ILTA Career Center

Greiner Consulting Group, (GCG) the gold standard in the career management field within the legal profession, is looking to fill a Career Development Coach position in our New York City office. This is a special opportunity to join the premier brand in the industry, working with an elite team of coaches, who serve a client base of AmLaw 100 and 200 firms and leading companies. Led by the original founder, GCG has a 30-year track record of success. We attract energetic and talented professionals who are looking for an exciting opportunity to apply and grow their skills, insights, and expertise to a broad and ever-expanding array of talent initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as career counselor, transition advisor, and coach to associates and other attorneys as well as law firm business services professionals on full spectrum of career management issues
• Provide career counseling, advice, and direction, with a particular focus on driving the overall strategy of the job search, for attorneys in transition
• Help attorneys develop, produce, and closely edit a large array of written materials including resumes, cover letters, email correspondence, applications, etc.
• Conduct interview strategy, preparation, and mock interviews
• Counsel attorneys on networking - utilizing both social media platforms and traditional methods
• Guide clients to explore alternative career options, and advise on short- and long-term career goals
• Coach clients on personal development skills, including organization and time management, leadership, management, delegation, communication, and client relations
• Work with the GCG team on the development of training modules and other programming; manage RFP process, create presentations and workshops, prepare slides and materials; deliver and facilitate programs and seminars
• Contribute to project team on HR/PD in-firm projects, including diverse sponsorship and mentorship programs
• Regional travel is required, and national travel is occasionally necessary

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current or former role at a law school in career services is strongly preferred as this is most on point experience for the role with GCG
• Experience in coaching, counseling, recruitment, or HR in the legal industry will be considered
• High degree of coachability and demonstrated commitment to learning
• Keen understanding of career development issues effecting the legal profession
• Ability to identify and analyze trends in the legal profession 
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills, along with the capability to work closely and flexibly with a small, tight-knit team of professionals
• Professionalism, personal initiative, compassion, and a healthy sense of humor are a must
• J.D., or Master’s-level counseling degree, required

Salary commensurate with experience. Generous benefits package including company-funded health insurance and 401k plan.

The GCG team includes a talented and especially collaborative group of diverse professionals. Each of us possess diversity and inclusion competencies that embrace and endorse acceptance and advancement. Our team has specialized experience consulting with lawyers and business services professionals across a wide spectrum of backgrounds, experiences, abilities, ethnicities, nationalities, and genders, and includes members who are themselves from underrepresented groups. 

We are dedicated to ongoing training and development for our coaches and are committed to the highest standards of excellence for both our clients and our team. Ours is an opportunity to make a powerful impact on the lives of the individual attorneys and professionals with whom we work. We seek a career-focused professional, with a flexible, “roll up your sleeves” approach, who is interested in growing with us.

If you are interested in joining with our collective of strategic thinkers, masterful attorney coaches, trainers, and project managers, please visit: www.greinerconsulting.com and email your resume to: recruit.gcg@gmail.com.