Training Solicitor

Key Duties:

• Reporting to the Head of Professional Support, you will help to grow and develop our fee earning staff through a range of different methods. You will be delivering group training as well as coaching on a 1:1 basis. We see this role as key to the development and mentoring of our junior fee earners.Responsibilities
  • Take a prominent role in training, coaching and mentoring solicitors and other fee earning staff.
  • Deliver a programme of continuous training to existing staff in line with identified training requirements and newly introduced legal changes.
  • Deliver training and guidance on the use of Proclaim to aid case management and strategic performance of junior fee earners.
  • Help develop, manage and deliver our graduate scheme for law graduates.
  • Identify training needs through working with Senior Management, supervisors, and HR.
  • Attend training meetings with HR and Head of Professional Support as requested, and report on current projects and issues.
  • Participate in department meetings where required to understand the business and user needs to be delivered from both systems improvements and training.
  • Design, develop and update training materials to reinforce and embed delivered training.
  • Design and create training content for our Learning Management System (LMS) and blended learning programs.
  • Monitor the feedback given on courses and make relevant changes.
  • Maintain the training records as to attendance.
  • Help embed the agreed standard of the company e.g. case progression, standards and tactics of litigation, weekly supervision and enforcing our Service Promises.
  • Assist with marketing externally by providing commentary on legal updates and drafting articles.
  • Keep abreast of significant legal changes and familiarise yourself with them to ensure you can suggest policy changes to maintain the firm’s profitability.

Skills and Experience

• A qualified solicitor or qualified by experience with demonstrable experience within person injury. You must have case handling experience from cradle to grave.
• Ideally experience of composing and delivering training, either one to one, through workshops or presentations.
• Strong IT Skills
• Able to present information to others in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Organisational skills and the ability to plan and manage time.
• The ability to encourage and motivate people.
• Ability to tailor training packages to the level of the trainee group or individual as necessary.
• An aptitude for learning new systems and processes quickly.