Reporting to the Director of Professional Development, the Senior Professional Development Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating of a variety of important functions and providing high level substantive support to the entire department.  Specifically, he or she will coordinate key aspects of the Firm’s midyear and annual review processes and compensation process, including timeline management, preparing documents, analyzing financial and market data, as well as facilitating the Career Development Plan process.  This individual will also coordinate training and orientation programs for attorneys, including scheduling and maintaining various libraries of materials. Additionally, he or she will be involved in a wide range of other initiatives, including assisting in the development of Choate success factors and associate benchmarks, as well as assisting in the budget process, overseeing mentoring programs, coordinating internal and external survey responses and serving as a department lead with respect to the utilization of technology to create efficiencies.

 

The successful candidate will be a team player with exemplary interpersonal and relationship building skills.  He or she must be proactive and self motivated, as well as possess exceptional project management abilities.  Strong analytical and problem solving skills will be necessary as this position will be working in a solutions-driven environment.

 

Requirements also include a Bachelor’s Degree along with a minimum of 3 years experience in Professional Development (or a related field) within a professional services organization. Outstanding technical abilities, including proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint are also required.

 

This position is located in Boston, MA. Interested candidates should forward their resume to HRRecruiting@choate.com