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Job Description: Legal Training Programme Manager

Department: Knowledge & Legal Development Team

Location: London or Manchester

Role: Legal Training Programme Manager

Reporting to the Head of Legal Development, the role is for a learning and development specialist to join the Knowledge & Legal Development team, providing development opportunities for our lawyers. The role requires the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders and drive learning initiatives (black letter law and legal skills) within our Legal Delivery Academy. Central to the role are the activities of learning needs analysis (in consultation with our Knowledge Lawyers), the design and delivery of a wide range of learning interventions and the maintenance of established programmes. The ability to collaborate is key to this role, working across Practice Groups and Business Services areas to improve efficiency and build a culture of learning and high performance.

• Play an instrumental role in the maintenance and growth of the Legal Delivery Academy, the home of legal learning at Clyde & Co.
• Design and deliver engaging training modules, workshops, and e-learning content for various legal topics and skills.
• Collaborate with Knowledge Lawyers to identify training needs and develop curriculums that align with the firm’s strategic goals.
• Promote and curate content in the Learning Management System (LMS) working in conjunction with the Digital Learning & Platforms team.
• Maintain Legal Delivery Academy pages on SharePoint and the firm’s LMS.
• Manage the end-to-end process of training events, including scheduling, logistics, material preparation, and follow-up assessments.
• Keep updated regarding developments in legal technology and adult learning principles to continuously enhance the firm’s training offering.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and implement improvements based on feedback and performance metrics.
• Support Knowledge Lawyers in creating a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the firm.
• Identify and collaborate with business sponsors, subject matter experts, and external partners to drive relevant and effective learning solutions throughout the business.
• Deliver learning consultancy at all stages of the learning lifecycle to a wide range of stakeholders across Practice Groups.
• Manage and source external providers, ensuring partnerships with external vendors are optimised globally and measured for impact and commercial value.
• Establish and maintain relationships with colleagues in L&D.
• Recommend and implement iterative improvements to existing courses and programmes.
• Be a champion and role model for the Legal Delivery Academy.
• Support other ad hoc activities, as required.

• Previous law firm experience (having practiced law).
• Proven experience in all elements of the learning lifecycle including learning needs analysis, learning design, and deployment in a law firm.
• Experience of writing narrative for both facilitated and digital learning sessions.
• Ability to collaborate with subject matter experts to create material that is memorable and engaging.
• Ability to seek out and engage business sponsors, subject matter experts and pilot learners to validate and support learning initiatives.
• Experienced in working with stakeholders to identify key performance indicators that validate training effectiveness.
• Confident in speaking up and sharing views and insights in group settings, proactively collaborating online and in meetings and encouraging junior members of the team to build confidence area.
• A good working knowledge of MS packages and IT proficiency essential.
• Digital learning design knowledge and experience.
• Effective stakeholder management.
• Communicates effectively and with confidence at all levels, both verbally and in writing.
• Proactive approach and positive attitude, enthusiastic and outgoing.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail with written content, including copy and proofing.
• Flexible and adaptable (solutions focused when faced with changing priorities).

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness

This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.