Professional Development Coordinator (Legal Education)

Position responsibilities

• Coordinate in-person and virtual legal training programs and practice group meetings across offices, including scheduling, room reservations and set up, calendar invitations, catering and AV details, review and revision of materials, on-site and/or virtual coordination, and trouble shooting
• Provide the Attorney Licensing and Compliance team with information related to CLE eligibility and provide other assistance, as required
• Aid Legal Education Managers in identifying training needs and developing legal training curricula and programs
• Work with internal and external presenters to coordinate logistics and deliver effective training programs
• Retrieve, edit, and prepare training videos and written materials for distribution
• Upload and maintain content in the Firm’s Learning Management System and internal webpages
• Review feedback from legal training programs, suggest improvements, and assist with program summaries and leadership reports
• Act as a resource for, and actively engage with, lawyers across the firm to ensure training needs are appropriately met
• Actively engage with other administrative departments in the firm to ensure effective delivery of legal training programs, including legal talent, diversity and inclusion, marketing, innovation, travel, technology, facilities, accounting and finance, e-discovery and paralegal services, and research services
• Aid in creating and implementing legal training policies and procedures
• Maintain firmwide legal training calendars and legal training files, including drafting and updating program invitations and calendaring firm events
• Aid in onboarding new lawyers by providing basic training information and adding them to relevant training invitations and distributions lists
• Keep abreast of trends in legal training and major practice area developments
• Provide on-site support during firm events, conferences, and other training programs (room setup, handouts, preparing materials, etc.)
• Attend department and other administrative meetings
• Aid in budget planning and monitoring
• Proofread own and other’s work with attention to detail and accuracy consistently following standardized rules of language regarding spelling, punctuation, grammar, word usage, and sentence structure

Skills & experience

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite and other firm applications
• Available to work overtime, as required
• 2+ years direct related experience (e.g., working within recruiting/ HR/ Training and Development, Marketing, Compliance, Project Management or Corporate Event Planning in a professional services organization)
• Senior candidates must have 4+ years directly applicable work experience, along with proven ability to operate at an elevated level in terms of scope of responsibility, judgement and autonomy
• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience working in large law firm
• Basic understanding of adult learning theories
• Usage of learning technologies and management systems such as CE Manager

Cooley offers

• A competitive compensation and excellent benefits package
• EEO
• The expected hourly pay range for this position with a work schedule of 40 hours per week is $30.50 - $45.00 ($63,440.00 - $93,600.00 annually)
• We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits
• In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 20 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year
• We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits
• New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources