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Practice Group Manager – NY Litigation

Professional Development Consortium (PDC) · New York, NY · 3 wk ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the job posting. The posting includes: - Job title: Practice Group Manager – NY Litigation (PGM) (but we should not repeat as heading) - Location: New York, NY 10019 US (maybe not needed) - Remote/WFH? No (maybe not needed) - Employer: Sidley Austin LLP - Job Description paragraph: "The Practice Group Manager – NY Litigation (PGM) will report both to the New York Litigation Practice Group (NYLPG) Head and Practice Group Director – Litigation (PGD). The PGM will provide high level administrative support to the NYLPG, Staffing Partner(s), and other members of the leadership team, as well as the PGD, helping facilitate the NYLPG’s day-to-day administrative activity and achieve its longer-term objectives. The PGM also will play a critical role in the development of attorneys in the NYLPG and the management of the attorney talent pool. The PGM will be a foundational team member who helps design and implement rubrics, frameworks and processes at each stage of the “associate lifecycle” to help further career and professional development goals for its attorneys." That's prose; could go under About the role. - Duties And Responsibilities: list of bullet points (each line starts with a verb). We need to capture them as
  • . - Required Education and/or Experience: list of items (J.D. and at least four years practice experience, preferably practicing at a peer law firm. Proficient in Litigation practice terminology and concepts. Proficient in Microsoft Office, Resource Management/Scheduling Tools, Excel and other related applications. Strong presence in the face of complexity and time-constrained challenges. Proficient at negotiating and managing conflict. Proven client service focus, with an ability to resolve issues quickly and a sense of urgency. Flexible in adapting to constantly changing priorities.) - Other Skills And Abilities: list of items (Strong organizational skills, Strong attention to detail, Good judgment, Strong interpersonal communication skills, Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others, Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion, Able to work under pressure, Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities) - Preferred: "Prior experience in staffing, professional development or practice support." This could be under Requirements or Qualifications. - No explicit Pay, Benefits, Schedule mentioned. So we should not include those sections. We need to decide headings: About the role (maybe from job description paragraph). Responsibilities (duties). Requirements (education/experience + preferred). Qualifications maybe same as Requirements? Could combine. Skills (Other Skills And Abilities). Could also have a separate "Preferred Qualifications" but we can incorporate into Requirements. We must not repeat job title as heading. Also we should not include Job ID etc. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep each bullet point exactly as in posting (maybe minor punctuation). We must not drop any. Let's extract bullet points exactly. From "Duties And Responsibilities" section: List: 1. Provide administrative support to the NYLPG through organization of practice group meetings and development and management of communications, agendas, and presentation materials. 2. Work with the relevant departments and practice groups, to help identify, design and implement process improvements. 3. In coordination with the relevant departments and practice groups, support strategic firmwide/Global Practice Group (GPG)/NYLPG/cross-practice initiatives and special projects. 4. Function as a liaison for other administrative departments and existing resources, i.e. Learning & Development; Knowledge Management; Marketing and Business Development; Accounting, etc., by providing information, data, and key metrics that will assist in identifying and then guiding firmwide, GPG and NYLPG-specific initiatives. 5. Provide a needs assessments for lateral and first-year associate new hires for the NYLPG in coordination with Legal Recruiting annual hiring targets and be a key resource in the onboarding and integration process for the group. 6. Help develop rubrics for skill development and different career steps, and assist with the oversight of progress toward such development by NYLPG associates. 7. Act as a liaison and advocate to facilitate workflow and evaluate associate capacity and skill development needs for staffing purposes. Implement a hands-on and collaborative approach across a complex scope of associate and partner needs, balancing workloads, sourcing work across offices and maximizing available resources, while taking into consideration skills required and helping establish plans for building those skills. 8. Collaborate with the NYLPG Head, Staffing Partner(s), and other members of the leadership team, as well as the PGD, in overseeing attorney performance appraisals and annual compensation adjustment processes, including review of appraisal forms, guiding partner discussions of evaluation messages, submission of counsel promotions, soliciting partner input on recommended compensation adjustments and ensuring consistency across the group. Utilize knowledge derived as a result of the associate evaluation process to focus on and address performance concerns. 9. Support NYLPG in review and development of presentation memorandum for internal partnership candidates. 10. Work with the PGD, NYLPG, Learning & Development and relevant partners to help identify, design and plan practice group-specific training programs. 11. Help support the mentoring program for the NYLPG and plan and implement attorney satisfaction and retention initiatives. Check if any bullet missing: The original had some combined sentences; we captured. Now "Required Education and/or Experience:" list: - J.D. and at least four years practice experience, preferably practicing at a peer law firm. - Proficient in Litigation practice terminology and concepts. - Proficient in Microsoft Office, Resource Management/Scheduling Tools, Excel and other related applications. - Strong presence in the face of complexity and time-constrained challenges. - Proficient at negotiating and managing conflict. - Proven client service focus, with an ability to resolve issues quickly and a sense of urgency. - Flexible in adapting to constantly changing priorities. Now "Preferred" line: "Prior experience in staffing, professional development or practice support." Now "Other Skills And Abilities" list: - Strong organizational skills - Strong attention to detail - Good judgment - Strong interpersonal communication skills - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others - Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion - Able to work under pressure - Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities Now we need to decide sections. Potential sections:

    About the role

    ... (the job description paragraph)

    Responsibilities

      ...

    Requirements

      ... (required education/experience + preferred?)
    Maybe separate "Preferred Qualifications" but we can include preferred in Requirements as a bullet.

    Skills

      ... (Other Skills And Abilities)
    We should not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule as they are not present. We must not include empty sections. Now ensure we preserve all info: The job description paragraph we need to include exactly as given. Let's copy it: "The Practice Group Manager – NY Litigation (PGM) will report both to the New York Litigation Practice Group (NYLPG) Head and Practice Group Director – Litigation (PGD). The PGM will provide high level administrative support to the NYLPG, Staffing Partner(s), and other members of the leadership team, as well as the PGD, helping facilitate the NYLPG’s day-to-day administrative activity and achieve its longer-term objectives. The PGM also will play a critical role in the development of attorneys in the NYLPG and the management of the attorney talent pool. The PGM will be a foundational team member who helps design and implement rubrics, frameworks and processes at each stage of the “associate lifecycle” to help further career and professional development goals for its attorneys." Make sure to keep punctuation and quotes. Now responsibilities bullets: ensure we keep each bullet exactly as in posting. Let's copy each bullet line exactly as appears (including punctuation). The original lines: - Provide administrative support to the NYLPG through organization of practice group meetings and development and management of communications, agendas, and presentation materials. - Work with the relevant departments and practice groups, to help identify, design and implement process improvements. - In coordination with the relevant departments and practice groups, support strategic firmwide/Global Practice Group (GPG)/NYLPG/cross-practice initiatives and special projects. - Function as a liaison for other administrative departments and existing resources, i.e. Learning & Development; Knowledge Management; Marketing and Business Development; Accounting, etc., by providing information, data, and key metrics that will assist in identifying and then guiding firmwide, GPG and NYLPG-specific initiatives. - Provide a needs assessments for lateral and first-year associate new hires for the NYLPG in coordination with Legal Recruiting annual hiring targets and be a key resource in the onboarding and integration process for the group. - Help develop rubrics for skill development and different career steps, and assist with the oversight of progress toward such development by NYLPG associates. - Act as a liaison and advocate to facilitate workflow and evaluate associate capacity and skill development needs for staffing purposes. Implement a hands-on and collaborative approach across a complex scope of associate and partner needs, balancing workloads, sourcing work across offices and maximizing available resources, while taking into consideration skills required and helping establish plans for building those skills. - Collaborate with the NYLPG Head, Staffing Partner(s), and other members of the leadership team, as well as the PGD, in overseeing attorney performance appraisals and annual compensation adjustment processes, including review of appraisal forms, guiding partner discussions of evaluation messages, submission of counsel promotions, soliciting partner input on recommended compensation adjustments and ensuring consistency across the group. Utilize knowledge derived as a result of the associate evaluation process to focus on and address performance concerns. - Support NYLPG in review and development of presentation memorandum for internal partnership candidates. - Work with the PGD, NYLPG, Learning & Development and relevant partners to help identify, design and plan practice group-specific training programs. - Help support the mentoring program for the NYLPG and plan and implement attorney satisfaction and retention initiatives. Check for any missing bullet: The original had "Provide a needs assessments" (maybe typo). We'll keep as is. Now required education/experience bullets: - J.D. and at least four years practice experience, preferably practicing at a peer law firm. - Proficient in Litigation practice terminology and concepts. - Proficient in Microsoft Office, Resource Management/Scheduling Tools, Excel and other related applications. - Strong presence in the face of complexity and time-constrained challenges. - Proficient at negotiating and managing conflict. - Proven client service focus, with an ability to resolve issues quickly and a sense of urgency. - Flexible in adapting to constantly changing priorities. Preferred bullet: "Prior experience in staffing, professional development or practice support." We could add that as a bullet under Requirements or maybe a separate Preferred Qualifications heading. Since we want few sections, we can add it under Requirements as a bullet. Now Skills bullets: - Strong organizational skills - Strong attention to detail - Good judgment - Strong interpersonal communication skills - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others - Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion - Able to work under pressure - Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities Now output HTML fragment. We must not include or . Just the fragment. Let's construct:

    About the role

    The Practice Group Manager – NY Litigation (PGM) will report both to the New York Litigation Practice Group (NYLPG) Head and Practice Group Director – Litigation (PGD). The PGM will provide high level administrative support to the NYLPG, Staffing Partner(s), and other members of the leadership team, as well as the PGD,

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