IT Trainer

Shoosmiths - UK Law Firm of the Year Winner at the Legal Week British Legal Awards 2015.

A leading UK law firm with a network of offices from the South Coast to Scotland, working together as one national team. An innovative practice and the first top 100 law firm to achieve “Gold Standard” Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm. The lack of barriers between departments, a real lack of hierarchy, zero tolerance for arrogance and pomposity makes Shoosmiths a fantastic place to work.

The main aim of our Learning and Development Team is to provide Shoosmiths' employees with the skills and knowledge to ensure that Shoosmiths continues on its journey to become a UK law firm most valued by its clients, people and communities.

Our L&D Team is based at the Lakes in Northampton although members of the team frequently travel to other offices to provide hands on support and ensure a quality training programme is maintained. Therefore the successful candidate will need a driving license and access to their own car as some of our offices are difficult to access via public transport.

The L&D Team are seeking an IT Trainer to join the team on a 9 month fixed-term contract. As an IT Trainer, you will be responsible for delivering new starter system training where required and assist with the delivery of training solutions to support firm wide system rollouts. Furthermore, you will assist the team in designing appropriate training interventions to support firm wide system roll outs.

• Deliver in house system training as required
• Liaise with L&D Team Manager on a regular basis
• Evaluate the effectiveness of L&D solutions and recommend appropriate actions where appropriate and necessary
• Assist in identifying future learning needs within the business
• Work as part of a team to develop and deliver appropriate learning solutions

Skills Required / Person Specification:

• Previously training or L&D experience preferred. 
• High level of general PC literacy – able to use MS Office to Intermediate / Advanced level (Windows 7 and MS Office 2013)
• Confident in front of an audience
• Able to communicate with people at all levels within the organisation
• Good organisation & time management skills
• Discreet, proactive and resourceful
• Lively, enthusiastic team player with a proactive approach to their work

General Requirements:

• Flexible and able to adapt to changing business needs
• Able to think creatively and develop imaginative solutions to learning needs

You may also have experience in the following: Systems Trainer, Technical Trainer, L&D Specialist, IT Systems Trainer, Business Systems Trainer, Training Consultant. 

Benefits package 

Shoosmiths has an outstanding benefits package; we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm. These include:

• A pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5.5%
• Generous life assurance cover for peace of mind, up to 8 times salary
• Up to 23 paid working days holiday per annum with the option to buy up to 8 additional days. You can choose to 'flex' twice a year - January and July
• 'Happy Birthday!' - have a free day off to celebrate and a £50 voucher to spend! (We won't take it from your annual entitlement)
• Childcare vouchers which are not subject to tax or NI
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Staff introduction bonus scheme
• Corporate discounts on a wide variety of products and services
• Discounted conveyancing and legal advice, for instance for wills and family trusts

If you'd like to enquire about the salary, please feel free to get in touch with me via matthew.mercer@shoosmiths.co.uk or 03700 863 267. 

The application process

We will aim to respond to you within 3-4 working days following your application. If successful, you will be contacted by a member of our recruitment team for an informal telephone discussion. There will be two interview stages which will be held at our Northampton office (The Lakes, Northampton, NN4 7SH). 

Interested but have further questions? Get in touch with me directly via email (matthew.mercer@shoosmiths.co.uk), phone (03700 863 267) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-mercer-91811a25). 

Background checks

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted.  These checks will include employment references covering the last 5 years, proof of ID, proof of address covering the last 5 years, Personnel Vetting credit search (which will only highlight insolvency or County Court Judgments - should any adverse data show on the Personnel Vetting search then any offer of employment made will be withdrawn).Terrorism Check (against data supplied by the Bank of England) and a DBS check previously known as a Criminal Records check.

Shoosmiths is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. 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.