TALENT SPECIALIST
San Francisco Office
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices and a global perspective. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, intensity and creativity to resolve legal challenges effectively and cost efficiently. We believe in hiring talented and dedicated individuals as members of our professional staff community. We draw on the strength of our collaborative culture and structure to deliver the best of our firm to our lawyers and clients through true collaboration.
The firm is seeking a full-time Talent Specialist to work closely with the Senior Manager of Talent to support office-wide talent initiatives in recruiting, attorney professional development and human resources. This position reports to the Senior Manager of Talent and is a non-exempt position based in our San Francisco office.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Attorney and Summer Associate Recruiting
- Coordinate all aspects of the summer associate program, including orientations, trainings, staffing assignments, evaluations, social events, and program logistics.
- Support the law student recruiting process, including coordinating on-campus interviews (OCIs), scheduling screening interviews and in-person and virtual callbacks, preparing interview materials, maintaining recruiting databases and candidate trackers, and communicating with law schools and student organizations regarding events and sponsorships.
- Compile recruiting metrics for Hiring Committee and track progress against hiring goals.
- Assist with lateral attorney recruiting by coordinating candidate interviews, preparing evaluation materials, tracking candidates in the recruiting database, and preparing offer letters and status communications.
Professional Development
- Coordinate attorney onboarding and offboarding, including offer documentation, conflicts checks, orientation and training scheduling, Workday entries, and arrival logistics in coordination with the Office Manager.
- Assist with the semi-annual attorney evaluation process, including preparing evaluation materials, coordinating review meetings, and tracking completion of advisee meetings and evaluations.
Human Resources
- Support professional staff recruiting by posting job openings, coordinating interviews, assisting with candidate screening, preparing offer letters, and coordinating background and reference checks.
- Assist with onboarding and offboarding for professional staff and maintain related Workday records.
- Process employment verifications and respond to routine HR inquiries.
- Serve as a resource to attorneys, professional staff, and summer associates to help foster a positive and supportive work environment.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree.
- 4-5 years' experience in legal recruiting, preferably within a large law firm.
- Must possess the ability to be proactive, exercise discretion, sound judgment and maturity in handling sensitive confidential salary and personal information.
- Impeccable written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and handle multiple tasks at a time, as well as meet tight deadlines effectively.
- Must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of employees throughout the firm from partners to facilities employees.
- Strong professional demeanor and interpersonal skills; be comfortable interacting with attorneys and leadership; approaches colleagues and candidates with a client-service framework.
- Strong ability to anticipate needs, follow-through, take initiative, and act independently while knowing when to seek guidance.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, more specifically Excel.
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
$95,000 - $110,000
Mar 15, 2026