Professional Support Lawyer (PSL)

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) to enhance their Scottish Real Estate team's capabilities. This part-time role involves managing knowledge resources, drafting and updating legal precedents, and assisting with training sessions. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the team maintains its leading edge through effective knowledge management and support for learning initiatives. With a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a dynamic legal environment while balancing professional commitments with personal time.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing knowledge and documentation in a legal environment.
• Ability to draft and update legal precedents and guides.

Responsibilities

• Manage knowledge and maintain Scottish Property Online materials.
• Assist with training sessions and prepare automated property documents.

Skills

Knowledge Management

Document Drafting

Training and Development

Business Development

Education

Law Degree

Tools

Online Resource Management Tools

Job description

The property and infrastructure division are currently recruiting for a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) to support their Scottish Real Estate team. The successful candidate will provide support and advice to maintain leading edge knowledge, documentation and expertise to deliver effective client services. This will include managing knowledge through online resources and the teams own expertise whilst supporting learning and training as and when required.

This role will be part-time (2-3 days per week).

The role

Knowledge Management

• Managing knowledge and maintaining all Scottish Property Online (SPO) material. Overall responsibility for resource to profile and process any contributions.
• Harvest valuable knowledge from fee earners and establish an ongoing approach/procedure for capturing this knowledge.

Online Services

• Setting up online accounts for client e-services.

Precedents and Styles

• Introducing, drafting and updating precedents and guides/manuals.
• Request and collect useful styles regularly and update accordingly.

Learning and Training

• Assist with preparation and testing of automated property documents.
• Assist with all property training sessions.
• Support all property trainee sessions/inductions.
• Assist with all property and infrastructure training, assistant training and paralegal property training.

Business Development / Marketing

• Regular liaison with Business Development and marketing functions as and when required.
• Administer and edit any website articles and encourage regular production.