Knowledge Development Lawyer

Law Business Research; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A legal research firm in Greater London is seeking a part-time knowledge development lawyer to produce high-quality legal resources. The ideal candidate will be a UK qualified lawyer with 3-5 years experience in private practice or in-house. Responsibilities include developing practical guides and maintaining content quality, with a strong focus on efficiency in legal workflows. Benefits include a £350 annual wellbeing allowance, private healthcare, and work-from-anywhere flexibility.

Benefits

Eye care

Employee Assistance Programme

Birthday off

Pension with employer contribution

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Annual wellbeing allowance

Gym access

Social events

Access to affinity networks

Mentoring scheme

Volunteering Day

Mortgage advice

Remote work option

Generous parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, corporate, commercial, ESG, or employment law preferred.
• Understanding of in-house and private practice workflows.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize team goals.

Responsibilities

• Produce practical legal resources and content.
• Maintain up-to-date resources and liaise with external suppliers.
• Monitor legal market developments and support the wider team.

Skills

UK qualified lawyer

Legal research skills

Clear succinct writing style

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Education

3-5 years of legal industry experience

Tools

Online legal research tools

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a part-time knowledge development lawyer to join Lexology PRO, a legal research platform offering a range of practical resources designed to support in-house counsel and private practice lawyers globally in their legal research and daily practice. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and contribute to the production of our expanding practical resources – a range of how-to guides, checklists and summaries that provide practical support for carrying out core legal tasks.

Reporting to the lead knowledge development lawyer, you will support the delivery and ongoing development of the practical resources offering by researching, producing and maintaining high-quality, technical content and supporting external suppliers in the delivery of materials.

The successful candidate will be an experienced, practicing lawyer with a deep understanding of private practice and/or in-house counsel workflows and a demonstrable awareness of, and interest in, global legal developments, who can produce essential guidance to help lawyers practise more efficiently.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce practical resources such as how-to guides, checklists, and other legal content, to a high technical and editorial standard
• Act as contact point for external suppliers of legal content, briefing on content set and guidelines, reviewing and editing content and providing feedback, to ensure materials are delivered to a high standard and to deadline
• Working with the content development team to refine and publish the resources
• Maintain existing practical resources to ensure it is legally up to date and work with external suppliers to ensure resources are up to date
• Research and draw up framework for new content sets
• Monitor relevant legal and/or major market developments in global legal/regulatory areas
• Liaise closely with wider Lexology PRO team and other relevant departments
• Provide additional legal research and support to the wider team as required
• Develop and contribute to ideas for new legal content and tools aimed at creating efficiencies in practitioners’ workflows, in alignment with our clients’ needs
• Liaise regularly with sales and marketing team to showcase new content offerings and receive feedback on customer experience and requirements

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• UK qualified lawyer (dual US qualified a bonus) with 3-5 years of legal industry experience - in private practice and/or in-house
• Up-to-date knowledge of the law and market practice preferrable in the areas of compliance, corporate, commercial, ESG and/or employment areas
• Deep understanding of legal workflows and the practical needs of (in particular) in-house lawyers, as well as private practice and the legal market generally
• PSL Experience is desirable (not essential)
• Clear succinct writing style Excellent written English
• Demonstrable analytical and research skills, and ability to identify key relevant information from sources
• Familiarity with online legal research tools preferred
• Confident presentation and communication skills
• Self-motivated and driven
• Ability to effectively manage own time to ensure work completed efficiently
• A team player who actively participates in the success of the team and willing to place higher priority on team/organisational goals rather than own goals at times
• Responsibility for continually developing own areas of expertise and skills
• Keen eye for detail and concern for high standards

Benefits

• Eye care
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A day off for your birthday
• Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• £350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes
• Puregym access
• Perks at work platform access
• Private healthcare
• Company socials
• Access to Employee Affinity Networks
• Mentoring scheme
• Volunteering Day
• Mortgage Advice
• Work from anywhere (2 weeks)
• Generous parental leave