Our People team is responsible for managing and enhancing all aspects of human resources and employee experience. Our team oversees talent acquisition, including recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new hires, ensuring that the Firm attracts and retains top legal talent and business services professionals. We develop and implement HR policies, manage employee relations, and administer compensation and benefits programs to ensure a fair and supportive work environment. Additionally, the People team focuses on training, professional development, work allocation, mobility and fostering a positive workplace culture. We also handle performance management, employee engagement, and compliance with labor laws and regulations. Through our comprehensive HR strategies and initiatives, the People team ensures that the Firm’s workforce around the world is motivated, skilled and mobilized to deliver on the Firm’s objectives.

Position Summary

The Experienced Legal Recruitment Assistant will play a key role in advancing our Experienced Legal recruitment toward becoming a best-in-class function. This position supports all stages of the recruitment process, helping to execute talent strategies, maintain data integrity within tracking systems, and foster strong communication with stakeholders. The role also contributes to building robust talent pipelines across multiple practice groups and all U.S. offices.

The ideal candidate will have excellent client relationship management skills and outstanding professional presence while balancing stakeholder and candidate relationships. They will need strong time management, organization and process driven skills while supporting multiple requisitions. This position also has a high focus on attracting and retaining top talent by providing a positive candidate experience, maintaining regular candidate communication, overseeing interview scheduling and providing feedback to each candidate in a professional and timely manner. The role requires an individual who continuously strives to cultivate a proactive recruitment process that is engaging, strategic and efficient.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Support recruitment on varies stages in the recruitment process across multiple requisitions (e.g., job postings, applications, pipelining, interviews, candidate management, offer management, agency engagement etc.)
• Proactively mitigate recruitment challenges, provide regular communications to relevant leadership, on any requisitions aligned with the practice group(s)
• Ensure and maintain all elements of agency management (e.g., fee agreements, preferred vendors, tracking management, kick-off calls, communications, etc.)
• Assist in developing sourcing strategies utilizing various channels to cultivate robust pipelines, and candidate outreach to identify top talent in the market
• Manage the candidate scheduling process (e.g. collecting candidate availability, communicating with recruiting agencies, requesting interview scheduling, and greeting candidates on WebEx interviews, etc.)
• Review resumes for prospective candidates to assess their knowledge, skills and experience to best suit open positions
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers, cross-function teams and key stakeholders throughout the recruitment process to ensure we proactively meet their hiring needs and goals
• Assist in generating market intelligence, develop deep expertise as a subject matter expert, and promote recruitment best practices
• Support recruitment initiatives across the Business Services and Experienced Legal Recruitment team (e.g., branding initiatives, LinkedIn utilization and expansion, sourcing efforts, etc.)
• Ensure ATS and recruitment reporting are accurate and proactively share data-centric updates with internal stakeholders
• Coordinate with various cross functional teams and manage the offer process (i.e., immigration, conflicts, general council, compensation, mobility, etc.)

Qualifications

• 1+ years of recruitment or assistant experience; professional services industry or a search firm preferred
• Strong technical skills on the following applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems
• Detail oriented, with strong administrative skills
• Superior customer service and relationship-building skills to provide an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience

• Exemplify a tenacious, growth-oriented mindset and demonstrate a willingness to tackle challenges and embrace new ideas
• Committed to contribute, collaborate and consult on the recruitment strategy for the Business Services and Experience Legal Recruitment teams
• Excellent business acumen, strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates effective time management strategies to balance recruiting initiatives, meet candidate expectations, addresses client needs and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment by being self-motivated and achievement-oriented
• Committed to fostering an inclusive and culturally sensitive environment

Compensation Range: $66,800.00-$85,000.00

This role reports to

Manager, Experienced Legal Recruitment - Americas

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact talent.acquisition@whitecase.com.

Benefits at White & Case

White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.

The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

New York Pay Range: -. Salary range in other markets will vary.

Note to Recruitment Agencies

Our internal Recruitment team manages all aspects of lateral hiring. All agencies must have signed terms of business—specific to the relevant office—before submitting any candidates. CVs or applications sent directly to White & Case partners or employees will also not be considered formal introductions. If you have questions, please contact the relevant Recruitment team. We work with our preferred suppliers when engaging agencies.