Our Employment Team is recognised for its practical, commercially-focused support for clients across a range of sectors. We are looking for a talented individual to join our team as a Training and Knowledge Lawyer.

This is an excellent opportunity to blend technical legal expertise with business development and client engagement. You will play a pivotal role in maintaining and advancing our team’s knowledge base, ensuring our clients and colleagues benefit from cutting-edge advice and training in employment law.

If you have a passion for delivering high-quality legal services, enjoy building relationships, and want to be part of a forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a part-time role, which we envisage as three days per week.

Work type

Professional Support:

Manage and maintain Employment Team Knowledge Library and Precedents.
Stay up to date with legal developments and best practices, ensuring the team’s knowledge library and documents are current and comprehensive.
Regularly review the need for new or updated documents.
Identify gaps in the team’s precedents, propose new ones as needed, and take the lead in creating them.
Monitor legal developments in employment law and update and train the team regularly.
Co-ordinate internal team training and organise training sessions with external providers and highlight practice points and knowledge to ensure consistency of advice.
Conduct legal research as required.

Training:

Co-ordinate client training, devise training courses and produce training materials for bespoke client training including notes for presenters on employment law matters.
Present training for clients and targets and devise and conduct public training courses as required.
In conjunction with the Partners, develop sales strategy for training products for the Employment Team.

Actively identify opportunities to sell training products and proactively anticipate and devise appropriate new training courses based on new legislation/ opportunities.

In conjunction with the Partners, co-ordinate the webinar program and prepare and host webinars/ podcasts and materials, including presenting webinars and in person events on employment law issues.

Prepare and co-ordinate online newsletters for the Employment Team and other publications including PR opportunities.

Continue to develop relationships and run webinars and events with accountants and other referrers.

Prepare quarterly update as required for clients and prospects on employment law.

Horizon scan and update team on matters relevant to sectors in which clients operate.

Experience/ Attributes required

Ability to work unsupervised.
Supports strategic direction of the firm.
Excellent business development and marketing skills.
Excellent attention to detail.
Confident and excellent presentation skills.

Ability to be proactive, dynamic and engaging and develop personal and team profile and expertise.
Ability to explain complex matters clearly and credibly to external stakeholders.
Be able to research and apply knowledge to work in progress.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities & tasks

To maintain and develop business relationships with clients
To promote the team’s services and identify opportunities to sell these and training products
To keep up to date with current literature, publications and circulars and bring to the attention of other members of your team relevant news and developments.
Ensure file management, and administration are kept up to date
Keep up to date price list for quotes and policies and training

Drive regular LinkedIn activity, inspiring and supporting others to share content and engage

Seek to broaden network and client base, training clients and webinar attendees

Encourage and support team to engage with BD strategy and provide suggestions on networking events, internal and external. Work with marketing to co-ordinate support and meet team development needs.

Assist with updating website copy when required.

To work effectively on your own and in a team

To work in excess of normal working hours where it proves necessary, in the interests of the Firm or those of our clients.

Benefits

25 days holiday
Pension scheme
Life Assurance 5 x final salary
Private medical insurance
Flexible Hybrid working
An additional days holiday for your birthday
A weekly wellbeing hour
8 hour per annum charity work
Cycle to work scheme
Bring your dog to work
Social committee events
Season ticket travel loan
Eligible to purchase an additional five days holiday

Team structure

4 x Partners
1 x Head of Immigration
1 x Senior Associate Solicitors
2 x Associate Solicitor
2 x Solicitor
1 x Chartered legal executive
2 x Paralegals
4 x Secretaries

Training and Knowledge Lawyer - Employment

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