L&d Manager

**MELBOURNE - CBD, SYDNEY - CBD**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

We’re seeking an experienced Learning and Development Manager to join our Learning and Development (L&D) team based in Sydney or Melbourne.

Reporting to the Head of Learning and Organisational Development you’ll be responsible for the design, delivery and/ or oversight of L&D programs across the firm. As part of a global team you’ll add value by leading various L&D projects, advising on/designing capability initiatives to improve engagement and building skills to meet business outcomes.

Day-to-day you will:

- Management, design and delivery of professional skills development programs in line with our global offerings
- Undertaking discovery of training needs across client groups and implementing appropriate development interventions
- Lead in the discovery, design and delivery of team and department organisational development initiatives to build teams
- Contribute to national and global projects in Knowledge and Learning, Business Development, Human Resources and other priority areas
- Build relationships with and manage senior stakeholder relationships across the business particularly with firm partners
- Provide coaching support as part of our internal coaching faculty across our legal and business services staff.
- Line management of Learning & Development coordinators, providing for their professional development

**SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**

To be successful in this position you will have:

- Learning and Development experience within a legal/ professional services environment
- Relevant tertiary qualifications (i.e. education, organisational development or developmental psychology)
- Experience in designing and facilitating best practice adult education in a professional services environment
- Experience in needs analysis and program design for senior as well as junior audiences
- The ability to influence senior and diverse stakeholders, including leading and managing senior leaders through change
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and commercially
- Qualifications and experience in executive level coaching (desirable)

**GROUP / TEAM**

Knowledge & Learning

**GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION**

Our knowledge and learning professionals support our lawyers to provide world-class legal advice. The team works collaboratively and innovatively to provide measurable value to our clients.

As part of this dynamic global team, you will drive collaboration and knowledge-sharing across jurisdictions and practice groups. You’ll be involved in strategic projects and deliver knowledge and learning solutions directly to our people and our clients. Whether it’s providing insightful legal updates, specialised research, innovative learning solutions or quality know-how and precedents, your expertise will equip our people with the skills and insight to deliver excellence in a competitive marketplace.

We’re committed to your career development and will support you with exceptional training, coaching and mentoring opportunities. If you’re passionate about knowledge and learning, grow your career with us.

**What we offer**:

- At Herbert Smith Freehills we value flexibility. For most roles, we work an average of 60% of the time in the office, taking into consideration individual, team, client and learning needs.
- To continue to support our staff working from home as a part of Agile 60, we offer an allowance for home office furniture as well as IT equipment.
- We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.
- At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus, and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
- People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.

This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you

**ROLE TYPE**

Business Services

**CONTRACT TYPE**

Permanent

**WORKING PATTERN**

Full Time

**DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly en