Head of Legal Training - Daventry, United Kingdom - Simply Conveyancing

Simply Conveyancing

Verified Company

Daventry, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

If you have a passion for learning and development and are keen to try something new, this may just be the opportunity for you.

This role will be offered on a fixed-term basis for a period of approximately 15 months.

Purpose of the role:

Our L&D strategy is a key foundation pillar that will support Simply's ambitions to achieve recognition as a market leading conveyancing service provider of choice for home movers and estate agent partners through building high quality and high performing legal teams, and a culture of service excellence

You will be responsible for designing and executing a legal learning strategy that will underpin and support Simply's ambitious growth plans and assure our high standards of legal services quality, compliance, and service excellence.

Working with the legal, quality and compliance teams you will gather training needs, design, and execute through identifying and securing appropriate resources, a comprehensive roadmap for legal training and professional development across the business to benefit our property lawyers, legal support, and associated teams.

You will also play a significant role in creating a culture of lifelong learning in legal through ensuring excellence in supervision, mentoring, coaching, and performance feedback.

Driving excellence in legal work through the employee lifecycle, you will help us ensure all our new colleagues feel valued when they join Simply, that all our people have a comprehensive professional development and career pathway.

You'll also be driven by gathering data and insights to support your vision, plans and delivery execution.

You will provide support, mentoring and coaching to Legal Managers to ensure that their on-the-job training and supervision is at the highest quality as well as ensuring consistent working practices through adherence to Simply's policies, procedures, legislation, and regulations where necessary.

It's likely you will have had direct experience of delivering best in class training outcomes for core regulatory areas such as AML (Anti Money Laundering) and GDPR and a wide range of conveyancing specialist areas.

You will also likely have a strong network of contacts and training providers, and though we aim to provide training in-house, you will know when it is appropriate to recommend external interventions and digital solutions to ensure that your plans incorporate access to an appropriately wide range of materials and solutions to assure high levels of continuous legal and industry awareness and Continued Professional Development opportunities throughout the year.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Responsible for and directing Simply's legal training strategy, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, Director of Conveyancing, Legal Directors, HOLP, HOFA, MLRO and the Quality & Compliance team
Working with and supported by the L&D Manager accountable for designing, implementing, and facilitating relevant professional skills training for property lawyers, all related support functions, and senior stakeholders through both face to face and through remote technologies, creating a range of ways for our learners to engage, supported with digital learning management systems.
L&D programme and project management across including budget management, as well as leadership and contribution to broader people team or company projects.
Ensure there is relevant administration of the function including training records, budgeting, communications and reporting as required to provide ongoing reporting and analysis on training activities.
Strong facilitation experience including legal and business skills training relating to emerging technology and digital capability, innovation, new ways of working, change management, communication and interpersonal skills, presentation skills, leadership and management skills, resilience and wellbeing, business development, practice management and negotiation skills.
Adept at building rapport and building effective working relationships with people at various levels.
Proactive with excellent organisational skills able manage competing priorities and work to tight deadlines.
Able to effectively supervise and support the development of team members.
Advocate for equality and diversity. Uphold and drive Simply's commitments as a Disability Confident employer, as well as ensuring all training and development is designed to enable equality and inclusion outcomes.
Provide a model and delivery CPD (Continuing Professional Development) opportunities across legal teams, through keeping up to date with latest case law, tribunal decisions and legislative reform and ensure all learning is shared and acted upon
Be a role model for lifelong learning and putting people at the heart of all learning design and implementation.
Ensure our colleagues feel well supported through onboarding or any other transition processes ie promotions, new legal roles, mana