Knowledge Paralegal - General

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Knowledge Practice Management - LondonJob Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. 

Knowledge plays a critical strategic role at Norton Rose Fulbright, ensuring that every client in every matter benefits from the collective knowledge and experience of the whole organisation. The team of knowledge professionals support the firm in delivering the highest standards of legal service to our clients through state-of-the art template legal documents, thought leadership delivered by subject-matter experts and the application of technology to legal practice.

The EMEA Knowledge Team at Norton Rose Fulbright is a highly-regarded, established team of knowledge lawyers, knowledge managers, paralegals and systems specialists.

You will work a part of a highly motivated support team to provide professional, proactive, legal and administrative work to support the wider Knowledge Team. You will be one of three knowledge paralegals, with your work coming from the set teams.

Summary of the tasks you will undertake

Providing support with legal research and drafting legal documents including;

• Undertaking ad-hoc legal research to support knowledge lawyers with technical queries
• Researching legal content to be included in knowledge publications
• General proofreading of internal and external documents
• Monitoring market practice/developments in particular areas

Administration of internal knowledge systems including;

• Maintaining knowledge intranet pages
• Completing Knowledge Investment Hour application form
• Completing requests for work to be delivered through online systems

Administration of knowledge products and publications including

• Assisting with amendments and drafting of template documents, practice notes and checklists
• Inputting data for legal technology products such as Bryter, HighQ, etc
• Maintaining content of online knowledge products

Support with drafting projects including;

• Writing short summaries of legal and regulatory developments for knowledge products
• Preparing regulatory and other internal newsletters
• Preparing and editing client bulletins
• Producing and maintaining client cross-border guides

Support with client and internal training including;

• Preparing PowerPoint slide decks on instruction from knowledge lawyers
• Completing external training applications
• Assisting with Training administration

Additional support to senior knowledge team including;

• Minor project management tasks (supervised by knowledge lawyers)
• Other duties as reasonably requested

Skills and attributes required

• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills
• Interest in commercial law and practice
• Ability to take instructions from, and interact with, different people at different levels in the business
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver work to a high standard
• Demonstrating a practical approach to problem solving
• Maintaining a professional attitude at all times
• Ability to keep information confidential
• Ability to build relationships and confidence to liaise with various members of the firm

Education/training/experience and qualities

• Law graduate with good research skills (essential)
• Excellent written English (essential)
• Attention to detail (essential)
• Ability to work independently and manage own projects and deadlines (essential)
• Some legal experience desirable (but not essential)
• Sound IT skills, including good working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and Excel (SharePoint an advantage)

Please note, should your application be successful you will be invited to an assessment centre. These will commence from the 3rd March.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. 
Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.