Practice Group / Department:
Entry-Level Recruiting
Job Description
We are a global law firm with a powerful strategic focus and real momentum. Our industry-focused strategy is seeing us take on pioneering work in places that others have yet to reach. Our shared values define our culture and our workplace. You will find us to be unusually collegial, team-oriented, and ready to innovate. We work seamlessly across practices, offices and around the world. This elimination of boundaries has allowed us to evolve into a law firm that works as hard for its culture as it does for its clients.
Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Entry-Level Recruiting team to lead the recruiting efforts in our Houston office and provide support to the firm-wide legal recruiting team in all aspects of entry-level recruiting.
The manager is responsible for assisting all aspects of the entry-level non-partner lawyer recruiting functions and works closely with the Hiring Committee, diversity, equity, and inclusion professionals, and other internal constituents to support broader firm projects related to the recruiting, development, and retention of legal talent. The manager will assist in the development of strategic direction and implementation for lawyer recruiting at the local office level, while executing firmwide initiatives and strategy. This position will build strategic relationships with career services personnel and key law student groups in the region. The manager is also responsible for providing support to successfully grow the firm through proactive entry-level recruiting efforts in a manner consistent with the firm’s strategic goals.
The position is based in our Houston, Texas office. Flexibility to work outside of regular business hours, including evening and weekends, will be required during peak recruiting seasons. Some travel will be required.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Working proactively with the local office Hiring committee, Senior Manager of Entry-Level Hiring, and other legal recruiters across the firm to anticipate and determine summer associate and entry-level hiring needs and goals
- Recruiting the highest quality of law students and judicial clerks by fostering strong relationships with local law school career services offices, campus outreach efforts, on-campus interviews, and callback interviews
- Creating and implementing best practices for entry-level recruiting at select national and local law schools
- In collaboration with office hiring partner, responsible for the identification of interview teams, active management of candidate communications and follow-up efforts, and offer management
- Developing and executing the office’s summer associate program; this includes budgeting, planning, and implementation of the program’s social calendar; development and implementation of orientation program; management of work product; management of summer associate evaluation process; development and implementation of summer associate training programs in collaboration with Talent Development team; and management of the offer process and follow-up efforts
- Working with stakeholders to implement onboarding, integration, and development programming for entry-level lawyers
- Supervising and maintaining data entry, recruiting records, and budgets for responsible office, school team(s) and summer program
- Managing payments and reimbursements for participation in on-campus events, summer events, and to students
- Participating in data collection and analysis for purposes of completing necessary forms and surveys (i.e., NALP form)
- Supporting local partner hiring and onboarding efforts
Other duties
Please note this job description does not cover or contain all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Qualifications and job-related skills:
- Bachelor’s degree is required
- Minimum of four years of recruiting experience in global law firm or legal professional services environment preferred
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skillset that promotes an environment of collaboration, teamwork, client service, innovation, excellence, and commitment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Detailed knowledge of viDesktop/viRecruit, or other familiarity with applicant tracking systems is preferred
- Ability to adapt to new software
- Ability to develop, monitor and approve budgets and expenditures
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations that require the collection and recording of certain data and information. The information we receive will not be used to make any decision regarding employment and will be kept separate from your application. Similarly, self-identification information is kept confidential and used only in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to providing reasonable accommodation as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation to complete your application, please contact [email protected]. Please provide your contact information and a description of your accessibility issue. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
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What We Do
We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3,500 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; consumer markets; transport; technology; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com/legal-notices
