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Manager, Professional Capability DevelopmentClayton Utz · Sydney
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Manager, Professional Capability Development

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-04 Sydney Hybrid Human Resources Recruitment
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$8,333–A$12,500/mo

About the Company

Proudly Australian. Globally connected. We are one of Australia's oldest and largest law firms, with offices in six cities, nearly 200 partners, and a full range of legal services for large private sector and government clients. But we're more interested in talking about you, and with you. It's why, wherever you are, we give you advice that connects with you. Advice that isn't just a one-size-fits-all solution taken off a shelf, but that reflects who you are, and what you need. Advice created by lawyers with different experiences and different views, but united by an entrepreneurial spirit, a can-do attitude, confidence in each other, and pride in helping you achieve. As you might have noticed, we like speaking plainly. While we like thinking creatively to help you, we won't give you an answer hidden by legal jargon, or that doesn't reflect our honest opinion. Our clients value that, and trust us with their most important work. And we work hard to deserve that trust. Law Practice Specialties: Law, Banking & Finance, Workplace, Tax, Insurance & Risk, Competition, Commercial Litigation, Construction & Major Projects, Intellectual Property, Corporate/M&A, TMT, Energy & Resources, Restructuring & Insolvency, Environment & Planning, Real Estate, Forensic Services

Responsibilities

  • ● Clayton Utz is seeking a Manager, Professional Capability Development, to lead a shift in how we build capability across the firm. Working closely with the Head of Leadership and Learning and the broader People and Development team, you will translate firm strategy into practical, applied learning experiences that build capability where it matters most: in the flow of real client and matter work.
  • ● The key accountabilities of the role will include:
  • ● Leading the design, delivery and continuous evolution of the firm's professional capability curriculum, shifting from a program-based model to an in-role, apprenticeship-style approach.
  • ● Co-creating and executing a continuous learning strategy that integrates in-role development, short-course content and digital resources.
  • ● Facilitating high-impact learning experiences directly with lawyers, leaders and business services employees.
  • ● Bringing initiative and creative problem-solving to reimagine how capability is built at Clayton Utz.
  • ● Championing change, bringing partners, practice group leaders and other stakeholders along on the shift towards apprenticeship-style development.
  • ● Overseeing initiatives within agreed budgets and timeframes.
  • ● Managing and developing the Learning and OD team through regular check-ins and performance conversations. Skills and experience
  • ● To be successful in this role, you will have:
  • ● A qualification in learning and development, organisational psychology, adult education or human resources, or equivalent experience.
  • ● + years' experience in learning, capability or organisational development, preferably within a professional services or knowledge-intensive environment.
  • ● Proven experience leading a team, with a track record of lifting individual and team performance.
  • ● Thinks in terms of experiences, creating development that balances both individual and strategic needs and translates into measurable performance impact.
  • ● A track record of facilitating directly with senior stakeholders, including lawyers, leaders and business services employees, on complex or sensitive subject matter.
  • ● Demonstrated experience leading change with senior stakeholders, including partners and practice group leaders.
  • ● The curiosity to gather, analyse and interpret information to then identify capability gaps and recommend practical solutions that close them.
  • ● Self-motivation, adaptability and comfort operating with ambiguity while a new model for capability development is embedded across the firm. The National People and Development team
  • ● With a presence in all our major offices, the National People and Development (P&D) team advises the business on all people initiatives, including talent management, employee relations, resourcing, recruitment (both graduate and lateral), remuneration, benefits, reporting, and learning and organisational development. This role reports to the Head of Leadership and Learning and sits within our national Learning and Leadership team.
  • ● How to Apply