Expertise & Legal Learning Coordinator

Ashurst is seeking an Expertise & Legal Learning Coordinator based in Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney. The role involves coordinating legal learning programs and managing expertise data for the APAC region. Ideal candidates have experience in training coordination within a law firm, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft tools. Ashurst offers flexible work options, extensive benefits, and a commitment to social impact.
Description

Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a determination to go beyond the ordinary by outpacing change. We have a community of 4800+ people across over 30 offices globally and are a trusted adviser to top corporates, financial institutions and governments. What sets us apart is our ambition for our people and our clients.

What makes Ashurst a great place to work?
• Flexible work options
• Market leading parental leave of 26 weeks paid leave irrespective of gender
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership and corporate health plans
• Genuine opportunities to grow your career through secondments or global opportunities,
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including tailored professional development for all employees, coaching, mentoring and study support for further education.
• We have a strong commitment to social impact, demonstrated by our extensive volunteering and pro-bono opportunities, as well as our award-winning social inclusion and mobility programs.
• We are committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated Coordinator to join our global Knowledge & Expertise team, to support the team's delivery of two key pillars for the APAC region:
• A cross-practice legal learning programme, aimed at uplifting the capabilities of Ashurst lawyers across the APAC region, and;
• Strengthening central coordination of expertise lawyers and enhancing the model for expertise administration across Ashurst.

This role can be based at our Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney offices.

The Knowledge & Expertise Coordinator's responsibilities will include:
• Coordinating internal legal learning programmes, and supporting the delivery of internal legal learning events
• Learning Management System (LMS) management, transition and maintenance
• Maintaining expertise data, including lawyer and expertise partner directories and maintaining annual data on expertise coverage
• Providing administrative support for stakeholder meetings chaired by the APAC Head of Expertise & Legal Learning

A full job description including a breakdown of responsibilities can be found attached to the role on our careers page http://careers.ashurst.com/

We are interested in hearing from people who have:
• Prior relevant experience in a training coordination role in a law firm or professional services environment
• Excellent project coordination and organisational skills, coupled with strong communication skills, both written and verbal, including a demonstrated ability to communicate successfully with all levels of stakeholders
• A proactive and "can-do" attitude, with the ability to work autonomously or within a team
• Proficiency in the Microsoft suite including Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with document management systems, learning management systems and hosting Zoom webinars

We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

For more information or if you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact: globalresourcing@ashurst.com for a confidential conversation.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.