Knowledge Lawyer

Knowledge Lawyer (Maternity Cover)

Term: 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract beginning in mid-August 2026.

Location: Hybrid working with some office attendance in London required.

Part time, 3 days per week – we are open to discussion as to how this would be structured.

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 with identifying suitable external training sessions to meet their development needs.
• Identifying and implementing innovative approaches to help streamline our work and assisting with identifying and trialling new AI tools, software and other 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 Head of Marketing 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.

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