Private Client Knowledge Lawyer

JMC Legal Recruitment; Exeter; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading firm in the legal sector seeks an experienced Knowledge Lawyer to work part-time in Exeter. This role involves providing essential knowledge and training support to the Trusts and Estates department, ensuring that the fee earners have timely access to important legal insights and practices. Interested candidates should have a strong background as a Private Client lawyer and excellent communication skills to support high-net-worth clients effectively.

Benefits

Flexible working

Excellent career development opportunities

Comprehensive benefits package

Wellbeing initiatives

Extra leave for your birthday

Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced Private Client lawyer.
• Experience in knowledge management or professional support lawyer roles.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Keep fee earners updated with the latest legal developments.
• Deliver training and maintain internal protocols.
• Support client advice on wills, trusts, and tax planning.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Collaboration

Proactivity

Education

Qualified Private Client lawyer

Job description

Employer JMC Legal Recruitment Location England, Devon, Exeter Salary £70000 - £80000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Closing date 3 Jun 2025 Reference BBBH57218

View more categories View less categories Vacancy Type Barristers ,Private Practice Experience Level Senior Level Contract Permanent Hours Full Time Practice Areas Private Client PQE 4-6 Years ,7+ Years

Ashfords' highly respected Trusts and Estates team is looking to recruit an experienced Knowledge Lawyer to join the team on a part-time basis (3-4 days per week) in Exeter.

In this non-fee earning role, you'll provide essential knowledge and training support to the Trusts and Estates department. You'll help keep the team at the forefront of legal developments, ensuring fee earners have access to the latest legal insights, market practices, and internal resources to deliver outstanding service to clients.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Keeping fee earners up to date with the latest legal developments and market practices
• Delivering regular updates, training, and maintaining internal protocols, guidance notes, precedents, and templates
• Supporting the department in providing advice on wills, trusts, tax planning, probate, and wealth preservation for high-net-worth individuals and families

What we're looking for:

• A qualified and experienced Private Client lawyer, ideally with knowledge management or professional support lawyer experience
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with a proactive, collaborative, and flexible attitude
• Ability to build effective relationships with partners, colleagues, and clients

Ashfords is known for its supportive, team-oriented culture, offering flexible working, excellent career development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package-including wellbeing initiatives and extra leave for your birthday.

Interested?

Get in touch with Tom Amer at JMC Legal Recruitment for a confidential discussion.

Company

JMC Legal Recruitment was founded by highly experienced Legal Recruitment Consultant, Jason Connolly. His motivation to establish JMC was to create a refreshingly friendly agency with a truly consultative approach and who are always a pleasure to deal with.

We're a dynamic business with our sights set high and a growing client base spanning the country. We believe that in any business the most valuable assets are the people – and it’s true of JMC, too. Whether dealing with candidates or firms, our consultants’ passion for legal recruitment and excellent market knowledge always shines through. Our state of the art software means our consultants are more accessible to you and we keep ahead of the curve in the changing legal landscape to ensure you are always given up to date advice.

What can you expect from us? We will always manage your expectations and come back to you with updates as soon as they become available. We pride ourselves on the highest level of integrity, as we understand that when looking for a new role or member of staff it is often highly confidential. You will find that we always take the time to really listen and understand before we advise. We will get to know you, taking into account not just technical ability, but personality and cultural fit. We’re also easy to get hold of; we appreciate that when looking for a new role it can be difficult to talk during the working day, so we will make ourselves available and find a time that works for you. Give us a call and talk to one of our friendly team today. We’re waiting to help you.

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