Lateral & Experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description

The role

Clifford Chance US LLP is seeking to hire a full time, Lateral & Experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to supporting lateral associate recruitment for the Americas region.

This role will deliver an effective, proactive, and efficient recruitment service by partnering with the business to develop strategies and manage searches to meet the region's strategic associate resource needs while delivering the highest standard of expertise to our clients and will also support lateral partner recruitment as needed. This role will be integral in driving sourcing strategy, building talent pipelines, designing recruitment campaigns, reviewing, and shortlisting of candidates, interviewing, and managing offers and candidate feedback of the recruitment process for lateral partners.

Key responsibilities

* Act as a trusted Talent Acquisition advisor to the hiring/sponsor partners, the Practice Areas and internal stakeholders to meet the firm's strategic goals while providing best practice expertise to the wider global network.

* Work alongside a global team of professional recruiters to ensure seamless recruitment and onboarding experience and process for lateral partner hires, including collaborating with Business Professional teams in the region/network.

* Manage lateral associate recruitment for the Americas and deliver innovative and creative recruitment solutions to stakeholders while creating best practices in the region in an extremely competitive market.

* Establish a recruitment strategy and roadmap for working with partners and stakeholders in the Americas region in line with the firm's strategy.

* Ensure that recruitment activities and initiatives are aligned with the firm's Americas growth strategy.

* Review market intelligence data, market mapping reports, and internal research to identify prospects.

* Regularly report and present to internal stakeholders regarding recruitment and strategic growth plans, progress, feedback, and market themes.

* Manage the internal approval processes, including assisting with documentation, business cases, market intelligence, and feedback.

* Manage and maintain terms with preferred suppliers (including supplier negotiation) and review them regularly to ensure they are in line with market norms.

* Act as the main point of contact for lateral associate candidates, from the initial approach through the selection process, ensuring each is provided consistent updates regarding status and soliciting feedback on the process as appropriate.

* Working with others in the team to arrange interviews in a timely manner, ensuring that interviewers are briefed and debriefed. Build out bespoke interview schedules for each candidate to ensure they get the right information at the right time.

* Support the preparation for and the coordination of internal and external meetings as needed with stakeholders and search firms.

* Coach lateral associate candidates through the resignation, offer, and onboarding process to manage a post-offer cultivation program tailored to each candidate.

* Ensure effective lateral associate tracking processes, including familiarity with our applicant tracking system tracking of lateral submissions, and working with the recruitment team to enable quality management information, data reporting, and status updates, including preparing relevant reporting on lateral associate hires and targets/prospects.

* Coordinate with internal departments and relevant stakeholders to ensure successful on-boarding, pre-partnership screening, and pre-arrival orientation activities ensure a first-class candidate experience. Provide partners with professional direction with respect to best practices to enable them to manage recruitment more effectively.

* Provide day-to-day supervision and mentorship to junior members of the team.

* Stay abreast of changes in the industry while maintaining a broad external network in the legal recruiting community, including peer firm contacts and search agencies.

Qualifications

Your experience

* Minimum of 4+ years of progressive legal recruitment experience in a law firm. Lateral recruitment experience is preferred.

* Proven experience in handling sought-after candidates in a highly competitive market, managing candidate and agency negotiations, and ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience.

* Ability to demonstrate deep knowledge of recruitment methodology and candidate engagement with the desire to challenge the status quo and innovate.

* Ability to navigate a matrix organizational structure with a full understanding of a professional services environment.

* Ability to advise and guide our hiring partners and candidates through the entire lifecycle of recruitment with discretion and confidentiality in all your dealings.

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to problem solve, work under pressure, and work within tight time frames.

* Proven track record of building rapport and credibility with applicable internal client…