Fractional Legal Recruiter (Full Time Role)

Do you enjoy working with multiple clients at once? Do you believe recruiting isn't about filling jobs—it's about building companies by finding A-Players who stay and succeed?

If you're tired of being measured by placements instead of long-term hiring success, keep reading.

SMB Team is seeking an internal, FULL TIME HIRE who can serve as a Fractional Recruiter to our portfolio of law firm owner clients. This is a hands-on, client-facing role. The purpose of this role is to act as an extension of the client law firm — leading full-cycle recruiting across all roles (attorneys, paralegals, administrative, and operations staff) to find A-Player talent, without the commission-driven bias of a traditional agency recruiter.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

📈 An opportunity to be a part of the #1 Fastest Growing Legal Marketing & Coaching Company in the U.S.

🦷 BENEFITS – We pay for 75% of your Medical, Dental, Vision insurance for YOU and YOUR FAMILY.

☀️ FLEXIBLE VACATION TIME - We encourage you to take time to recharge so you can be your best here at work.

💡 EDUCATION – Team member education and learning budget on courses, events and books.

💲 INVESTMENTS – 401(k) with a 3% Match.

💻 WORK STYLE – WFH or come to the office. The choice is yours!

The salary for this role is $90,000 with additional bonus potential up to $30,000.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle recruiting for assigned client law firms across all roles — attorneys, paralegals, administrative, and operations staff
• Partner with client stakeholders (CEO, Managing Partner, COO, Office Manager) to build the job blueprint & job description before sourcing begins, ensuring alignment on the role, comp, and non-negotiables
• Source, screen, and present a shortlist of qualified candidates using SMB Team's structured hiring methodology (scorecards, structured interviews, PI/behavioral assessments)
• Manage the candidate pipeline and communication end-to-end, providing clients a weekly search-status update 
• Support offer structuring and negotiation on behalf of the client, ensuring compensation is realistic and competitive for a small/mid-sized firms
• Track and report recruiting KPIs (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, retention) to both the client and SMB Team leadership
• Assist and support internal recruiting as needed

Requirements

• 3+ years of recruiting experience with a demonstrated mix of agency and in-house recruiting (will consider candidates with just one but those with both will be given preference)
• Proven track record recruiting for small-to-mid-sized businesses
• Experience recruiting across multiple role types (professional, administrative, operations), not a single specialty
• Working knowledge of the business cost of a bad hire, and the discipline to prioritize fit and long-term retention over speed-to-close while still maintaining hiring velocity
• Strong consultative and stakeholder-management skills; comfortable operating as a trusted advisor to firm owners and Managing Partners, not a transactional vendor; including driving a processes/deadlines with client deliverables
• Demonstrated process discipline — follows a structured hiring methodology rather than an intuition-only approach
• Strong written and verbal communication — represents SMB Team directly to clients and candidates.
• Legal recruiting experience preferred by not required
• Client-first orientation: optimizes for the hiring firm's long-term success, not for maximizing placement fees or speed
• Must have proven success in outbound recruiting (not just hiring through in-bound applicants).
• Must have experience recruiting for a minimum of 5 roles at a given time, ideally 10+.
• Must have above average technical abilities and proven success using technology and AI

Benefits

IMPORTANT NOTICE: SMB Team will never solicit personal information, request equipment purchases, or send checks as part of our hiring process. All legitimate communication comes exclusively from @smbteam.com email addresses. If you receive outreach from any other domain (such as smbteam.us or similar), please disregard it and report it to support@smbteam.com.

SMB Team is a rapidly-growing marketing agency and coaching business for lawyers. After four years of 300% year-over-year growth, we have quickly become one of the top brands in the legal industry.

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The SMB Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The SMB Team is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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