Early Careers Advisor

Flex Legal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services provider in Greater London is seeking an Early Careers Advisor to support trainee solicitors throughout their qualification journey. The role involves leading one-on-one meetings, mentoring, and developing relationships with supervisors. Candidates should be energetic, emotionally intelligent, and passionate about trainee success. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact the training and development of future solicitors.

Qualifications

• Energetic and emotionally intelligent individual required.
• Ability to influence and shape trainee development.
• Passion for delivering exceptional outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead meetings with individual trainees for tailored management.
• Support and monitor trainee study progress and well-being.
• Build relationships with trainee supervisors across partner organisations.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Solution-focused

Influencing skills

Passion for trainee success

Job description

The Early Careers Advisor will report to the Head of Trainee Success and play a pivotal role in supporting our Trainee Solicitor cohorts throughout their journey to qualification.

Trainee Development & Support

• Lead meetings with individual trainees, providing tailored management and guidance.
• Monitor trainee study progress, support exam preparation, and track attainment.
• Review and track trainee development against the SRA QWE framework, ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
• Play a key role in supporting with Flex Trainee Readiness Programme, including the design and delivery of training sessions.
• Work closely with the HR Manager to support trainee well-being and manage HR-related issues.

Coaching & Mentoring Programme

• Support and develop the trainee coaching programme, including planning, scheduling, and supporting the Flex Trainee Ambassador with continuous improvement of coaching sessions.
• Manage the industry-wide mentoring programme; attract and engage new mentors, facilitate introductions, and monitor outcomes to ensure a high-quality mentoring experience.

Supervisor Engagement & Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with trainee supervisors across partner organisations.
• Take a lead role in developing and delivering a supervisor engagement programme, including supervisor events, communications, and learning content.
• Manage the onboarding process for new supervisors and trainees, developing and delivering welcome sessions and onboarding presentations.

Talent Attraction & Recruitment

• Support the Talent team with attraction, recruitment, and assessment centres, bringing insight into candidate development and early careers best practice.

Job requirements

Flex Legal is looking for someone who is:

• Energetic, emotionally intelligent, and able to influence others while helping to shape the future of the Flex Trainee offering.
• Aligned with Flex’s values of entrepreneurial, trusted, and being human.
• Passionate about delivering exceptional outcomes for both clients and trainees.
• Quick-thinking and solutions-focused, with the ability to respond effectively to challenges.