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We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.\nWe are a collegial and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.\nIf you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our L&D team in our London office as a Senior Manager: Learning and Development - Professional Skills.\nThe Team:\nThe L&D team in London is responsible for:\nlegal, compliance and professional skills training, for all in the London office \nmentoring and coaching across EMEA and Asia\nskills and compliance training across EMEA and Asia (working with HR teams in local offices) \nglobal professional skills programmes, (designed and delivered in conjunction with the US L&D team). \nThe Role:\nYou will manage the design, delivery and evaluation of our professional skills offering across London, for lawyers and business services professionals. You will also include EMEA and Asia attendees in our virtual skills programming. Working closely with the Assistant Director of L&D, the Senior Manager: Legal Skills, and senior stakeholders, you will identify capability needs, shape practical solutions aligned to the Firm’s strategic priorities and demonstrate measurable impact. You will be a skilled facilitator and coach in your own right, and may line manage an L&D administrator and/or apprentice from time to time.\nHours:\nStandard hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm, with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business.\nOur current working from home policy allows for two days working from home, subject to business need. This policy is subject to change and does not form part of contractual terms\nResponsibilities\nKey responsibilities include:\nManagement\nSet the professional skills annual curriculum for London, EMEA and Asia, aligned to Firm and practice group / team priorities.\nManage the professional skills budget and external providers, including the procurement process, ensuring quality and value for money. \nLine manage, coach and develop any direct reports.\nProgrammes and Projects\nLead end-to-end design, delivery and evaluation of programmes, including the Business Services Apprentice Programme, Secretarial Team Leader Programme, Junior Management Programme and Mid-level Manager Programme.\nLead our various graduate recruitment, CSR and community engagement projects including designing and delivering skills programmes for students.\nCo-deliver our biannual Trainee Development Centre, with our Senior Manager: Legal skills.\nSupport the global coaching and mentoring programme.\nManage L&D sponsorship and clawback agreements.\nMonitor the L&D inbox, along with the rest of the L&D team.\nOwn the professional skills content on the L&D intranet pages.\nManage ad hoc projects, as required.\nDesign, Delivery and Coaching\nDesign and personally facilitate professional skills workshops and programmes for lawyers and business services professionals at all levels, including senior audiences, in person, hybrid and virtually.\nDevelop blended and digital learning, including short virtual sessions, and e-learning, drawing on current learning, thought leadership, psychology, learning theories, research and practice.\nInnovate how the firm provides learning. \nCoach individuals and teams, and signpost them to further support where appropriate.\nEnsure learning is inclusive, accessible (including for neurodivergent colleagues) and culturally appropriate across offices.\nCarry out L&D inductions. \nProvide return-to-work coaching for colleagues returning from extended leave.\nKeep up to date with L&D, legal sector and learning technology developments, network with peers and pursue your own continuing professional development.\nStakeholder Management and Communications\nDesign and implement proactive communication plans to ensure that learning and development initiatives are communicated effectively to target populations.\nAct as a trusted adviser to lawyers and business services professionals, diagnosing development needs and influencing priorities.\nWork with the Senior Manager: Legal Skills to understand the professional skills needs of our lawyers and respond with appropriate programmes\nWork with other teams (such as graduate recruitment, CSR and community engagement) to develop joined-up learning interventions.\nCollaborate with L&D colleagues and maintain strong relationships across the global HR team and across the wider firm.\nEvaluation and Reporting\nEvaluate programmes for behaviour change and business impact, not just satisfaction, and use the findings to improve the offering.\nProduce management reports and monthly L&D metrics.\nEnsure L&D activity meets regulatory and professional requirements (including SRA competence expectations) and support L&D administration as needed.\nThis is a general description of the role and is not exhaustive.\nQualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes\nEducated to degree level or equivalent experience.\nDesirable\nAccredited in one or more psychometric tools (e.g. DiSC, MBTI, Hogan).\nA coaching qualification.\nCIPD, or a qualification in learning design, occupational psychology or a related field.\nExperience, skills and personal attributes:\nSubstantial experience designing, delivering and evaluating professional skills learning, ideally in a law firm or professional services environment.\nHighly skilled facilitator, confident with senior audiences in person, hybrid and virtual, with coaching experience.\nStrong instructional design and project management skills, managing multiple programmes to deadline.\nExperience of evaluating learning for behaviour change and business impact.\nAbility to influence and build credibility with partners and senior business services leaders.\nExcellent attention to detail and ability to follow-through on tasks.\nExcellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to write persuasively for different audiences.\nExperience with learning management systems and digital learning tools (e.g. Poll Everywhere, Microsoft Forms); knowledge of Micron CE Manager, VinciWorks or AI-enabled learning tools is advantageous.\nAI deployment experience and an understanding of the human skills needed in an AI environment is advantageous. \nProficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel and PowerPoint) and Teams, Zoom and WebEx.\nPersonal Attributes\nGenuine interest in and desire to develop others.\nPersonable, reliable, with excellent relationship-building skills.\nProactive and self-motivated, taking ownership of initiatives and outcomes.\nAble to prioritise and work to tight deadlines, both independently and as part of a small team.\nFlexible in terms of design and delivery style, credible and able to tailor presentations to the audience. \nComfortable with change; constructively challenges existing approaches and proposes alternatives.\nCulturally aware, adaptable and able to work effectively in a global context. \nHigh levels of integrity, professionalism and discretion.\nAt Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.\nOur culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.\nOne of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBTQIA+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability), Social Inclusion and Opportunities Network and Work and Me (Family).\nWe are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8493,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Legal Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T13:12:50Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Graduate Trainee, Senior or Specialist Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Skilled Worker; 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