Learning & Talent Partner at Clyde & Co

Clyde & Co is seeking an experienced Learning and Development professional to join our Global Learning & Talent team. This role will partner closely with regional and global stakeholders to design, implement, and manage high-impact learning and talent initiatives that support business priorities. The ideal candidate will bring a strategic mindset, strong facilitation and project management skills, and a proven ability to build relationships and deliver results in a fast-paced, professional services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Regularly engage with key regional stakeholders to align regional business priorities with the global learning and talent agenda.
• Develop and deploy clear and engaging regional and global communications plans in collaboration with the global team.
• Review existing learning initiatives, analyze data to identify skills gaps, and integrate findings into the global strategy and priorities, working closely with HR Business Partners in the region.
• Design and deliver engaging and relevant learning solutions for diverse audiences as part of the Global Curricula, partnering with external suppliers where needed and leveraging existing global and local content.
• Design and deliver plans for team development days to drive performance and build cohesive partnerships across the region.
• Provide support to more junior members of the global team, facilitating their development and role-modeling high performance.
• Provide experienced project management support to a wide range of Global Learning and Talent projects, ensuring alignment with regional strategies and gaining buy-in from stakeholders.
• Use insights from metrics to enhance learning and talent initiatives and to make commercial decisions about future investments, ensuring programs and projects deliver value for money and high impact.
• Hold regional budget management responsibility for the allocation of learning and talent costs, ensuring effective management in line with the overall Global Learning & Talent budget and processes.
• Oversee contracting and negotiations with key external suppliers (delivery partners) in the region and globally, ensuring alignment with both regional and global requirements.
• Provide regular progress reports and insights to regional and global leadership, using data to identify relevant skills development at the right point in a fee-earner’s career.
  
  

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experienced learning and development professional (Manager/Business Partner level) with experience in professional services environments.
• Demonstrated skills in facilitating and designing learning curricula and a wide variety of development programs, using current methodologies and technologies tailored to specific audiences.
• Proven track record in partnering with external suppliers to source high-quality learning solutions, effectively managing complex relationships, providing feedback, and making commercially sound decisions based on impact.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and allocating budgets for learning and talent development initiatives.
• Prior experience working with regional and global cross-functional teams in complex environments undergoing transformation and modernization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to partner, advise, and influence at all levels of the business.
• Strategic thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Self-starter able to perform with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable working at pace and in ambiguous situations, with strong project management skills and a pragmatic, solution-focused approach.
• Accreditation with psychometric tools is desirable (e.g., Discovery Insights, Hogan).
  
  

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.