A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and must be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter must address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.
The CLO provides vision, direction, and management for content development of learning and research products and staff learning. The position leads the organization's content team of professionals to be efficient, productive, and effective, fostering experimentation with applied teaching and learning experiences. The position directs efforts to develop a unique mix of adult learning and legal research, business, and management resources. The position develops the content strategic plan and programmatic structures for the Institute reflecting emerging changes in customer need and technology of the larger organization. A member of the executive leadership team, the position collaborates on setting and driving organizational vision and supporting strategies. Has overall responsibility for online and in-person content, staff training, production, Plans, directs, and prepares multi-year product budgets. Provides legal guidance for the organization including reviewing and negotiating proposed contracts, protecting the organization's intellectual property, monitoring changes in laws and regulations, and managing legal risk.
40% - Champion business transformation, oversee organizational change, and lead innovation to drive organizational vision, product strategy, and meet short- and long-term business objectives.
- Collaborate with Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer in setting and driving organizational vision, product strategies, education/legal research strategies, and hiring needs.
- Translate strategies into actionable steps for growth, implementing organization-wide goal setting, performance management, and annual product and adult learning planning, goals and implementation.
- Create ICLE content development strategies that are responsive to ICLE customer needs and align with larger ICLE goals.
- Collaborate with the Chief Operating Officer to leverage emerging technologies to provide cutting-edge products to ICLE customers and improve overall ICLE product development, delivery, maintenance and efficiency.
- Implement business strategies and plans that align with the short- and long-term objectives developed in tandem with the Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer, and ICLE leadership and stakeholders. Manage organizational change.
- Monitor progress and take corrective action when necessary. Prepare detailed updates and forecasts on Institute progress.
- Analyze current and potential ICLE markets and identify areas of threats and opportunities for growth. Plan for and oversee implementation of organizational growth and process improvement.
- Develop and communicate visions for ICLE's content and education strategic initiatives. Lead major initiatives.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with key industry related stakeholders, ICLE staff, customers, partners, contributors and others that translate into new and continuing opportunities for ICLE.
25% - Champion adult-learning while overseeing ICLE learning and research products and services and ICLE internal employee development programs.
- Create learning strategies, oversee their execution, and ensure that all learning strategies align with larger ICLE goals.
- Work with instructional design experts to continuously improve ICLE's products, services, and educational offerings.
- Work with COO, Executive Director, HR, and other stakeholders to develop staff training that supports Institute goals.
- Direct and manage system for institute-wide periodic content planning that identifies new and innovative legal content and education to meet customer needs and ICLE's financial goals.
- Direct and manage customer content market research. Regularly conduct and apply best practices for market research to determine customer needs. Analyze results and incorporate them into content development plans. Ensure coordination of data sharing across the Institute.
- Provide direction for new legal developments and major initiatives.
- Oversee development and monitoring of content creation standards. Ensure ICLE quality standards are established and met.
- Direct content improvement and new content development consistent with strategic and business goals. Ensure ICLE strategic approach is followed.
20% - Oversee efficient operation in online resources, live events, and production.
