Achieving success through the diversity of our people

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world's pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers operating from 58 offices worldwide in Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Americas and Central Asia.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Knowledge Lawyer to join our Legal Operations team (based in any of our Australian offices). Our knowledge lawyers play a critical role in supporting the firm's lawyers and ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of legal services. Reporting to the Head of Knowledge the key responsibilities and requirements are:

Responsibilities:

Knowledge management strategy and governance

• Assisting in developing and executing the firm's overall knowledge management strategy.
• Assisting to establish policies, standards, and governance processes for managing the firm's knowledge assets.

Knowledge curation and dissemination

• Overseeing the maintenance and continuous improvement of the firm's knowledge management systems and repositories.
• Facilitating the discovery, capture, and sharing of knowledge across practice groups.

Lawyer support and training

• Providing research and advisory support to lawyers on complex legal issues and practice-related queries.
• Designing and delivering CLE and training to educate lawyers on best practice, plain language drafting and the effective use of the firm's knowledge resources.

Knowledge asset development

• Identifying strategic precedent drafting priorities (in conjunction with partners and other Knowledge team members)
• Creating high-quality knowledge products, such as precedents and best practice guides, and client alerts.
• Soliciting and curating knowledge contributions from subject matter experts to continuously expand the firm's knowledge base.

Technology and process optimisation

• Assisting in selecting, implementing, and maintaining the firm's knowledge management technology stack.

Stakeholder engagement and change management

• Collaborating with team leaders, knowledge team members and other key stakeholders to align knowledge initiatives with their needs.

Performance measurement and reporting

• Defining key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the impact and effectiveness of knowledge management initiatives.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Australian qualified lawyer with a strong understanding of legal research and writing.
• Experience in drafting complex documents in plain language.
• Experience in designing and delivering interesting and innovative CLE and training programmes, targeted to the audience.
• Experience in precedent drafting and development
• Experience in or familiarity with automation of precedents and processes.
• Ability to build strong working relationships and foster open communication with partners and legal team members, and other business services teams for timely issue resolution.
• Openness to exploring new technologies, tools, and approaches to knowledge management.
• Capacity to think outside the box and challenge traditional ways of working.
• Commercial acumen coupled with a client orientated focus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to liaise with internal and external clients professionally where required.
• Excellent legal research skills and strong attention to detail.

Norton Rose Fulbright values diversity and strives to create an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their whole selves to work. We embrace the opportunity to contribute to the communities in which we work which underpins our strong Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

We provide a range of opportunities in which our people can make a difference to their local and global communities including through pro bono legal work, charitable giving, volunteering and support for the environment.

We are proud that Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) as well as a silver employer for LGBTI Inclusion through the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. It is the policy of NRFA Group to provide workplace adjustments for qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application/interview process, please contact Scott Baker, Senior Manager - Talent Engagement on +61 2 9330 8578.

If you are trans or gender diverse and would like to have a confidential discussion before applying, please contact Yvette Borradale (03) 8686 6003 or Scott Baker (02) 9330 8578.