Legal Human Resources Assistant

Overview

Cleary Gottlieb is a pioneer in globalizing the legal profession. We have fourteen offices in major financial centers around the world, but we operate as a single, integrated global partnership and not a U.S. firm with a network of overseas locations. The firm employs approximately 1,100 lawyers from more than fifty countries.

Since 1946, our lawyers and staff have worked across practices, industries, jurisdictions, and continents to provide clients with simple, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges, whether domestic or international. We support every client relationship with intellectual agility, commercial acumen, and a human touch.

As a member of the Legal Human Resources team, the Legal Human Resources Assistant will respond to a high volume of day-to-day HR-related matters and requests while supporting the overall objectives of the team. This individual will be responsible for assisting with daily human resources matters and functions for the associates in the New York and California offices, often under time-sensitive conditions requiring quick and accurate responses.

Responsibilities

• Organize the onboarding process for the fall associate class, summer associate program, and new lateral associate hires. This includes, but is not limited to: communicating with new hires, coordinating and processing new hire paperwork and orientation schedules, initiating and reviewing background checks, processing salary advance loans, conducting HR orientation sessions, providing information on firm policies and procedures, serving as a point of contact throughout the transition into the firm, and collaborating with the Attorney Development and Recruiting teams as well as other internal departments regarding arrivals (including, but not limited to, payroll, benefits, office operations, and HRIS).

• Coordinate the departure process for all associates, which includes: communicating with departing associates, maintaining and processing departure paperwork, and liaising with various internal departments.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for associates, promptly and calmly responding to a high volume of questions or concerns by providing relevant and accurate information and directing inquiries to appropriate firm resources.

• Manage data entry and administration in Workday, ensuring accurate reporting of all HR activities, including new hires, terminations, transfers, and leaves of absence.

• Conduct semi-annual Workday testing in collaboration with the HRIS team.

• Coordinate various human resources matters requiring quick turnaround, such as completing employment verification requests, managing and updating personnel files, and tracking attorney bar admissions.

• Provide administrative support for immigration-related processes, including maintaining and updating visa and work authorization records.