Career Strategist

4 weeks ago

Washington, United States Jenner & Block Full time

ABOUT JENNER & BLOCK

Jenner & Block (www.jenner.com) is a law firm with global reach, with more than 500 lawyers and offices in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. The firm is known for its prominent and successful litigation practice and experience handling sophisticated and high-profile corporate transactions. Firm clients include Fortune 100 companies, large privately held corporations, financial services institutions, emerging companies and venture capital and private equity investors. The American Lawyer magazine has ranked Jenner & Block as the #1 pro bono firm in the United States 10 times, most recently in 2019. The firm has been ranked in the top 10 in this category every year since 1990.


Overview

Jenner & Block is looking for a creative, strategic, and business-minded builder and ‘connector’ to serve as our next Career Strategist and Alumni Relations Manager. The person in this role will be responsible for the development and management of a comprehensive program to assist Jenner & Block attorneys as they move in-house and will also lead our efforts to expand and strengthen our alumni program.


At Jenner & Block we train talented lawyers and develop strong, life-long relationships with them over the course of their careers. The ideal candidate for this position will be able to build and leverage relationships and resources to identify in-house opportunities, assist in in-house placements, and foster an active alumni community that provides ongoing career-long connection and support to all our alumni.


The Career Strategist and Alumni Relations Manager will report to the Director of Professional Development and will work closely with the Alumni Committee, Marketing, and the larger Talent team. This is an exempt position with normal hours of 8:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m. but expected to be on call and available as needs dictate.


This position can be filled in any of Jenner & Block’s US offices—Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, San Francisco, or Los Angeles.


Career Strategist and Alumni Relations Manager:


  • Outplacement counseling and transition coaching. Provide confidential career counseling, coaching, and networking support to Jenner & Block attorneys, alumni, and friends of the firm who are contemplating in-house positions or looking to explore the next step in their career.


  • Build and leverage strong networks (with the Jenner Alumni Committee, across the firm, and throughout the larger employment field) to assist Jenner attorneys identify, connect to, and secure in-house legal positions.


  • Develop deep knowledge of career paths, relationships, and opportunities available within the larger legal world to match Jenner attorneys with the right opportunities at the right time.


  • Manage and grow available career resources. Identify and share open corporate legal positions through databases and newsletters; provide library of job search resources.


  • Coordinate and promote secondments (in partnership with the Talent Development team). Provide management and consistency to the secondment experience for attorneys and clients, ensuring the right attorney is matched with the right opportunity, regular check-ins are conducted, and the client relationship is strengthened during and after the secondment.


  • Alumni Engagement. Provide strategic leadership and management of our alumni relations program to determine the best ways to engage and leverage alumni; ensure that alumni stay connected through firm events, newsletters, reunions, gifts, and regular contact with Jenner & Block lawyers.


  • Partner with Marketing to identify and develop valuable alumni relationships for business development purposes; leverage Alumni as a differentiating factor in pitches, proposals, and pursuits.


Qualifications and Other Requisites

  • The Manager should have an advanced degree or equivalent work experience with a minimum of 5-7 years of experience


Personal Attributes or Core Competencies

  • Offer proactive planning
  • Highly organized with strong creative abilities
  • Possess strong verbal and written skills
  • Expertise in managing alumni programs is a plus
  • Must be able to work with higher levels of firm management and work well as part of a team.
  • Must be able to manage competing deadlines and wrangle very busy partners
  • Must be able to multi-task and prioritize work effort
  • Savvy technological skills (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
  • Self-starter, motivated individual willing to go the extra mile to get the job done
  • Solid team player with ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team
  • Analytical in the formulation and solution of problems
  • Must demonstrate an ability to work both independently and take direction as required
  • Exhibit credible personal presence and confidence
  • Quickly understand the firm’s goals, service, culture and strategy
  • Excellent trouble-shooting skills
  • Strong project management skills and follow through
  • Detail-oriented and attuned to nuances conveyed by information


Jenner & Block offers a comprehensive benefits program, which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), and paid time off, in addition to other offerings.


Jenner & Block LLP is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment and employment decisions are not made on the basis of an individual’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, arrest record, matriculation, personal appearance, political affiliation, marital, parental, veteran, military, or order of protection status, or any other protected status or that of their relatives, friends, or associates.

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