Personal Injury Full-Cycle Corporate Recruiter

oin an Award-Winning Personal Injury Law Firm

At The Ward Law Group, our mission is simple:

Changing Lives. One Client at a Time.

Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work for consecutive years, we believe our people are our greatest asset. We invest in our team, celebrate success together, and create opportunities for professional growth, leadership development, and long-term career advancement.

As one of the nation's fastest-growing Plaintiff Personal Injury law firms, we are seeking an experienced Full-Cycle Corporate Recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and is passionate about identifying, attracting, and hiring exceptional legal and operational talent. This role plays a vital part in building the teams that help deliver outstanding results for our clients.

We foster a collaborative, innovative, and high-accountability culture where teamwork, urgency, and continuous improvement drive our success. Our recruiters are trusted business partners who work closely with hiring managers, influence hiring decisions, and help shape the future of our organization by bringing in top talent.

Our Core Values

Faith – We act with integrity, honesty, and purpose in everything we do.

Accountability – We take ownership of our commitments, our hiring results, and the candidate experience we deliver.

Leadership – We lead with initiative, build strong partnerships, embrace continuous improvement, and develop high-performing teams.

Loyalty – We build lasting relationships through trust, collaboration, and dedication to our clients, teammates, and community.

Service – We are committed to delivering exceptional service by supporting our hiring managers, providing an outstanding candidate experience, and helping build teams that change lives, one client at a time.

Headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, with offices in New York and Orlando, The Ward Law Group continues to expand nationally, creating exciting opportunities for recruiting professionals who want to make a meaningful impact while helping build one of the country's premier Plaintiff Personal Injury law firms.

The Ward Law Group is seeking an experienced Full-Cycle Corporate Recruiter to manage recruiting for attorney, legal, operational, and administrative positions across the firm.

This role is responsible for the entire recruiting lifecycle—from intake meetings and sourcing through offer acceptance and onboarding handoff. The successful candidate will partner closely with hiring managers, build strong talent pipelines, maintain recruiting metrics, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

This is a 100% onsite position based in our Miami Lakes office.

What You'll Do

Full-Cycle Recruiting

• Manage the complete recruiting lifecycle for legal and operational positions.
• Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers.
• Develop sourcing strategies for priority roles.
• Screen candidates against minimum qualifications and role requirements.
• Coordinate interviews and manage candidate communications.
• Prepare offers and support onboarding transitions.

Talent Acquisition Strategy

• Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical positions.
• Source candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, and direct outreach.
• Develop proactive recruiting strategies for difficult-to-fill positions.
• Maintain a positive employer brand and candidate experience.

Hiring Manager Partnership

• Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing priorities.
• Provide market insights and recruiting updates.
• Recommend sourcing strategies and pipeline improvements.
• Facilitate timely interview feedback and hiring decisions.

Recruiting Operations

• Maintain accurate candidate records in SmartRecruiters.
• Create and manage job postings.
• Track recruiting metrics, including:
  • Time-to-fill
  • Time-to-hire
  • Source effectiveness
  • Candidate conversion rates
  • Offer acceptance rates
  • Pipeline health
• Ensure compliance with company hiring procedures and employment laws.

Performance Expectations

Success in this role will be measured by the ability to:

• Consistently fill high-priority positions within established hiring timelines.
• Build strong pipelines for difficult-to-fill legal positions.
• Maintain accurate SmartRecruiters data and reporting.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience.
• Build trusted relationships with hiring managers.
• Meet recruiting KPIs, including time-to-fill, interview conversion, offer acceptance, and hiring manager satisfaction.
• Manage multiple requisitions while maintaining quality and urgency.

equired Qualifications

• 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience supporting an in-house legal department, corporate legal function, law firm, or legal services organization.
• Proven experience recruiting for legal and compliance roles, including attorneys, paralegals, legal operations professionals, contracts specialists, compliance professionals, and administrative support staff.
• Experience conducting behavioral and competency-based interviews to assess technical qualifications, professional judgment, and organizational fit.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent searches and partnering with hiring managers across legal, compliance, risk, privacy, regulatory, and business functions.
• Strong ability to build relationships and influence hiring decisions while serving as a trusted advisor to legal leadership and business stakeholders.
• Experience developing and executing targeted sourcing strategies to attract highly qualified legal talent across multiple levels and practice areas.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret recruiting metrics, workforce planning data, and market trends to improve hiring outcomes and support organizational growth.
• Ability to manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including intake meetings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination.
• Knowledge of employment laws, equal employment opportunity requirements, and recruiting compliance best practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with candidates, legal professionals, executives, and cross-functional partners.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience utilizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), candidate relationship management tools, and recruiting technologies.
• Strong professional writing skills, including creating job descriptions, candidate communications, interview materials, and offer documentation.
• Experience presenting recruiting updates, talent market insights, hiring strategies, and workforce planning recommendations to hiring managers and leadership teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Legal Studies, Psychology, or a related field.
• Experience recruiting for corporate legal departments, in-house counsel teams, compliance organizations, or regulated industries.
• Experience hiring attorneys across a variety of specialties, including commercial, employment, litigation, privacy, regulatory, contracts, intellectual property, or corporate governance.
• Experience supporting remote, hybrid, and multi-location recruiting initiatives.
• Knowledge of legal department structures, attorney career progression, legal operations functions, and corporate governance practices.
• Experience partnering with senior legal executives, including General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, Associate General Counsel, and legal operations leaders.

Success Factors

• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining a high level of candidate and stakeholder service.
• Strong consultative and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated sense of urgency, accountability, and ownership.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across legal, human resources, and business teams.
• Passion for identifying and attracting exceptional legal talent that supports the organization's long-term success.

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. This role is eligible for the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Hospital plans
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Company paid short and long-term disability
• Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Time Off/Leave(PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave

Join Our Team

At The Ward Law Group, every role contributes to changing lives.

If you're looking for an opportunity to grow your litigation career, maximize client recoveries, and work alongside a high-performing legal team, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of a team committed to excellence, accountability, and changing lives—one client at a time.

The Ward Law Group is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at The Ward Law Group via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from The Ward Law Group HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of The Ward Law Group. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by The Ward Law Group as a result of the referral or through other means.

At The Ward Law Group, we recognize our people are our strength. We are an equal opportunity (M/F/Disability/Veterans) and consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law. We value our people, their varying perspectives and are committed to fostering an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.

In accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, employment is contingent upon verification of identity and authorization to work in the United States. All persons hired will be required to complete Form I-9 and provide acceptable documentation as required by law.

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