Blackstone Recruitment Director

Job Description

Job Title: Blackstone Recruitment Director

About Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)

Embark on a meaningful career with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and become an integral part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to preserving fundamental freedoms. At ADF, we believe in the transformative power of divine purpose, inviting you to leverage your talents to uphold truth and defend the God-given rights of individuals to live and speak freely. Our collective efforts are focused on safeguarding religious freedom, protecting free speech, championing the sanctity of life, preserving marriage and family, and defending parental rights. Prospective candidates are encouraged to review our Statement of Faith to ensure alignment with our foundational principles.

Locations:

• Lansdowne, VA
• Dallas, TX
• Scottsdale, AZ

Team Overview: The Blackstone Team

As the Blackstone Recruitment Director, you will play a pivotal and strategic role within the esteemed Blackstone Team. This position is central to the identification, attraction, and selection of promising law students who are passionate about advancing ADF’s mission. You will be responsible for developing, overseeing, and continuously evaluating Blackstone’s comprehensive strategic recruitment plan. This includes collaborating closely with the broader Blackstone team to ensure a highly personalized, efficient, and seamless recruitment and selection experience for all law student candidates. Your leadership will be crucial in integrating recruitment efforts across various channels, ensuring an effective and inclusive approach to attracting top talent, while also meticulously overseeing the day-to-day operational excellence of the entire recruitment lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full Recruitment Lifecycle Leadership: Serve as the primary point of contact for all applicants, meticulously overseeing the entire recruitment lifecycle from initial inquiry through selection, offer, and comprehensive onboarding. You will be responsible for cultivating a consistently positive, mission-aligned, and exceptional candidate experience at every stage.
• Candidate Evaluation and Interview Process Management: Take charge of the entire applicant evaluation and interview process. This includes strategically assigning interviewers, setting critical timelines, and personally conducting direct candidate interviews to thoroughly assess mission fit, evaluate character, and identify leadership potential among prospective law students.
• Strategic Recruitment Plan Design: Provide crucial strategic and operational leadership for all law student recruitment efforts. This involves designing, refining, and continuously optimizing a comprehensive, data-driven, and mission-aligned recruitment strategy that attracts top legal talent aligned with ADF’s values.
• Team Supervision and Development: Supervise, mentor, and foster the professional development of the Blackstone recruitment team. You will be responsible for establishing clear priorities, setting accountability standards, defining performance metrics, and cultivating a high-performing, collaborative, and mission-focused team culture.
• National Recruitment Initiative Oversight: Set the strategic direction and provide direct oversight for high-volume, national recruitment initiatives. This encompasses managing outreach across diverse formats, including in-person events, virtual engagements, and hybrid models, ensuring operational excellence, resource stewardship, and maximum impact.
• Multi-Channel Recruitment Guidance: Strategically guide recruitment efforts across a wide array of diverse channels. This includes engaging with law schools, collaborating with student organizations, and leveraging partner networks, while continuously adapting strategies based on insightful data analysis and emerging recruitment opportunities.
• Recruitment Systems and Infrastructure Management: Oversee and optimize all recruitment systems, tools, and underlying infrastructure. Your focus will be on ensuring impeccable data integrity, streamlining efficient workflows, and facilitating timely and accurate reporting to inform strategic decisions.
• Senior Leadership Partnership and Advisory: Partner closely with the Vice President and other senior leadership members to provide expert advice and strategic recommendations on recruitment strategy, staffing needs, budgeting allocations, system enhancements, and overall resource deployment to achieve recruitment objectives.
• Data Analysis and Trend Reporting: Conduct in-depth analysis of recruitment data and emerging trends. You will provide critical insights on key metrics such as yield rates, conversion ratios, outreach diversity, institutional engagement levels, and overall candidate experience to continually refine and improve recruitment outcomes.
• External Relations and Representation: Build and maintain robust relationships with key contacts at law schools and student organizations. You will represent Blackstone during essential fall recruitment travel, and directly oversee all related student programming and external recruitment communications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution is required.
• Experience: A minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, or a related field, preferably within a legal or mission-driven context.
• Strategic Acumen & Data Interpretation: Possess a deep understanding of human behavior, organizational dynamics, and key recruitment metrics. Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable strategies and measurable recruitment outcomes.
• Legal Talent Recruitment Expertise: Proven experience with best practices in legal talent recruitment, sophisticated candidate assessment methodologies, and effective pipeline development, particularly within mission-driven and high-performance environments.
• Exceptional Communication Skills: Exhibit outstanding written and verbal communication skills that effectively inspire confidence, build strong trust, and foster durable, long-lasting relationships with candidates, academic partners, and internal stakeholders.
• High Organizational Acumen: Demonstrate superior organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the discipline necessary to manage complex, high-volume workflows without compromising the candidate experience or losing strategic focus.

Pay & Benefits:

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we are committed to investing in our team members’ well-being and professional growth through a competitive compensation and benefits package. While specific salary ranges are not publicly disclosed, rest assured that our compensation structure is designed to be highly competitive with that offered by top non-profit law firms. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Healthcare: 100% covered medical and dental insurance premiums.
• Reimbursement Accounts: Medical and dependent care reimbursement options.
• Income Protection: Paid disability, long-term care, and life insurance.
• Retirement: A robust 401(k) plan featuring a generous 4% company match.
• Work-Life Balance: A strong commitment to work-life balance, including competitive paid time off (PTO) and 12 paid holidays each year.

Want to Know More About ADF?

We invite you to learn more about our mission, our impact, and the passionate individuals who make up Alliance Defending Freedom. Explore our website and discover how your skills and dedication can contribute to defending fundamental freedoms.