Knowledge for Growth Researcher

Womble Bond Dickinson; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Womble Bond Dickinson is seeking a Researcher to join the Knowledge for Growth team. The role can be based in Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds or Plymouth with a hybrid policy (about 3 days in the office, 2 at home) and a flexible approach.

You will horizon scan for legal changes, support business development and strategic planning, and present findings to stakeholders. A minimum of 3 years in a research role within a legal or professional services setting is required.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience in a research role.
• Experience conducting market, sector, competitor and client research within a legal or professional services environment.
• Experience supporting business development, marketing, strategic planning or tender activities through research and insight.
• Experience presenting research findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Extensively horizon scanning (in collaboration with Knowledge for Growth Lawyers) to identify early visibility on legal changes and opportunities for thought leadership.
• Prioritising time to build the firm's profile and reputation in target markets.
• Identifying opportunities for thought leadership and client solutions and discussing these with Knowledge for Growth Lawyers.
• Undertaking further research and analysis on topics identified during discussions with subject matter experts.

Skills

Market research

Legal research

Competitor analysis

Stakeholder presentations

Job description

We've got an exciting opportunity for a Researcher to join our Knowledge for Growth team.

In terms of location, this role can be based in either Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds or Plymouth. We operate a hybrid working policy and most full-time employees typically spend around 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home - however we operate a very flexible approach in practice.

The Team

The Knowledge for Growth team is responsible for using legal knowledge to help grow the firm. It has a firmwide mandate and will support the whole firm.

The team constantly horizon scans; monitoring Bills, Law Commission consultations, major case law developments and other relevant sources to ensure are well sighted on legal changes which present opportunities for us to provide thought leadership and proactive solutions to our clients.

The role

You will work closely with the Knowledge for Growth Lawyers to help deliver on the team's objectives.

Key responsibilities will include;

• Extensively horizon scanning (in collaboration with the Knowledge for Growth Lawyers) in order to ensure that we have early visibility on legal changes which present opportunities for us to provide thought leadership and proactive solutions to our clients.
• Prioritising your time to ensure a focus on building our profile and reputation in our target markets.
• Identifying opportunities for thought leadership and solutions for clients and discussing these with the Knowledge for Growth Lawyers.
• Undertaking further research and analysis on particular points of interest identified by the discussions between the Knowledge for Growth Lawyers and the relevant subject matter experts.

What are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:

• At least 3 years' experience in a research role
• Experience conducting market, sector, competitor and client research within a legal or professional services environment
• Experience supporting business development, marketing, strategic planning, client pursuit or tender activities through research and insight
• Experience presenting research findings and recommendations to stakeholders

What makes it great to work here?

We continuallywork hard to create an open culturethatsetsus apart from other firms.

As signatoriesto the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to usthatourpeople are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources andinitiativesdesigned to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.

Through our DEI initiativeswe create anenvironment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and InclusionGroup, led by ourBoard Sponsor, which workswithourcolleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constantdialoguewithourpeople about how we expandournetworks to bettersupporteverybody). Find out more aboutDEI at WBD here. We encourageapplicants from all social backgrounds,ethnicities,disabilities, genderidentities and sexualorientations.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.

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