Schedule

This position requires hybrid on-site presence as an essential function of the role. Consistent and predictable on-site presence is required for ongoing business continuity, professional development, and effective collaboration with colleagues and management.

Benefits

Ropes & Gray offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package, including:

• Comprehensive health and well-being benefits.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.
• Career growth opportunities.
• A collegial and supportive culture.