The Vacancy
We have an exciting opening for a People Development Administrator to join our HR Team.
The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic, social, and hardworking team whilst supporting the training and development needs of Fieldfisher's people.
Inclusiveness and Diversity
At Fieldfisher, led by the social model of disability, we are working towards removing accessibility barriers and maximising disability and neurodiversity inclusion in our recruitment processes.
Should you have any accessibility requirements, please contact a member of Fieldfisher's Recruitment Team who will work with you to implement suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are treated in the strictest of confidence and we would appreciate your feedback to ensure we can provide an accessible and enjoyable recruitment process.
For accessibility information on our London offices, please visit our website.
Who should apply?
This is a great opportunity for someone who is interested in the people development space and eager to take the next step in their career. The ideal candidate will have administration experience, strong communication and attention to detail skills with a 'people first' approach.
There is a view for the successful candidate to be sponsored for their CIPD qualification (if not already achieved), whilst working alongside experienced people development professionals. Equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and behaviours to have a long-term, successful career within people development at Fieldfisher.
What do the People Development team do?
The People Development team supports colleagues' training and development needs. Based in London, the team, which is part of the wider HR team, support our offices in the UK, Europe, and the US. The team, listed below, works closely with the firm's lawyers, business services and legal support services to help boost them from where they are now to where they need to be to provide the best service to their clients. The team, listed below, works closely with every colleague in the firm to help them with their career development and support them achieve a positive and purposeful path and to provide the best service to their clients.
Abit about the role
- Responsible for monitoring the departmental inbox
- Liaising and engaging with all new joiners
- Coordinate all logistical aspects of internal training courses (including assisting with scheduling, liaising with training representatives, booking rooms, managing diaries, sending reminders, arranging catering, IT equipment and course materials , preparing all training materials and sending out post course evaluation requests)
- Maintain training attendance records and produce training reports as requested
- Manage requests for external training to ensure internal processes are followed
- Booking external courses, paying invoices and coordinating diaries
- General administrative support for the PD team
- Book internal rooms and set up internal training (eg materials, registers and delegate lists)
- Liaising & engaging with all new joiners
- Prepare training materials e.g. PowerPoint
- Maintaining departmental training and meeting trackers
Abit about you
- GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English Grade A*-C
- 3 A-levels (or equivalent) Grade A* - C
- Interested in developing a career in Development
- Experience in an office-based environment or professional services environment is desirable not essential
- Strong communication skills
- Excellent proven project and time management skills
- A positive disposition as well as being a strong team player.
What can we offer you?
Our people are at the core of what we do. Fieldfisher's benefits package is designed to enable all colleagues to thrive in an inclusive and supportive environment. These benefits range from private health insurance, life assurance & income protection, flexi-gym discounts, season ticket loans, bike-to-work loans, electric vehicle scheme and much more.
Fieldfisher HQ is based in the vibrant and thriving City of London, which has something for everyone. Offering excellent commuter links based a 5-minute walk away from Monument and Bank tube stations. Views overlooking the River Thames and Tower Bridge from our 9th floor terrace, open plan workspaces that encourages a sense of camaraderie, hybrid working and hot-desking, discounted coffee in our on-site cafe, bike storage, shower facilities and much more.
We have diverse teams made up of our Partners, Lawyers and Business Services Professionals, collaborating to provide outstanding service to our clients, working across our many different sectors and practice areas.
We understand the importance of collaboration outside of work with lots of different clubs and networks for our people to get involved in, including quiz nights, book club, choir, firm-funded yoga, fitness challenges, football teams, and inclusive events with our nominated charity partners.
Culture & personal development
We're a firm with real entrepreneurial drive and we don't believe in squashing people's individuality. We want you to use your unique talents and experiences to help the firm grow. You can only do that by being yourself. And working closely and collaboratively with people throughout the firm. That's why we foster a culture that encourages you to be yourself.
We'll give you bespoke support to develop your own career. Whether that's through allowing you to "access all areas" across the firm, funding you through training for professional development qualifications, or making sure you have a structured career plan, we'll make sure your talents are being nurtured.
The Firm
Fieldfisher is Times Top 20 Law Firm, a highly commended firm in the European Financial Times Innovative Lawyers rankings and is repeatedly nominated for awards in areas including dispute resolution, M&A and IP. Many of our lawyers are recognised by legal directories as leading professionals in their areas of specialism and we are top two-ranked in a number of our key practice areas.