Learning & Organisational Development Advisor - 12 month FTC

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world.For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity:

The L&OD Advisor is a broad support role that includes the coordination of L&OD programmes, projects and initiatives. The role will assist with programme coordination including learning event management and logistics, production of learning materials and operation of learning technologies; CPD advice, response to Learning mailbox and delegation of administrative tasks.

This role will use technology that supports L&OD including learning management systems, and other software for the development and facilitation of online learning. This role will often be the first point of contact for L&OD programme participants and may be a first contact point for L&OD queries and requests from staff globally. The wider L&OD team is part of the People & Culture function and is responsible for a range of learning and development programmes, projects and services including professional skills development for all levels from vacation clerks to partner and business professional staff across the firm. The L&OD Advisor needs strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing tasks and deadlines in a busy environment. They must have exceptional communication and programme/project coordination skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a geographical dispersed team.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Liaise with L&OD Leads, Managers and Consultants about the coordination, implementation, delivery and evaluation of L&OD programmes/projects and initiatives
• Coordination of calendars, facilitators, logistics and learning technologies including teams and zoom
• Respond to enquiries and provide support to internal stakeholders and programme participants
• Budget control and reporting
• External supplier liaison
• Manage learning events including large major events such as global and regional career transition programmes

This is a full-time role on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract, based in our Glasgow office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site Careers | Ashurst Perkins Coie

About you:

The successful candidate will:

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Experience in a coordination and event management role
• Ability to use and quickly learn new IT systems and learning technologies
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient in the use of virtual learning platforms including teams and zoom