L&D Specialist - HR & Development in Liverpool

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Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award‑winning international commercial law firm with offices in Birmingham, Hong Kong, Leeds, Limassol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Monaco, Newcastle, Piraeus and Singapore. With more than 1000 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non‑contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: transport and logistics and international trade, retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Hours

Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:00 (35 hours per week). Hill Dickinson is proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2024 and so we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team

HR & Development

Location

Liverpool with regular travel to other offices

Benefits

• Annual leave starting at 25 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
• Annual fitness allowance
• Flexible pension scheme
• ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
• Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
• Medicash
• EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back‑up care per year via Bright Horizons
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role Overview

As our Learning & Development Specialist you will have a big part to play in ensuring that the impact of L&D at the firm is positive, enabling colleagues to continue to grow and perform. This role will need you to be proactive and commercially responsive. Developing and managing ongoing relationships with the wider HR&D team and colleagues in our business groups is critical to success.

The L&D specialist role will be responsible for working with stakeholders, ensuring that a range of virtual and face‑to‑face workshops are designed and delivered in accordance with identified learning needs. This in turn will ensure that we continue to deliver against our promises and support the wider HR&D and business strategy effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Head of L&D and our two L&D managers to ensure that in‑person and virtual learning is designed and delivered in line with identified needs, covering the full learning cycle from needs identification, through to design, delivery and evaluation.
• Serve as a point of contact for L&D queries and a trusted advisor to employees and Partners where appropriate, with responsibility for working closely with one business group.
• Attend in‑person at Hill Dickinson UK offices to deliver learning events when required.

What Are We Looking For

• Aligned with the Hill Dickinson values of trust, respect, collaboration and innovation.
• Ability to conduct training needs analysis.
• Proven experience of designing and facilitating engaging workshops and learning events, both virtually and face‑to‑face.
• A demonstrable understanding of adult learning styles and ability to apply theory in practice.
• Ability to work with blended learning approaches.
• Ability to follow agreed processes as required.
• Ability to build rapport quickly with a range of stakeholders, including but not limited to training reps and PSLs.
• Customer‑first focus, with an ability to listen and act commercially in respect of support provided.
• Ability to work effectively and productively in a hybrid working model and be accountable for outputs.
• Resilient and tenacious in finding effective and innovative learning solutions that support the sustainable growth of Hill Dickinson.
• Qualified to Level 3 or above in an L&D/HR discipline.
• Desire to support the wider HR/firm strategy by working collaboratively across the wider HR&D team.
• Ability to use data to inform decision making and improve the L&D offer.
• Willing to travel to UK offices.

It would be beneficial for you to have the following

• Member of a recognised HR professional body such as the CIPD or Learning and Performance Institute.
• Previous experience of working in a professional services environment, or with teams that provide professional services.
• Additional accreditations/qualifications related to L&D e.g., coaching, level A&B, NLP etc.
• Driving licence.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre‑employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.