Learning and Development Adviser - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

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Job Title

Learning & Development 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Department

People

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 officeplease 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 AsiaPacific Europe the Middle East and Africa.

With a presence in the worlds major financial and commercial markets we are well placed to provide excellent businessoriented 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 ourLegal Delivery Centre and Business teams.

Department Description

HL Learn the global Learning and Development team is part of the firms People function and headed by the Chief Learning Officer based in Washington D.C. Teams in each of the firms regions (Americas AsiaPacific and EMEA) collaborate on global regional and local initiatives. The EMEA team is based across offices in London Birmingham Munich and Johannesburg and supports the firms People strategy through a range of coaching development programs workshops elearning and other career development activities.

Role Overview

The Learning and Development Adviser will support the design and delivery of live programmes and virtual instructorled 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 L&D 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 and Development Manager to develop plan coordinate and deliver inperson 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 inperson 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
• Perform additional duties or responsibilities which fall reasonably within the ambit of the job description or in accordance with operational requirements

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
• Proactive and selfmotivated 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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