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Early Careers Advisor

  • Hybrid
    • London, England, United Kingdom

This is an exciting opportunity for someone at the early stages of their career who is eager to work in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial business.

Job description

The Early Careers Advisor will report to the Head of Trainee Success and play a pivotal role in supporting our Trainee Solicitor cohorts throughout their journey to qualification.

Trainee Development & Support

  • Lead meetings with individual trainees, providing tailored management and guidance.

  • Monitor trainee study progress, support exam preparation, and track attainment.

  • Review and track trainee development against SRA QWE framework, ensuring accurate and timely documentation.

  • Play a key role in supporting with Flex Trainee Readiness Programme, including the design and delivery of training sessions

  • Work closely with the HR Manager to support trainee well-being and manage HR-related issues.

Coaching & Mentoring Programmes

  • Support and develop the trainee coaching programme, including planning, scheduling, and supporting the Flex Trainee Ambassador with continuous improvement of coaching sessions.

  • Manage the industry-wide mentoring programme; attract and engage new mentors, facilitate introductions, and monitor outcomes to ensure a high-quality mentoring experience.

Supervisor Engagement & Stakeholder Management

  • Build strong relationships with trainee supervisors across partner organisations.

  • Take a lead role in developing and delivering a supervisor engagement programme, including supervisor events, communications, and learning content.

  • Manage the onboarding process for new supervisors and trainees, developing and delivering welcome sessions and onboarding presentations.

Talent Attraction & Recruitment

  • Support the Talent team with attraction, recruitment, and assessment centres, bringing insight into candidate development and early careers best practice.

Job requirements

Flex Legal is looking for someone who is:

  • Energetic, emotionally intelligent, and able to influence others while helping to shape the future of the Flex Trainee offering.

  • Aligned with Flex’s values of entrepreneurial, trusted, and being human.

  • Passionate about delivering exceptional outcomes for both clients and trainees.

  • Quick-thinking and solutions-focused, with the ability to respond effectively to challenges.

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