Senior Learning & Capability Business Partner

We welcome fearless thinkers

For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most. With courage and compassion, we extend access to justice to countless Australians. We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across their lives, and continually push for better solutions for our clients. We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.

We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people’s lives, which is why we are one of Australia’s most respected law firms. Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.

The opportunity

Our Personal Law team are excited to be rolling out a multi-year, multi-stream Learning & Development program and we need an experienced, creative, and commercially minded L&D partner to lead it from the ground up.

Reporting to the GM of P&C – Legal, this role is the L&D enabler of our Personal Law division. This isn't a role where you administer someone else's plan. You'll own the sequencing, the providers, the budget and the outcomes, working shoulder to shoulder with senior legal leaders and People & Culture to turn a bold strategic vision into real capability uplift, felt by everyone in the practice.

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. 

Why you'll love this role

• A blank canvas with real backing, a genuine multi-year investment, not a one-off program.
• Influence and partner directly with the team.
• Variety, not repetition, from Digital & AI Literacy to Leadership Fundamentals to Managing Client Vulnerability.
• Modern tools at your fingertips, Clio Operate (formerly ShareDo), Harvey, Copilot, LinkedIn Learning and Claude/ChatGPT are already in play; you decide how they connect.
• A pivotal role inside a major transformation, your delivery is sequenced against the milestones of the Personal Law Strategic Program itself.

What you'll be doing

• Driving end-to-end delivery of all seven Personal Law capability streams, design, sequencing and rollout, in partnership with leaders.
• Owning and matching learning to role, seniority and client responsibility.
• Choosing the right delivery model for the right capability.
• Managing external provider relationships, scoping, contracting input and performance.
• Owning budget tracking and reporting across training spend, conferences and internal resourcing.
• Embedding the culture-shift agenda, recognition, psychological safety, wellbeing and peer-led learning, into existing initiatives.
• Tracking adoption, completion, quality and engagement metrics to inform what we invest in next.

What you'll bring

• Significant experience in L&D, capability or organisational development in a professional services, legal or other complex, multi-tiered environment.
• A track record designing and running a multi-stream capability framework end-to-end.
• Confidence managing external L&D/OD providers and holding them to delivery and quality commitments.
• Sound judgement across blended delivery models.
• Comfort presenting budget, adoption and outcome data to senior stakeholders.
• Experience sequencing learning around a broader change or transformation program, with an instinct for change fatigue and timing.
• Stellar stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, you build trust at all levels.
• Exposure to learning systems and reporting tools.
   

Team MB Benefits: 

• Ongoing coaching and career development opportunities  
• End of Year leave, 1 day first year, 4 days after 2 years 
• Comprehensive mental health framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year) and $299 reimbursement 
• 22 Weeks Parental leave with your superannuation guaranteed and back-to-work transition policy 
• Rewards and recognition platform 
• A hybrid flex working model 
• Salary Continuance & Life Insurance 
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading 

… just to name a few. *T's & C's apply. 

Our shared values represent what we stand for and guide how we act, with Courage; Compassion; Collaboration; Fairness and Tenacity. 

We love that you have a life outside of work and we’re happy to support yours. We provide you a safe, supportive and collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, age and family arrangements. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged. 

Ready to build something that contributes to providing access to justice for everyday Australians? 

If you want a role where the strategy is real, the backing is real, and the impact is measured in the careers of the people around you, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Circle Back Initiative partnership means we’re committed to responding to every applicant. 

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to undergo background checks as part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant workplace