Specialist, Junior Associate Experience

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working around the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world's key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It's not just about our global network of offices; it's the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It's one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

This position presents an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting our junior legal talent. The Junior Associate Experience Specialist will provide support in delivering initiatives that enhance the experience of our junior associate population across the Americas.

The Junior Associate Experience Specialist will assist with managing all aspects of our first-year population and work on initiatives for the broader junior and summer associate populations. You will assist with HR onboarding, first-year orientation programming, the junior associate mentoring program, work allocation, and acting as a guide and resource to junior associates. In this role, you will develop knowledge and skills across human resources, talent management, work allocation, and learning and development functions.

The successful candidate will be a team-player who is ambitious, focused on client service, and passionate about his/her work. He or she will be eager to take on the challenges of exceling in a global law firm and high-performance culture. This individual will have a genuine interest in associate development and an ability to earn the trust of associates and firm stakeholders. Prior experience in a professional services setting, preferably a law firm, is required.

Trusted advisor or career coach, project manager or strategist, recruitment administrator, talent expert or experienced generalist? As part of our global People (Advisory) team, you can expect to utilize and develop your skills across every aspect of human resources and talent management.

Whilst traditional HR tasks are an important component of our work, we also apply this practical knowledge to high-level strategic initiatives that deliver on our employer value proposition to best enable and grow our business. We lead and manage significant projects to attract, retain and engage the best people, and we are recognized for our ability to get the job done.

We're proud of our high-performance work ethic, as well as the central role that we play in fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture. Through extensive contact with partners and business services leaders, we are trusted to offer advice and implement changes that help our teams perform at the highest level and deliver outstanding client service. Working with us will provide you with a uniquely broad range of experience to draw on throughout your career.

• Support people development planning to ensure all first-year associates are onboarded, resourced, trained, staffed, mobilized and developed in a way that benefits both the individual and the Firm
• Support the onboarding process for our first-year associates
• Conduct and participate in the orientation program for our first-year associates
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding Firm policies and procedures
• Collaborate with our Recruiting, L&D, Knowledge and other functions across the Firm to ensure that junior associates are set up for success as they grow within the Firm
• Support in delivering initiatives that enhance the experience of our junior associate population across the Americas - including taking a lead on the Firm's mentoring program
• Support associates through equitable, transparent and consistent work allocation and strike the appropriate balance between accommodating associate interests and meeting the needs of the business
• Manage staffing requests for summer and pooled first-year associates and collaborate with the Allocation & Development team and Staffing Partners
• Actively maintain one-on-one relationships with associates in order to develop detailed understanding of associate goals and preferences to provide deployment-related coaching
• Contribute to building and fostering a collaborative, collegial, high performing team committed to professional excellence
• Perform other miscellaneous tasks as assigned

• 5+ years of professional services, talent management, recruitment, paralegal, and/or HR experience, and working across a regional, global or remote cross-border teams
• Able to manage competing/conflicting priorities effectively to achieve a way forward; ability to work in a high demand, deadline driven environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skill
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and multi-tasking skills
• Intermediate Excel experience with strong analytical skills to manipulate data and ensure reporting accuracy
• Proactive and creative in finding solutions to drive efficiency
• Bachelor's degree required
• Self-motivated and achievement oriented
• Open minded and collaborative with a consultative approach
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Calm and resilient
• Exercise strong judgement when making decisions
• Excellent business acumen and administrative skills

• This is a in-office role based in our New York Office
• This role reports to the Manager, Junior Associate Experience

Our Internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment process. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business which are often specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction. Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the Americas Lateral Recruitment team.

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.

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 this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

¹The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.