HR Generalist – Talent Acquisition Focus

Position Overview Levin & Nalbandyan, LLP is seeking a highly organized, strategic, and execution-driven HR Generalist with a primary focus on Talent Acquisition to support our continued firm growth.

This role will lead full-cycle recruiting across multiple departments while also supporting core HR generalist functions including onboarding, compliance documentation, employee records management, and leave administration support.

This is not a transactional recruiting role. The ideal candidate understands workforce planning, hiring metrics, employment law compliance, and building structured talent pipelines in a fast-paced, performance-driven legal environment.

This role reports to the Head of People & Operations.

Core Responsibilities Talent Acquisition (Primary Focus – ~60%) • Manage full-cycle recruiting across attorney and non-attorney roles • Partner with department leaders to define hiring needs and success profiles • Draft compelling, brand-aligned job descriptions • Source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referral pipelines, and direct outreach • Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines • Screen candidates for skill, culture, and performance alignment • Coordinate interview process and stakeholder communication • Lead offer process and compensation coordination • Track hiring metrics (time-to-fill, source-of-hire, acceptance rate) • Maintain ATS accuracy and reporting • Develop employer branding initiatives

HR Generalist Support (~40%) • Support onboarding process (offer letters, new hire documentation, I-9 coordination) • Maintain personnel files and compliance documentation • Assist with benefits enrollment coordination • Support leave administration (FMLA, CFRA, disability coordination) • Assist with policy acknowledgment tracking • Support performance review documentation process • Maintain confidentiality of employee records • Assist with termination documentation and offboarding coordination

Qualifications • 3–6+ years of experience in recruiting or HR generalist role • Experience recruiting in professional services, legal, or high-performance environments strongly preferred • Strong understanding of California employment laws • Experience using ATS systems and LinkedIn Recruiter • Strong written communication skills • High attention to detail and organizational discipline • Ability to manage multiple open requisitions simultaneously • Strong judgment and professionalism

Preferred: • Experience in plaintiff-side law firm recruiting • HR certification (SHRM-CP, PHR) • Experience working in a firm with 75+ employees

Competencies • Execution-focused • KPI-driven mindset • Discreet and trustworthy • Highly organized • Proactive communicator • Strategic thinker, not reactive administrator

Performance Metrics (KPIs) • Time-to-fill targets met • Offer acceptance rate • 90-day retention rate of new hires • Hiring manager satisfaction score • ATS compliance and documentation accuracy • Reduction in agency usage

Why This Role Matters

As Levin & Nalbandyan continues to expand, the HR Generalist – Talent Acquisition Focus will play a critical role in ensuring that growth is structured, compliant, and aligned with firm culture and performance standards.