Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Learning and Development Coordinator
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The firm
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is one of the world’s leading international law firms. The Firm was established in 1884 and has more than 2,000 lawyers. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg. Palo Alto, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.
Description/Job Summary
Provide day-to-day support to the Associate Director, Learning and Development. The ideal candidate will be keen to build a strong understanding of the legal industry, including the regulatory requirements that apply to lawyers, and will have a genuine interest in learning and development.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Training Records Management: Maintain and update training records, track new joiners, and keep core data spreadsheets current to reflect accurate employee development progress.
- Session Management: Handle training sessions, including scheduling, liaising with training providers, booking appropriate rooms, managing diaries, arranging catering, IT equipment and course materials, drafting communications and invitations, monitoring attendance, and recording training data.
- Support for Training Programmes: Assist with preparations for our training by coordinating scheduling, drafting and sending invites, preparing materials, and managing logistics.
- In person support: Help support the team with running workshops and other programme setup.
- Material Maintenance: Support the maintenance and updating of materials for the core L&D sessions, alongside data analytics to inform program improvements.
- Sponsorship Agreements and External Courses Coordination: Oversee the coordination, budget checks, booking, payments, monitoring, and intranet updates related to sponsorship agreements and external course.
- Intranet and Resource Updates: Update the "What's On" page and other intranet sections, PD know how resources, and collating and creating on-demand and digital resources.
- Communication Support: Manage welcome and welcome back emails and meetings to ensure new joiners feel supported and informed.
- Administrative Tasks: Budget administration, scheduling internal 1:1s.
- L&D Inbox: Be the first point of contact for the inbox, managing and triaging inquiries to ensure swift and effective responses.
- Support ad hoc team projects and general coordination and support for the team.
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Required Skills
- Strong organisational and multitasking skills with the ability to manage time effectively, think ahead and around challenges and provide solutions.
- Confident communication, and ability to engage and collaborate with internal colleagues.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Enthusiasm for learning and development processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to adapt to new software.
- Ability to use AI.
- An understanding of the SRAs requirements in relation to competency compliance.
- A proactive, self-motivated and flexible approach to work - with the ability to work independently, and collaboratively within a team.
- Experience in a similar role in a professional services environment is desirable.
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Equal Opportunities
Simpson Thacher is committed to being a Firm where everyone can reach their full potential, irrespective of background, identity or circumstance. We recognise that in order to be successful we need to attract, retain and develop diverse talent at all levels. This means recruiting from the widest possible pool of talent and fostering a collegial environment which maximises collaboration and empowers everyone at Simpson Thacher to bring their whole selves to work. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process, please let us know by emailing LondonRecruiting@stblaw.com.
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