Professional Development Specialist

Job Title: Professional Development Specialist

Department: People

Office: Boston, New York or Washington DC

Report to: Director of Professional Development

Status: Non - Exempt

Summary

We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; global litigation; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation protection.

People are at the heart of everything we do at Brown Rudnick. The Professional Development Specialist has the opportunity to make a direct impact on the lives of our attorneys and paralegals by helping manage the administrative aspects of the attorney evaluation process, tracking of bar admissions and CLE requirements, implementation of the firm-wide training program, mentorship program, and other firmwide initiatives. This position will work closely with the Associate Development Managers and the Director of Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Associate Development Managers and Director of Professional Development to implement and administer the attorney evaluation processes including annual, mid-year, and trainee reviews, including administering each process in viEval.
• Support attorney training programs, including calendar management, preparation of program materials, input and manage courses in CE Manager, room reservations, coordination for video-conference programs and catering.
• Help manage systems for tracking attorney availability, workflow, and skillsets.
• Support Firm committees and initiatives, including the Associate Liaison Committee.
• Develop substantive professional development content for internal newsletters.
• Collaborate with other administrative departments on PD programs and initiatives.
• Lead other projects and provide other administrative support to PD team as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1-3 years of prior law firm or professional services experience preferred.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, and attention to details.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to draw conclusions from data, assess implications and make recommendations.
• Good understanding of technology and ability to get up to speed quickly on new systems. Familiarity with ViEval preferred but not required.
• Strong interpersonal skills, commitment to customer service, a positive attitude and an ability to work well with all levels of firm personnel.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain strict confidentiality of firm's internal personnel affairs and information.
• Proactive and results-oriented with strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, be flexible and work across and prioritize multiple assignments under tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with Excel.
• Comfort with learning new technology and working in databases.

Who We Are

Brown Rudnick is an international law firm with roots in post-war 1940s Boston and New York City. From the beginning, our lawyers and business professionals have demonstrated a remarkable blend of entrepreneurialism and collaboration. Over the last 25 years, the combined firm has thrived with full and easy partner/practice integration, rapidly realized profits from practice group collaboration, the continued development of new lawyers and a business professional staff that is well respected in the industry. Today, Brown Rudnick is a recognized leader in several practice and industry areas, such as corporate restructuring, technology, white collar defense, international disputes, intellectual property, and life sciences. The Firm continues to grow strategically and show its entrepreneurial, collaborative spirit that led to its creation.

Salary range based on experience level and location is estimated to be in the range of $55,000-70,000.

Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws.