Talent Development Adviser (no agencies)

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We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

YOU CAN EXPECT

• A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
• Life assurance, private health and dental care for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including gym discount and retail vouchers
• Tech, cycle and electric car schemes
• We support the causes you care about, by giving you one day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work.
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health, and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical, emotional, financial and social aspects.
• Most of our roles are hybrid, meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.
• We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives

The Talent Development team delivers high quality business skills programmes and development support to equip our people with the skills they need to do their best work and maximise their potential.

The team consists of the Head of Talent Development, Senior Manager, Manager, Adviser (this role) and Assistant in London, with a Manager and Assistant in Hong Kong.

The Talent Development team is part of the wider People function which is responsible for the attraction, engagement, development, progression and retention of our people.

Working as part of a highly collaborative, ambitious and energetic Talent Development team, this is a stimulating role with responsibility for a variety of learning, development and talent management related activities and makes a key contribution to the delivery of an impactful and highly regarded curriculum.

This role focuses on the business skills curriculum at the early careers stage (trainees, solicitor apprentices, paralegals and junior associates), with involvement on programmes aimed at other levels as required.

• Programme manage the delivery of training programmes and ensure effective organisation, delivery and follow up
• Ensure programmes have defined learning objectives, that the style and structure of sessions and the flow of learning appropriately meets these, and that up to date and effective techniques and styles of delivery are employed
• Design, deliver and facilitate training and workshops on a bespoke/ad-hoc basis independently, with team members or with external experts
• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders and colleagues across the firm to ensure training programmes are highly successful
• Add to, refresh and update learning materials and programmes as necessary to ensure continuous improvement and to reflect changing priorities and in response to feedback
• Identify and select training providers who have expertise that meet the requirement.
• Manage our ongoing relationships with training providers to ensure the provision of the highest quality of training
• Deliver value for money on all training – and set and manage the budget for your programmes
• Assist the Senior Manager in the delivery of practice/team/office Insights training and facilitation
• Key contact for Asia offices

Experience

• Relevant learning, development and talent management experience to confidently fulfil the key responsibilities of the role (as above)
• A track record in managing all aspects of the training cycle: training needs analysis, design, facilitation, delivery, programme management and evaluation
• Experienced trainer and presenter
• Insights accredited practitioner (or a willingness to undertake qualification)
• Minimum of 2 years talent/L&D within the professional services or law firm sectors (other equivelant experience will be considered). At least one year as an Adviser (other equivelant experience will be considered).

Attributes

• A passion for helping people to grow, develop and fulfil their potential at work
• Strong organisational and planning/project management skills, and a great attention to detail
• Excellent relationship building/interpersonal skills
• Strong verbal and written communicator, ability to communicate and influence effectively and credibly across all levels of the firm
• Proactive and can-do in approach
• Ability to manage and complete multiple tasks from a variety of people – working with others and on own tasks
• Collaborative and a team player
• Numerate and able to negotiate fees with providers; manage budget for own area
• Strong IT and systems' skills – e.g. in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Zoom and database use; ideally experienced in using a Learning Management System

Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm, and we're committed to creating 'positive partnerships' with our clients. We represent listed and private companies, institutions and individuals, building lasting relationships to help them succeed in a complex and ever-changing world.

Our focus is on five core sectors: Energy Transition, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Private Capital and Funds, Technology, and Transportation and Trade.

With more than 1,500 people, including 220+ partners, across ten offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we combine deep legal capabilities and broad commercial expertise. We have also forged close ties with high quality law firms around the world, blending local knowledge with global savvy for clients in over 100 countries.

We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.

220+ PARTNERS
10 OFFICES
45+ LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY OUR PEOPLE

Offices in Al Khobar, Athens, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Riyadh, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and associated office in Guangzhou

Our brand strengths:

GO FAR, GO TOGETHER

EXPERTS IN MORE THAN LAW

CAN DO PERSONALITIES

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