POSITION OPENING

Internal and External Posting

Talent Recruitment and Retention Coordinator

January 23, 2023

Office Location:

Any Legal Action Office

(Some remote work may be available.)

Summary

Legal Action seeks a professional for the newly-created position of Talent Recruitment and Retention Coordinator. Working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, this position will develop and then implement a firmwide plan to recruit and retain the diverse workforce that our mission and our clients demand. This will include supporting and building the firm’s current law student intern/clerkship program and integrating it into our attorney workforce recruitment and retention plan.

Legal Action of Wisconsin

Legal Action is a large, vibrant non-profit law firm funded by the federal Legal Services Corporation, the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, and many other sources and by individual, corporate, and foundation donors. Legal Action provides free legal aid to 11,000 – 13,000 low-income persons each year in the southern 39 counties of Wisconsin with six offices (Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Oshkosh, Green Bay, and La Crosse.) In addition, Legal Action operates a statewide farmworker project and other statewide projects serving crime victims, including victims of sex and labor trafficking. Legal Action attorneys have expertise in a range of substantive areas, but our work primarily falls in the areas of housing, public benefits, removing barriers to employment, consumer law, and family law.

Legal Action believes that equal justice under law can only be achieved through the collaboration of a diverse staff. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and people with life experiences or educational backgrounds that add to the firm’s diversity and our capacity to provide high-quality legal aid.

Key Responsibilities

Under the supervision of, and working closely with, the Director of Diversity and Inclusion, the Coordinator will:

• Develop and then carry-out a firmwide strategic plan to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that is the backbone of our mission to ensure equal justice for low-income people in southern Wisconsin. This plan will include attorney, paralegal, and other positions.
• Identify, develop, and nurture and maintain the internal and external relationships that will be necessary to carry-out the recruitment and retention plans and to successfully build and retain our diverse workforce.
• Develop and carry-out a process to continually monitor and evaluate the firm’s recruitment and retention strategies and recommend changes to practices and strategies or to build new practices and strategies. The continuous evaluation process will use internal and external feedback and data.
• Evaluate the firm’s existing onboarding process and make recommendations for changes to ensure that it supports our retention plan.
• Provide support to and actively participate in the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and its current and future subcommittees.
• Working with hiring managers, perform the firm’s searches for qualified candidates (according to relevant job qualifications) using various recruitment sources which may include internet recruiting sources (e.g., Indeed), job fairs, networking, cold calls, paid and unpaid media, recruiting firms, and employee referrals.
• Working with hiring managers, coordinate and participate in the candidate selection process including: screening application materials; directly (phone) pre-screening applicants; developing interview questions; scheduling interviews; and serving on interview panels when needed; and related tasks.
• Based on the hiring manager’s decision, coordinate the position offer process and assist with new employee orientation and onboarding after the candidate accepts the offer.
• Develop, manage, and participate in recruitment programs which may include organizing and leading Legal Action’s participation in job fairs and other recruiting activities and events.
• Support the firm’s efforts to gather information about the workplace experience of employees who are leaving the firm and make recommendations and assist in effectuating changes to the workplace or policies/procedures to support our retention plan.
• Working with the Development and Communications Director and others, identify opportunities to improve the firm’s branding, the candidate experience, and advertising related to recruitment and retention. Develop and maintain ongoing, engaging, and diverse social media presence for the purposes of recruitment of external applicants.
• Continually update knowledge, skills, and abilities by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining professional networks; seeking out and attending regular training; and participating in organizations and/or associations of human resource-, diversity, equity, and inclusion-, and recruitment and retention-focused professionals.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION AND/OR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: A bachelor’s degree is highly desired. Preferred fields of study include: Human Resources Management; Business; Liberal Arts; English with an emphasis on Technical/Professional or Business Writing; or Communications. Or, an Associate’s degree plus a minimum of 3 years of experience in the same or similar work is required.
• WORK EXPERIENCE: 3 years of experience in the same or similar work is highly desired. At least 1 year of experience in the same or similar work is required.
• Demonstrated commitment to building and maintaining an equitable and inclusive workplace that attracts and retains talent and a diverse work force is required.
• Demonstrated commitment to working for equal justice for low-income people is required.
• Excellence in working collegially with co-workers and with external partners is required.
• Proven effectiveness in verbal and written communications is required, including, but not limited to:
  • adapt communication style to suit different audiences;
  • facilitate and coordinate meetings, group discussions, and project coordination;
  • attend to detail;
  • independently act and remain action-oriented; and
  • incorporate feedback to make changes.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required, including, but not limited to:
  • the ability to handle conflict appropriately;
  • attentive listening;
  • flexible;
  • ability to problem-solve with others; and
  • emotionally intelligent.
• Ability to occasionally travel to our offices and statewide and nationally is required. ?

Supervision

This position reports to Legal Action of Wisconsin’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion.

Governance

Legal Action’s personnel policies and procedures govern this position.

Scope of Accountability and Authority

While regular supervision is provided, this position requires minimal assistance or direction, a high level of efficiency, and/or independent initiative in performing their duties. The position has some autonomy to perform duties though the employee must always follow the firm’s policies, operating procedures, compliance requirements, and instruction from our licensed attorneys. In addition, because this position assists in formulating, determining, and effectuating management policy and personnel policies and procedures in a confidential capacity, this is a confidential position.

Salary

Starting salary for this position is $42,000 for a candidate on step zero of this position’s salary ladder. The candidate’s number of years of relevant experience determine their placement on the salary ladder steps. For example, a step five employee (with five years of relevant experience) on this position’s ladder would earn an annual salary of $47,833. A step 10 employee (with ten years of relevant experience) on this position’s ladder would earn an annual salary of $53,667. A step 15 employee on this position’s ladder would earn an annual salary of $59,500. A step 20 employee on this position’s ladder would earn an annual salary of $65,100.

In addition, Legal Action has an annual salary premium of either $2,400 or $4,800 (dependent on duties) for employees who are proficient in Spanish or Hmong.

For unrepresented positions such as this, Legal Action’s Board of Directors determines salaries and the language salary differential in a salary administration plan. Salaries and the language differential are not negotiable.

Benefits

Legal Action provides a generous fringe benefits package including employer-paid health and dental insurance for employees and eligible dependents. (Some employees are required to contribute to the health insurance premium for their spouse if the spouse has group health insurance provided by their employer.) Legal Action also provides life and long-term disability insurance, a profit- sharing retirement plan, salary deferral options for retirement planning, low-cost employee-paid vision coverage, four or more weeks of vacation per year (depending on length of time employed by Legal Action), four or five (depending on length of time employed by Legal Action) personal holidays in addition to 9 other firmwide paid holidays, generous paid sick leave, and four weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees. ?We also offer employee-paid benefits: ?voluntary life insurance for employees and their spouse and eligible children and income protection including short-term disability, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity.

Physical Demands

Enter information into a computer accurately. Answer numerous emails, phone calls, and other electronic and electronic communications throughout the day. Retrieve documents from printers and copiers and similar office equipment and file or distribute to others as needed.

Work Environment

This role is mostly sedentary, with most of the duties performed on a computer, phone, table, or reception desk. Desk and workspaces will accommodate a wheelchair or other assistive devices. This position may require occasional short-distance or long-distance travel.

Remote and/or Compressed Work

Remote and/or Compressed work may be available.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

As a condition of employment, all new employees and interns, law clerks, volunteers, and contractors from employment agencies or consulting firms must be fully vaccinated, including boosters. New employees must provide medical proof of vaccinations and boosters within 28 days of their first day of employment. New employees may request a medical or religious exemption from this requirement, but they must complete an exemption request and Legal Action must approve the exemption before the employee may begin work.

Relocation Expenses

Reimbursement for eligible relocation expenses, up to $1,200, is available.

Application Procedure

To apply, applicants should submit the following within Legal Action’s online portal: ?

• A cover letter that guides us through the applicant’s interest in the position and experience and qualifications, knowledge, and skills.
• Resume
• Writing Sample
• Names and contact information for at least three professional references.(Legal Action will notify candidates before conducting reference checks.)

https://secure2.entertimeonline.com/ta/7988.careers?ShowJob=503511554

Hiring Manager

Jennifer Johnson, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, is the hiring manager for this position. ?

Deadline to Apply

We will review applicants on a rolling basis. ?To assure early consideration, please submit application materials as soon as possible. ?Interviews will begin on or around 2/2/23.

Step 0 $42,000 Step 19 $64,050

Step 1 $43,167 Step 20 $65,100

Step 2 $44,333 Step 21 $66,150

Step 3 $45,500 Step 22 $67,200

Step 4 $46,667 Step 23 $68,250

Step 5 $47,833 Step 24 $69,300

Step 6 $49,000 Step 25 $70,350

Step 7 $50,167 Step 26 $71,400

Step 8 $51,333 Step 27 $72,450

Step 9 $52,500 Step 28 $73,500

Step 10 $53,667 Step 29 $74,550

Step 11 $54,833 Step 30 $75,600

Step 12 $56,000 Step 31 $76,650

Step 13 $57,167 Step 32 $77,700

Step 14 $58,333 Step 33 $78,750

Step 15 $59,500 Step 34 $79,800

Step 16 $60,667 Step 35 $80,850

Step 17 $61,833 Step 36 $81,900

Step 18 $63,000 Step 37 and beyond: Step 36 plus a flat $1,500 stipend that doesn’t

compound and is given as a lump sum on the employee's anniversary pay check.