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Job Title
Knowledge Lawyer (part time)
Work Type
Full Time
Job Location
Sydney
Practice Group/Department
Knowledge
Role
Description
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. We are
happy to consider candidates looking for work 3 or 4 days per week, or
flexibly across 5 days. 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.