Professional Development Specialist

Rapidly growing elite US law firm is looking to hire a new Senior Professional Development Specialist to work with some of London’s very best lawyers.

What’s on Offer:

• To £65,000
• Fantastic Benefits including very generous pension and free meals
• 9:30am to 5:30pm
• Office based

Senior Professional Development Specialist- What you will be doing :

• Provide assistance for London internal programs including preparing sign-in sheets and organising final materials.
• Schedule conference room space for events and programs.
• Invite management – liaising with secretaries/presenters, reception on availability, understanding populations of groups to know who to invite, understand training requirements
• Keeping up to date with date/session changes – flagging where appropriate.
• Attend and monitor live training programs.
• Coordinate across the Operation’s Team (including Business Development, DE&I, Legal Personnel) to manage and synchronise firm’s multiple event calendars.
• Assist training coordinators with post-programming materials, including finalising timed agendas, sign-in sheets, evaluation forms and summaries
• Attendance tracking and uploading training videos and materials to the firm’s tracking system, Micron.
• Serve as back-up and provide support for all programs and events.
• Help maintain multiple Career Development tracking charts.
• Assist with scheduling one-on-one coaching sessions with external coaches and internal team members’ meetings with large classes of associates.
• Assist Career Development team with outside consultant/coaching schedules.
• Assisting with new joiner onboarding including the extranet and new joiner forms etc.
• Tracking the HireRight check process for all legal joiners including liaising with HireRight and candidates to follow up as necessary.
• Assisting the wider HR team with visa and immigration processes and tracking as required.
• Preparing first draft leave letters for Senior Manager to review.
• Scheduling check-in meetings as required for the Senior Manager with new joiners and flagging these dates for regular PG outreach.
• Assisting with the London set up of lateral ‘buddy’ program.
• Creating and updating London PG team sheets and ‘Facebook’ docs on regular basis (in conjunction with London Marketing & BD/Graphics team).
• Assisting with scheduling and administration on the annual review process including tracking feedback to identify areas for proactive follow up.

Senior Professional Development Specialist – What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree desirable.
• One to two years of experience working within a professional services environment, ideally a global law firm.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and work in an environment with shifting priorities and have meticulous attention to detail.
• Resourceful, driven attitude with a genuine desire and energy to use a ‘can do’ approach to ensure team success.
• Enthusiastic about the subject of legal professional development and personnel support.