Kennedys is looking for a Learning and Development co-ordinator to join our high performing and fun team. This role will manage, with the support of L&D administrator, the delivery of a suite of global learning programmes ensuring a positive participant and facilitator experience. In addition this role will have responsibility for overseeing our global learning budget.

Working closely with our business partners and external facilitators, we are seeking an experienced learning and development co-ordinator who has had exposure to a global environment and worked within a commercial and corporate setting who is adept at organising and planning a complex programme of learning; is motivated by liaising with multiple stakeholders and passionate about ensuring the very best delegate experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a global HR team at a global law firm.

If located in Manchester travel to our Chelmsford office, where our L&D operational team are mainly based, will be required.

Team

Kennedys HR team support the firm around the world with all people related matters.

The HR team is based in Chelmsford, Manchester and London for the UK, Dublin and Belfast for EMEA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia for APAC, Basking Ridge for US and London/LATAM for LATAM.  The areas of HR that we have responsibility for are Business Partnering, Learning and Development, Recruitment, Responsible Business (Social Impact and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Policies and Operations, Reward and HR Systems.  The HR function is also responsible for the Secretarial function in the UK.

Key responsibilities 

• Manage, with the support of L&D administrator, the delivery of a suite of global learning programmes ensuring a positive participant and facilitator experience. This could include: confirming dates with suppliers; running nomination processes; setting up programme briefings; liaising with speakers; checking delegate engagement levels and ensuring evaluations are completed
• Supervise the Learning and Development administrator
• Oversee the Learning and Development budget and invoicing process, working with the finance team to create monthly status reports
• Co-ordinate learning and development communications, ensuring communication tools such as Monday.com; HR Intranet are up to date and the Learning communication plan is up to date
• Oversee partner and employee onboarding processes, and participate in welcome sessions
• Create monthly reports on firm engagement in learning and ad hoc reports on request
• Co-ordinate the global professional qualification, membership and external course process, ensuring that approvals align with business needs and budget
• Co-ordinate process improvements in the administration of learning and development programmes to drive efficiencies and effectiveness

Required experience 

• Minimum 2 years previous Learning and Development administration experience in a corporate/commercial environment
• Experience of co-ordinating global Learning and Development programmes
• Previous supervision experience of administration level employees
• Experience of working with Learning Management systems
• Exposure to working in a global organisation
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills
• Numerate and able to work with data and create reports using Excel and PowerPoint
• Collaborative and a strong team player
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and balance a multitude of tasks from different stakeholders
• Global mindset
• proactive improvement mindset

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys. 

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 45 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles.  A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.  We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.  We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work.  Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.