Talent Acquisition Assistant

Summary

We are recruiting for a Talent Acquisition Assistant who will provide support to the Talent Acquisition team with all recruiting and onboarding efforts for new attorneys, lateral hires, and business services hires. This role will be hybrid with an in-office expectation of 2-3 days per week. This role is based in our New Haven office. 

The Role

• Assist with high volume interview scheduling for lateral associate, partner, and business services candidates, including maintaining calendar and appointment schedules, booking conference rooms, and preparing meeting materials.
• Enter and maintain candidate data in the firm’s applicant tracking system and document management database.
• Maintain recruiting agency and vendor agreements and track agency placement fees.
• Process recruitment invoices, placement invoices, and expense reports in accounting management system.
• Maintain recruitment budget.
• Process background checks through third-party vendor for new hires.
• Post open roles to the Firm's website, LinkedIn, and other industry job boards as appropriate.
• Handle day-to-day administrative tasks for the department.
• Assist with planning recruitment events, dinners, and outreach.
• Assist with all aspects of the Summer Program and entry-level recruitment, including but not limited to preparing and executing social events/training sessions, tracking work assignments, compiling feedback packets for evaluation periods, and maintaining budget log.
• Other projects as assigned by the Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition and the recruitment team.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job, and as such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required

Key Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Ability to interact with people at all levels of the organization
• Knowledge of Firm computer software programs (e.g. Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, Teams, Zoom, iManage, SharePoint, Reach ATS etc.), with the ability to learn new software and operating systems
• Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work well independently as well as effectively within a team
• Strong organizational skills, problem solving skills and attention to detail  
• Customer service-oriented mindset
• Ability to handle sensitive matters and maintain confidentiality

About Withers 

A law firm focused on people, performance, and collaboration.

For the past 125 years, we have supported some of the world’s most remarkable people and organizations at defining moments in their lives.

As the global private client firm, we are trusted advisors to families, founders, fiduciaries and businesses – and more than this, to governments, charities and financial institutions.

We structure, grow and preserve capital. We protect reputations and relationships, ideas and innovations. We secure our clients’ legacies across generations.

We are united in our commitment to integrity, quality and collaboration. We have a culture of high performance and deliver excellent service consistently across the firm. We provide tailored solutions built on trust and partner with our clients to achieve their goals.

Many of our clients are shaping the future, and creating solutions to tackle many of the world’s problems. It makes for a fascinating and challenging practice.

Our role is to get to know each individual client, find out where they want to be, and help them to get there – whether they are building a business, buying a home or protecting and defending their interests.
To meet their unique needs we are exceptionally collaborative, working together across teams and time zones. And we are agile – focusing on strategy rather than rigid ideas and traditional hierarchy.

We are delighted that we have been awarded Mansfield Certification Plus in relation to our recruitment and leadership progression efforts in the US and UK. This certification is an encouraging milestone as we continue to champion diversity within our organization and in the wider legal sector.

Join us to be part of a team that is always looking to the future. Where initiative, big ideas and bold moves are always encouraged. Where you can truly be yourself.

For more information on Withers, please visit the following links: General Career Site, LinkedIn, About Us 

Equal opportunities employment statement 

The firm is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  Equal employment opportunity has been and will continue to be a fundamental principle at the firm. Employment at the firm is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  The firm prohibits and will not tolerate any discrimination or harassment on the basis of any of these classifications or characteristics.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.  

If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website to apply for a position, please contact the firm at 203 789 1320 or email us.recruiting@withersworldwide.com with your request.  Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.