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About the Role

The Knowledge Lawyer, Employment-EMEA will support the Practice Group Leader and Business Manager by providing Knowledge services aligned with the Group’s strategic direction, vision, and values within a highly matrixed organization. The role-holder will manage and execute legal content projects, training, and knowledge initiatives for the Group in line with the Firm’s strategy, operating as a Knowledge Management business professional.

Responsibilities

Make first-class knowledge easily available to lawyers, increasing the quality, consistency, cost-effectiveness, and/or value of the advice given.
Draft, develop, and automate the Group's precedents and other legal content.
Keep abreast of and provide regular updates on key developments impacting the Group.
Apply an understanding of Key Clients’ industries and businesses to all activity.
Work with other Practice Groups and Industry Groups to provide holistic legal, commercial, and industry know-how.
Develop self-help capability and respond to ad-hoc enquiries from lawyers with on-point, thorough, and timely answers.
Collect and input the Group's know-how into the Firm's global repository of knowledge.
Populate global, multi-jurisdictional databases and resources.
Identify gaps in know-how and work to fill them, ensuring content development is progressive.
Identify the Group's training needs and drive or help drive the planning, delivery, and promotion of training.
Leverage Firm resources, technology, and processes to produce efficient, high-quality training materials and courses.
Provide legal input into client-facing initiatives and client alerts.
Assist or supervise Associates with client training and legal content for proposals and other BD resources.
Identify Group hot topics and write, commission, and deliver content such as alerts, thought-leadership reports, and talking points.
Develop awareness of the Group’s Key Clients and collaborate with BD to recommend knowledge strategy for BD opportunities.
Promote and identify ways to strengthen the Group’s knowledge culture.
Build lasting relationships throughout the Firm through collaboration, mutual respect, and a reputation for competence.
Advocate for and be a positive spokesperson for Knowledge.
Nurture relationships with trainees and junior lawyers.
Support Diversity & Inclusion, CSR, and pro bono activities.
Share and leverage know-how and best practices in the office and region where located in addition to the Group.
Engage and collaborate with Knowledge Lawyers and Business Professionals across the Firm.
Proactively seek ways to improve your own and the team’s service and efficiency and contribute to best practices.
Use the latest legal technology and artificial intelligence where appropriate.
Actively participate in Knowledge projects.
Support and drive adoption of Knowledge systems.
Take ownership of the quality, accessibility, and usability of knowledge content and know-how contained in systems and platforms.
Schedule one-on-one meetings and presentations to promote Knowledge systems where appropriate.
Understand and promote the Group’s business and Knowledge plans.
Structure time and priorities accordingly, and provide input into these plans.
Work with Technology, Practice Innovation Lawyers, and other Business Professionals to enable artificial intelligence and legal-technology tools over knowledge content and know-how.

Requirements

A law degree
A current license to practice law or eligibility for one
Extensive experience as a practicing lawyer within England and Wales
Deep knowledge of employment law
Good knowledge of English contract law
Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
Confident communicating in a multicultural, multi-level environment
Experience working directly with senior counterparts on strategy and execution
Excellent time management and organizing skills; able to prioritize and manage time to meet deadlines
Strong word processing and spreadsheet skills
Experience in, or willingness to learn, document automation, artificial intelligence, and other legal technology

Skills

Employment law
English contract law
English communication skills
Multicultural communication
Strategy and execution
Time management
Organization
Prioritization
Deadline management
Word processing
Spreadsheet skills
Document automation
Artificial intelligence
Legal technology

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full Time

Experience Level

Manager

Education Level

Law degree

About the Company

At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave.
With our team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 locally admitted lawyers, in over 70 offices worldwide, we have a passionately collaborative community of 60 nationalities.
We are committed to world-class career development to everyone in every job at every level.
Baker McKenzie can offer you both the uncompromising commitment to excellence expected of a top firm paired with a passionately global and genuinely collaborative working environment.

Equal Opportunity

Baker McKenzie is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all.
Our unique international culture is reflected in the drawing together of a worldwide family of individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds in all of our offices.
We encourage the best people - regardless of race, religion or belief if any, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or age - to fulfill their professional aspirations with us.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates.