Responsibilities:

• Providing individual career development and advancement guidance and coaching to attorneys on the following primary topics: firm integration; navigation of firm procedures and resources; performance coaching; and short- and long-term career planning (including development of personal career goals, path to promotion, and external job searches).
• Tracking and analyzing attorney trends and statistics to evaluate the career development and advancement program and other talent initiatives, develop measurements of success, enhance the associate experience, and increase associate retention.
• Writing, editing, and compiling resources and newsletters to promote strategic career development and advancement of attorneys, including a regular updates for firm committees and practice groups.
• Developing programming related to career development and advancement for firm attorneys and attorney alumni, including on-demand video programs and programs related to career advancement, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, professional development training, associate and partner mentoring, and specific practice group or office needs.
• Establishing, tracking, and maintaining relationships with firm attorney alumni and working collaboratively with Attorney Alumni Relations on alumni-related initiatives; including providing programming, individual career development and advancement guidance, and coaching when requested.
• Developing relationships with firm partners and counsel to facilitate attorney career development, secondments, and placement initiatives with clients and firm contacts.

Requirements

• J.D. or other advanced degree related to career coaching or counseling required.
• Experience counseling lawyers or law students on career development and advancement opportunities required.
• Experience with project management and program creation and implementation required.
• Experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as they relate to attorney career development and advancement preferred.
• Management experience preferred.