Location: Hybrid working with some office attendance in London required.
Full/part-time: Part-time, 2.5 – 3 days per week
Supporting our Principal Knowledge Lawyer with the following tasks:
Team focused tasks
* Staying on top of relevant legal developments and communicating them to the team in a timely and accessible way.
* Updating existing precedents and guidance notes and preparing new ones as required.
* Promoting the contribution of know-how and adding contributions to the Knowledge area of our intranet.
* Assisting fee-earners with technical and research queries in connection with their client matters.
* Devising, drafting and delivering technical training sessions to the team.
* Liaising with partners, other fee earners and Counsel on the delivery of training to the team and managing the training calendar for the year.
* Assisting with the management of our fortnightly know-how meetings.
* Assisting fee earners identify suitable external training sessions to meet their development needs.
* Identifying and implementing innovative approaches to help streamline our work and assisting with trials of new products.
* Working with the Partners and Head of Operations to ensure our firm’s compliance with new employment laws.
Business development-focused tasks
* Drafting articles and case summaries for our monthly client newsletter.
* Drafting commentary, articles and thought leadership pieces for external publications and media outlets.
* Devising, drafting and delivering client webinars.
* Assisting with the delivery of in-person client seminars and round table events.
* Drafting, preparing and delivering bespoke training sessions for clients (including for in-house lawyers, HR professionals and line managers).
* Drafting speaking notes, conference papers and slide decks for Partners speaking at external conferences.
* Drafting technical content for our website and keeping it up to date.
* Collaborating with our Marketing Manager to identify and deliver thought leadership opportunities and preparing content to support such initiatives.
Essential Skills & Experience
* Excellent academic credentials.
* Admitted as a solicitor in the UK.
* Minimum 5 years’ post qualification experience as either a practising employment lawyer or knowledge lawyer.
* Excellent verbal and written English language skills.
* Excellent legal research and drafting skills.
* Experience of delivering training and presentations.
* Self-starter with strong time-management skills.
* Able to multi-task and move different projects along at the same time.
* Innovative and client-focused.
Please contact Brigitte Lechthaler at brigittelechthaler@bdbf.co.uk if you are interested in this role.