Learning & Development Manager

Benesch Law•Chicago, IL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Do you thrive on being involved of all facets of professional learning & development? Do you find excitement in providing career development, advising and professional skills training? Do you have experience in law firms, corporate or academic environments and want to take your skill level to the next level? Then our Learning & Development Manager opportunity is the position for you! Benesch is looking for someone to support the firm's First-Year Associate Program and New Partner Programs to help our attorneys to reach their professional goals. The Learning & Development Manager is involved in all facets of attorney learning and development, including career development and advising, professional skills training, and legal skills training. reports to the Director of Professional Development, works closely with other members of the Professional Development team, and is part of the larger Legal Recruiting/Professional Development department at Benesch. The Learning & Development Manager actively supports assigned Practice Group Leaders ("PGLs") in developing their legal talent through the design and implementation of skills training programs and individual advising of attorneys on goal setting and attainment. The L&D Manager engages regularly with firm leadership, associates, partners, and other professional staff.

Requirements

The Learning & Development Manager must have a Bachelor's Degree or combination of education and commensurate work experience.
Minimum 5 years' experience preferred, working in training and professional development, preferably within a law firm, corporate or academic environment.
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.
Experience using Aderant viDesktop modules, or other learning management system required.
The Learning & Development Manager must possess excellent writing, communication and interpersonal skills; be an innovative thinker and creative and strategic problem solver; and have the ability and strong desire to work as part of a team in a demanding, client-service oriented legal services environment.
The Manager must also have excellent organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, realign priorities as needed, and work autonomously to drive projects to completion.
As a people-focused team, the Manager must also possess a client service mindset focused on developing positive, collaborative, and trusting relationships with colleagues, attorneys, and Firm leadership.

Responsibilities

Partners with PD Team members, Practice Group leaders, training partners, and other attorneys to assess training needs and to develop and implement training curricula in alignment with professional and legal skills matrices and with Firm and Practice Group strategic goals and objectives.
Provides individual advising and support to attorneys in completing skills assessments and achieving goals outlined in their Career Advancement Plans.
Provides support as needed to the attorney performance evaluation processes, which may include reading and summarizing evaluations, writing reports, or following up on evaluation completion.
Leads the annual planning and implementation of BeneschCORE professional skills training programs.
Assists with the annual First-Year Associate Programs, leading training sessions and serving as an integration manager for our new lawyers.
Assists with maintenance and update of the Benesch Learning & CLE Center, including reviewing learning modules, designing new on-demand learning content, updating content in the Center, running and analyzing reports, and promoting attorney engagement with the Center.
Provides administrative and logistical support to training programming as needed, typically working with the PD Coordinator and/or the CLE Specialist. This may include calendaring, reviewing content and collecting program information from presenters, serving as an attendance monitor, handling invitee communications in a highly responsive and organized manner, managing technology coordination, assisting with catering or room reservations, etc.
Manages relationships with external training providers and consultants, as well as with software vendors, to ensure quality programming.
Evaluates the effectiveness of training programs with collection and analysis of feedback.
Monitors industry trends and identify new opportunities for attorney development.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Chief Talent Officer and the Director of Professional Development.