Legal Trainer Coordinator

Please send your resume in WORD format should you be interested in the following Legal Trainer Coordinator position located in NYC. This is a full-time, direct-hire position with a salary range $70K - $90K with awesome benefits. If you are not interested in this position, please pass onto colleagues/associates as we do offer referral fees should they be hired.

Job Title: Legal Trainer Coordinator

Location: NYC

Work Environment: Hybrid (3 days in office/ 2 days WFH - with some flexibility, because this role requires in-person training, some weeks might be 3-5 days a week but then the next week, they might not need to come in at all)

Salary: $70K - $90K

Bachelor’s degree: Yes

Covid Vaccination required: Yes

Term: Full-time

3rd Party C2C/Transfer: No

Referral Fee: $500 - Refer qualified colleague, friends, or family.

Please reply with an updated resume in Microsoft Word format

Candidates MUST HAVE Familiarity with MS Office, Westlaw, Lexis, and other standard legal research tools.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Coordinator – LTO – Legal Training, will work with senior members of the Legal Talent Office to coordinate all aspects of the Firm’s training programs and support other professional development initiatives, including associate mentoring programs and career development planning. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Existing Training Programs: Implement training curriculum, including new associate orientation, summer associate training, and junior and mid-level training; plan and project needs for upcoming trainings and interface with subject matter experts; update and improve training materials, including to reflect legal research for updates in the law, changes in training format or approach, comments and suggestions from program evaluations, and presenter comments; coordinate logistics, including copying and distributing training materials and interfacing with relevant internal departments, such as conference services, media, etc. in multiple offices
• New Training Programs: Assist with creating new training programs, including drafting and/or revising training materials, performing legal research, working with internal and/or external presenters to customize training content and materials, and coordinating logistics (as described above)
• CLE Compliance: Assist with compliance with CLE requirements for training programs and practice group lunches, including gaining a working understanding of NY CLE rules, attending sessions and monitoring attendance sheets, preparing teleconference codes, taking timed agendas, and coordinating logistics as necessary
• Advisor Programs & Career Development Planning: Assist with assigning associates to Partner Advisors and monitoring frequency of interaction to ensure that there is an adequate level of interaction and that program and individual career objectives are being met.
• Special Projects: Handle special requests from lawyers and senior members of the Legal Talent Office on an ad-hoc basis. Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent research, writing, and editing skills.
• Must be a self-starter with excellent attention to detail, capability to issue-spot, strong organizational skills, and independent sense of follow-through to carry tasks through completion without prompting.
• Must be a careful proofreader, detail-oriented, creative, and flexible.
• Professional demeanor in person, in written communications, and on the phone.
• Familiarity with MS Office, Westlaw, Lexis, and other standard legal research tools.
• Proficient at multitasking, prioritizing, and managing multiple projects simultaneously

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS required.
• Five or more years of experience at a law firm (or in a similarly fast-paced professional services environment) preferred.

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