Head of Learning and Development

Lex Talent; Greater London; In loco; GBP 90.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Lex Talent is supporting a London-based UK law firm to appoint its first Head of Learning & Development. You will own the learning strategy across the firm, from business services to partners, and shape how professionals grow and reach their potential.

This is strategic design and delivery: build a learning culture, identify future skills, develop leadership programmes, and lead a small team as the function evolves. You will influence senior stakeholders and drive upskilling across the firm.

Competenze

• Experience building an L&D function from scratch.
• Ability to influence senior partners and leaders.
• Understanding of professional services or law firm dynamics.

Mansioni

• Create and deliver an L&D strategy that makes a measurable difference.
• Build learning culture across all levels of the firm.
• Identify future skills and drive upskilling across the business.
• Design and implement leadership and professional development programmes.
• Build and lead a small L&D team as the function evolves.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to embed L&D in business strategy.

Conoscenze

L&D strategy

Stakeholder management

Leadership development

Learning culture

Law firm experience

Descrizione del lavoro

London | UK Law Firm | Exclusive to Lex Talent

Imagine joining a hugely successful law firm and being handed a blank canvas.

No inherited L&D strategy. No established function to work around. No legacy approach to follow.

Just the opportunity to build something exceptional. From the ground up.

One of the UK’s recent law firm success stories is looking to appoint its first-ever Head of Learning & Development.

And the timing couldn't be better.

With approximately 500 people in London and a reputation that continues to go from strength to strength, this is a firm with genuine momentum.

Now it's investing in its people.

And that's where you come in.

This is an opportunity to take complete ownership of learning and development across the firm, shaping how its business services professionals, lawyers and partners develop, grow and reach their potential.

You’ll have the freedom to:

• Create and deliver an L&D strategy that genuinely makes a difference.
• Build a learning culture across every level of the firm, from business services through to senior partners.
• Identify future skills, develop talent and drive upskilling across the business.
• Design and introduce programmes that support leadership, professional development and career progression.
• Build and develop a small team as the function evolves.
• Work closely with senior leadership to ensure L&D becomes an integral part of the firm's continued success.

This is strategy AND delivery.

You’ll need the vision to see what great looks like, the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and the energy to roll up your sleeves and make it happen.

Law firm experience would be highly advantageous, particularly if you understand the dynamics of working with partners and senior legal professionals.

But above all, I'm looking for someone who gets genuinely excited about building something from scratch.

Someone who doesn't need a ready-made playbook.

Someone who wants to create one.

It's an opportunity to look back in a few years' time and proudly say: "I built that."

If you're an ambitious L&D professional who has been waiting for the right platform to really make your mark, I'd love to hear from you.