Fractional Law Firm Recruiter (Full Time Role)
SMB Team • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Posted: July 7, 2026
Job Description
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 [email protected].
Do you enjoy working with multiple clients at once? Do you like the idea of Fractional Recruiting work but don't want the hassle of running a business?
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
- 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
Additional Content
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 [email protected].
Do you enjoy working with multiple clients at once? Do you like the idea of Fractional Recruiting work but don't want the hassle of running a business?
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
- 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