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About Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.
About The Role
The Lateral Associate Recruiting Manager is an integral part of Latham’s Associate Recruiting team. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing tailored recruitment strategies within our EMEA offices and overseeing the workflow and development of the recruitment team. This role will be located in our London office.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
Other key responsibilities include:
- Positioning Latham at the leading edge of strategic growth in the legal market and identifying ways to effectively promote the firm’s message to candidates
- Proactively identifying potential opportunities to recruit qualified lateral associate candidates, and overseeing the process from start to finish
- Representing the Associate Recruiting Department on practice group cohorts and preparing and communicating reports and market intelligence
- Managing relationships with department, office, and practice leaders internally, and vendors externally, and continually evaluating products for improvement in the recruiting process
- Championing best practice and developing a team
We’d love to hear from you if you:
- Display excellent leadership skills (e.g., organising, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making) for effective management
- Demonstrate well-developed and professional interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with people at all organisational levels of the firm
- Thrive in a dynamic team environment with a customer-service focus
And have:
- Experience in legal or professional services recruitment, providing a strategic and forward-thinking approach to sourcing
- Enthusiasm for identifying and enacting creative solutions
- Experience of supervising a team, preferably
- Willingness to develop international relationships and occasional travel
Benefits & Additional Information
Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:
- Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
- A pension plan
- Wellness programs
- Employee discounts
- And more!
Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.
Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. #MidSenior