Legal Training Advisor

Kennedys is looking for a Legal Training Advisor to join our Knowledge Management Team. The successful person shall support the Legal Training & Development Manager in identifying, creating and facilitating the delivery of effective, innovative training solutions to meet the needs of Kennedys UK based lawyers. As a core component of the role you will have the opportunity to work across all of Kennedys practice area teams, but with a particular focus on the Healthcare and Liability Divisions, to identify and understand their legal technical training needs both in terms of continuing competency (as prescribed by professional regulatory bodies) and those unique to Kennedys business needs . In doing so the successful person shall be required to identify and build successful commercial relationships with external training providers for the development and maintenance of an on-going high-quality training programme. Whilst the main focus of the role is on provision of training within the UK, the successful person shall also play a strategic role in promoting training best practice in Kennedys international offices, working with legal and business services professionals across the Kennedys global network.

TEAM

This role sits within Kennedys Knowledge Management team which collaboratively work together to ensure that Kennedys lawyers have access to the knowledge, information and training they need in order to be able to deliver an excellent service to clients.

The Knowledge Management team deliver across three service areas – knowledge services; information services; Legal Training services and the team is made up of professionals with expertise in each of these areas – Knowledge Lawyers, Library & Information Professionals and the Legal Training & Development Manager and Advisor, who are supported by the team's Knowledge Management Administrator. This small team work together across these three service areas to ensure a joined-up service to our lawyers across knowledge, information and training, and to collectively support and facilitate a global knowledge culture across the firm.

The team is based in London.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Legal Training & Development Manager in working with lawyers at all levels within Kennedys UK offices to identity their current and future Legal Training needs and to facilitate the delivery of innovative yet relevant learning solutions.
• Maintain awareness of and monitor significant legal, procedural and industry/sector developments impacting Kennedys England & Wales qualified lawyers in order to facilitate the delivery a continuous and consistent programme training for divisions and specific practice area teams as required.
• Liaising with and building lasting relationships with external training providers such as barristers chambers and commercial providers from whom the firm has procured subscription services.
• Overseeing and taking responsibility for arranging training sessions both online and in person, with internal and/or external speakers/panellists. Such responsibilities to include agreeing content, confirming bookings, identifying the appropriate audience and issuing invitations and publicising and hosting training events.
• Work collaboratively with Kennedys Learning & Development and IT teams to facilitate the development of appropriate training for lawyers with different levels of experience and to efficiently manage and maintain online training content within Kennedys bespoke learning management system.
• Positively contribute to the development of Kennedys UK Legal Training & Development service as centre of best practice, providing models/guidance for how Legal Training can be best delivered in our international offices, with consideration given to the differing regulatory requirements for training in the various jurisdictions in which Kennedys operates.
• Contributing to wider Knowledge Management projects as required.
• Have an understanding and awareness of Continuing Competence requirements for England & Wales legally qualified professionals (not limited to Solicitors) and increasing this scope to include the wider international jurisdictions in which Kennedys operates, in order that relevant guidance can be provided on regulatory obligations around learning and development.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrable knowledge of the legal services industry.
• Demonstrable experience of being a strong team player.
• Experience of working with external providers/suppliers and managing commercial relationships.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with people at all levels throughout the firm, including across geographical boundaries.
• Excellent and concise oral and written communication skills with the ability to build credibility and relationships quickly.
• Excellent listening skills and a strong ability to show empathy, compassion and patience.
• Proven ability to work co-operatively, collaboratively, flexibly and a willingness to prioritise and deliver to team as well as individual objectives.
• Ability to influence senior and key stakeholders.
• Good IT skills – strong command of the MS Office suite.
• Enthusiasm for technology as an innovative means of delivering training.
• Experience of working in a project management/change based culture, desirable
• Experience of working within Learning & Development at a law firm or other regulated professional services provider, desirable.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support to be made.