What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Trainer position at Withersworldwide?
Type
Permanent - Full Time
Location
New Haven
Job Role
Information Technology
The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic trainer to educate and support the business, providing excellent IT training activities to all Withers partners and staff. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required with the ability to work with and influence a wide range of people including partners, directors, secretaries, business support teams, project managers and IT staff.
A high level of personal organization and professionalism is required, together with a 'can-do' attitude and an ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure. You must inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork and service to the business. As an experienced, technical and personable IT Trainer, from a professional services or legal background, you will be highly confident in supporting all users within the global firm.
Working as part of our Global IT Service Delivery Team, your primary work base will be the New Haven office, but travel may be required. The chosen candidate will report to the Global IT Training Manager (based in London) and work closely with them and the global team, to assist with delivery of the firm's strategy and expectations. You will be working alongside 4 other Trainers (based in London, Singapore and New Haven, CT, USA). The hours for this role are 930am to 530pm but flexibility is a must.
Tasks And Responsibilities
Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications And Competencies
Applications
Experience of the following applications is essential to this role:
The following are key to this role:
For 125 years, our firm has focused on and helped successful people, families, entrepreneurs, family businesses, governments and institutions negotiate the wide range of legal issues they face in their business and personal lives. Over time, we have gained valuable insights into the ways wealth can be generated, preserved, deployed and enhanced. We assist our clients in a variety of industry sectors including real estate, manufacturing, motorsport, luxury brands, sport, hotels and hospitality, technology, energy, art and cultural assets, life sciences, charities and philanthropy and financial services. With 17 offices our experience means we can see the global picture. We provide legal advice across a range of different practice areas including estate planning, personal and corporate tax and, corporate, banking and finance, access to capital (both private and public) both equity and debt, real estate, intellectual property, immigration, international trust structuring, philanthropy, luxury assets, international probate, public international law and international arbitration.
Equal Opportunities Employment Statement
Withers Bergman LLP is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Equal employment opportunity has been and will continue to be a fundamental principle at the firm. Employment at the firm is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. The firm prohibits and will not tolerate any discrimination or harassment on the basis of any of these classifications or characteristics.
If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website to apply for a position, please contact the firm at 203 789 1320 or email us.recruiting@withersworldwide.com with your request. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.
Permanent - Full Time
Location
New Haven
Job Role
Information Technology
The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic trainer to educate and support the business, providing excellent IT training activities to all Withers partners and staff. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required with the ability to work with and influence a wide range of people including partners, directors, secretaries, business support teams, project managers and IT staff.
A high level of personal organization and professionalism is required, together with a 'can-do' attitude and an ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure. You must inspire a positive work environment and help champion quality, innovation, teamwork and service to the business. As an experienced, technical and personable IT Trainer, from a professional services or legal background, you will be highly confident in supporting all users within the global firm.
Working as part of our Global IT Service Delivery Team, your primary work base will be the New Haven office, but travel may be required. The chosen candidate will report to the Global IT Training Manager (based in London) and work closely with them and the global team, to assist with delivery of the firm's strategy and expectations. You will be working alongside 4 other Trainers (based in London, Singapore and New Haven, CT, USA). The hours for this role are 930am to 530pm but flexibility is a must.
Tasks And Responsibilities
- Deliver training in classroom, remotely and at desk side. Either in structured classes, team meetings or one-on-ones. Floor-walk on a regular basis to provide ‘at desk’ training assistance.
- Maintain the LMS, containing all training hand-outs, eLearning and course schedule.
- Build and maintain relationships within teams to promote IT Training, ensuring knowledge and awareness and business challenges through workshops, days in teams, surveys and gap analysis.
- Continually maintain and expand strong working knowledge of current firm-supported and future technologies to provide training to end-users.
- Design new training courses and assist with the preparation and maintenance of IT Training related materials and documentation.
- Assist with advertisement of courses, scheduling delegates and monitoring attendance of courses.
- Work to a Global IT Training schedule.
- Assist with the creation of customized "Personal IT Development Plans" for members of staff at all levels of the firm.
- Induction training for new Partners and staff.
- Assist the Service Desk and Systems teams with any queries as required.
- Assist the IT Training Manager and Head of Service Delivery with additional responsibilities as requested.
Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications And Competencies
Applications
Experience of the following applications is essential to this role:
- Microsoft Office applications from Office 2013 to Office 365 - Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel
- MS Teams
- Windows 8 / 10
- iManage – FileSite and Desksite (Including EMM E-Mail Management)
- Time Recording and Billing - Elite Webview/Elite 3E or similar
- iPhone device and applications (iManage, BigHand, SmartTime, Avaya)
- Client Relationship Manager - InterAction or similar
- Adobe Reader and Acrobat
- PDFDocs
- BigHand Digital Dictation
The following are key to this role:
- TAP (or equivalent) qualified
- Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) or Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor
- Remote Training (via Zoom, Teams or similar)
- Project Management experience
- Minimum 2 years' experience in a law firm or similar professional environment
- Inspires confidence
- Enthusiastic and friendly
- Able to work under pressure
- Flexible approach to working hours during upgrades and other ad hoc duties carried out by IT
- Excellent attention to detail and organization skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Smart and professional manner
For 125 years, our firm has focused on and helped successful people, families, entrepreneurs, family businesses, governments and institutions negotiate the wide range of legal issues they face in their business and personal lives. Over time, we have gained valuable insights into the ways wealth can be generated, preserved, deployed and enhanced. We assist our clients in a variety of industry sectors including real estate, manufacturing, motorsport, luxury brands, sport, hotels and hospitality, technology, energy, art and cultural assets, life sciences, charities and philanthropy and financial services. With 17 offices our experience means we can see the global picture. We provide legal advice across a range of different practice areas including estate planning, personal and corporate tax and, corporate, banking and finance, access to capital (both private and public) both equity and debt, real estate, intellectual property, immigration, international trust structuring, philanthropy, luxury assets, international probate, public international law and international arbitration.
Equal Opportunities Employment Statement
Withers Bergman LLP is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Equal employment opportunity has been and will continue to be a fundamental principle at the firm. Employment at the firm is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. The firm prohibits and will not tolerate any discrimination or harassment on the basis of any of these classifications or characteristics.
If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website to apply for a position, please contact the firm at 203 789 1320 or email us.recruiting@withersworldwide.com with your request. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.
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