P&TD Facilitator

Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The first top 50 law firm to achieve ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm.

We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.

To discover more about our benefits, please visit: Benefits Package.

Shoosmiths’ Performance & Talent Development (P&TD) Team enables our people to be their best selves & realise their potential - driving individual, team & organisational performance as a result.

We aspire to be a market leading team, recognised for our offering & the quality of our delivery. This exciting new role will have responsibility for supporting Shoosmiths’ people in a range of internal development activities.

You will report to the Senior Performance & Talent Development Coach - to help evolve, improve & deliver the firm’s People & Culture Strategy; aligning the learning needs of our people with the strategic ambitions & objectives of the firm.

• Conduct the full learning and development cycle across several career development programmes for legal advisers and business services colleagues starting out in their careers with Shoosmiths.
• Design experiential learning content in collaboration with subject matter experts from across the firm.
• Organise learning materials in collaboration with our digital content team to maximise learning opportunities through blended content.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships and work on strategic training projects to align learning and development initiatives with the organisational goals.
• Utilise current and developing technologies and learning techniques to enhance the learning experience.
• Engage with firmwide initiatives and be an ambassador for our strategic ambitions and values.
• One-to-one coaching and group co-coaching across the firm to support colleagues starting out in their careers through to those transitioning to their first management positions.

• Confident and impactful facilitation and presenting skills, delivering to a wide range of audiences, face-to-face and virtually.
• Collaborative team worker in a hybrid team working environment.
• Experience of designing blended learning programmes.
• Works on own initiative and proactively seeks opportunities to innovate and improve processes.
• Establish and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues across the firm.
• One-to-one coaching using recognised coaching models (e.g. GROW).
• External coaching qualification (desirable).
• Accredited practitioner of psychometric / behavioural assessment tools. (desirable).

Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.

This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.