Talent Development Assistant

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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 and Assistant (this role) 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.

• Scheduling, organising and administering various training programmes across all populations of the firm
• Owning all administrative tasks in the learning management system (LMS), ensuring training records are up to date, attendance is recorded and videos have been edited and uploaded
• Being an LMS "super user" in order to troubleshoot any system related issues, generate reports and train new users
• Managing of the Talent Development shared inbox by promptly responding to queries
• Managing a busy Talent Development calendar, including scheduling team meetings
• Liaising with internal/external trainers to arrange suitable dates for delivery of training sessions
• Supporting internal/external trainers to deliver virtual training sessions, ensuring that the technology runs smoothly and assisting with breakout rooms
• Keeping the Talent Development intranet pages updated
• Generating joiners/leavers, feedback and other reports
• Processing invoices and updating invoice trackers
• Keeping sponsorship agreements spreadsheet updated
• Providing regulatory/compliance support to Senior Talent Development Manager
• Building relationships with other business services colleagues such as BD and Marketing, IT, Facilities and the wider People team
• Managing and continuously improving administrative processes

• Excellent administrative, organisational, planning and coordination skills
• Very strong eye for detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – articulate and able to communicate with all levels and via different media
• Strong IT and systems' skills, in particular: AI models, Excel, Video conferencing platforms, and experience in using a Learning Management System is highly desirable
• Proactive, energetic and can-do in approach
• Ability to take ownership of all tasks until completion
• Excellent relationship building/interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise, manage and complete multiple tasks from a variety of people – working with others and on own tasks
• Collaborative and a team player
• Ideally worked within the professional services / law firm sector

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm’s strategy and business needs.

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.

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