Learning and Development Adviser

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Job Title

Learning & Development Adviser - 9 Months Fixed Term Contract

Department

Leadership, Learning & Development, People Team

Location

Birmingham

Reports To

Learning and Development Manager (Munich)

Working Hours

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required.  We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns.  Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Firm Description

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms.  Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach.  Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally.  Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

In the UK Hogan Lovells has offices in Birmingham and London. The Birmingham office opened in 2015 and has a number of practice areas including Corporate/Commercial, Disputes, Finance and Real Estate, as well as our Legal Delivery Centre and Business teams. 

Department Description

The Global Leadership, Learning & Development team is part of the firm's People function and supports the delivery of the People strategy across each of the firm's regions (Americas, APAC and EMEA) through a range of global, regional, and local development programmes, workshops, e-learning, and other career development activities.

Role Overview

The Learning and Development Adviser will support the design and delivery of live programmes and virtual instructor-led programmes for senior lawyers. They will be responsible for planning, organising logistics, updating materials and hosting the programmes as well as communicating with participants and faculty.

This role will closely collaborate with the Leadership, Learning & Development team across the globe and will provide the opportunity to facilitate workshops for junior and associate lawyers.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

• Work with the relevant EMEA Learning & Development Manager to develop, plan, coordinate and deliver in-person milestone programmes and core professional workshops for lawyers across the EMEA region.
• Take the lead on coordinating all aspects of the programme event logistics (including liaising with other services such as facilities management, hotels, restaurants, etc.) and managing the running of the in-person and virtual elements of the programmes, making sure that everything runs smoothly (including evening events).
• Supervise the Learning and Development Coordinator assigned to the programme, ensuring that all their coordination and administration tasks are completed adequately.
• Create and update agendas, timetables, session planners and facilitation materials.
• Brief the project team on their duties and responsibilities during the programme.
• Communicate effectively with participants and contributors (internal and external), including partner sponsors, other contributing partners and coaches
• Build and maintain strong relationships and collaborate with key internal stakeholders and various Hogan Lovells departments.
• Source and book external event locations and service providers in line with budget and programme needs.
• Manage the budget for the programme and liaise with the accounts department in regard to suppliers' invoices and payments.
• Gather, review and evaluate the feedback received on the programme to continuously improve content and delivery methods. 

Other responsibilities:

• Support other EMEA development programmes in the UK according to capacity
• Track and oversee programme costs and contribute to the annual budget process
• Keep up to date with the latest trends and best practices in learning and development, proposing new topics and innovative approaches for programmes and other development initiatives
• Be a point of contact for learning and development queries

Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services.

All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Several years' experience of working in a professional services environment in a Learning and Development role.
• Professional certification in learning and development (e.g., CIPD) is desirable
• A very good knowledge of the MS Office suite of applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and excellent IT skills (Teams, Zoom, interactive software for polling, quizzes etc.) Familiar with LMS systems such as CSOD or similar.

General Attributes

• Commitment to high levels of client service.
• Builds and maintains relationships of professional trust and courtesy with colleagues and internal clients at all levels, and with external contacts.
• Collaborative team player, able to work effectively as part of a global team
• Pro-active and self-motivated with a passion for continuous learning.
• Adaptable, able to use initiative, problem solve and take on new challenges
• Resilient and able to work under pressure.
• Demonstrates a proactive attitude and a willingness to use initiative.
• Excellent project management skills, with a keen focus on prioritization and planning, and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Understands the processes required to facilitate the delivery of a successful training program, including budget management, and ensures their implementation.
• High attention to detail and able to follow instructions and processes consistently.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Exercises confidentiality, tact and discretion.
• Reliably and consistently delivers on agreed objectives and commitments.
• Interest in facilitating training.
• Willingness to travel as required (including overseas) to deliver programs in line with business needs.

Agile Working Statement

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion.  Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex , gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.

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