L&D Trainer

Overview

This role will lead on and be responsible for designing and presenting comprehensive skills training and coaching primarily for our junior and mid level legal professionals and central teams
. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of the legal industry and possess strong training and facilitation skills. They will play a crucial role in enhancing the knowledge, skills, and performance of our legal and central teams to drive the firm strategy.

Hours:

this role could be either full-time or part-time eg 3 to 5 days per week. The right person with the right skills is the priority and the scope of the role can be adapted to suit.

General

• Collaborate with Head of L&D to ensure training content and programmes align with our comprehensive learning and development strategy and the firm's goals.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to understand their training needs and provide ongoing support.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practice to ensure training content and coaching styles and methodologies remain current and relevant.
• Collaborate with external training and coaching forums, universities, and professional bodies to leverage external expertise and resources.
• Assist Head of L&D in the design of our career development programmes.
• Assist with internal PR and promotion of L&D training programmes and initiatives.

Internal training

1. Collaborate with subject matter experts to create and update training materials, including presentations, handouts, and e-learning modules for internal training programmes.

2. Design innovative and engaging skills training content
tailored to the needs of our legal professionals and central teams to cover professional and business skills and compliance and regulatory requirements

3. Collaborate with subject matter experts to create and update training materials, including presentations, handouts, and e-learning modules for internal training programmes.

4. Present high-quality skills training sessions, workshops, and seminars to work experience students/interns, trainees, junior to mid-level lawyers and central team staff, both in-person and virtually.

5. Work with L&D Co-ordinator to create and maintain a library of training materials, resources, and e-learning modules to support ongoing learning initiatives.

6. Work with members of the firm to support them in presenting training sessions that form part of our internal skills programmes.

7. Support Head of L&D with training needs assessments to identify skill gaps and develop appropriate training solutions.

8. Utilise various instructional techniques and adult learning principles to ensure effective knowledge transfer and skills development.

9. Evaluate the effectiveness of training programmes through assessments, feedback, group coaching/action learning sets, and make necessary improvements to training content and programmes.

Client training

• Work with BD teams, Client Partners (and wider client team) and Knowledge Lawyers to design and develop innovative and engaging skills training programmes tailored to the needs of our clients as part of our Key Client Programme.
• Collaborate with and support subject matter experts to create and update skills based training materials, including presentations, handouts, and e-learning modules for client training programmes.
• Work with members of the firm to support them in delivery of training sessions that form part of our key client training programmes.

• Bachelor's degree and/or CIPD professional qualification is desirable.
• A coaching qualification is desirable.
• Proven experience as a business skills trainer (preferably within a law firm, legal or professional services environment) is essential.
• Ability to deliver training in the following areas is desirable:
• People skills: leading, managing, supervising, delegating, coaching techniques, building professional relationships, teamwork, understanding personality/behavioural styles, communication skills, resilience & wellbeing, managing time, building personal impact, networking, presentation skills, giving feedback and effective appraisal discussions
• DE&I: core topics eg unconscious bias, inclusive interviewing skills etc; and ensuring that all skills training content uses gender neutral language and is free from biases and dated terminology or scenarios
• Time & change management: organisation, prioritisation & time management, managing & communicating with key stakeholders, persuading & influencing, dealing with resistance and navigating challenging conversations/situations
• Business skills: preparing & running effective meetings, core business writing skills including grammar, spelling and effective report writing/layout/formatting
• Psychometric/personality models:
  Insights Discovery or DISC (training can be provided)
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and inspire learners.
• Excellent collaboration and listening skills along with clear written…