Baker McKenzie

The Knowledge Lawyer, Employment- EMEA will support the Practice Group Leader (PGL) and the Practice Group Business Manager (BM) by providing Knowledge services aligned with the Group’s strategic direction, vision, and values within a highly matrixed organization. 

The role‑holder will manage and execute legal content projects, training, and knowledge initiatives for the Group in line with the Firm’s strategy. The individual will operate as a Knowledge Management business professional for the PGL and BM, understanding the strategic needs of the Group’s Associates and coordinating with the appropriate business professionals to deliver aligned solutions.

Main responsibilities: 

To make first-class knowledge easily available to lawyers, increasing the quality, consistency, cost-effectiveness, and/or value of the advice that Baker McKenzie gives its clients, including:

Knowledge and Expertise:

• Precedents: Draft (or supervise Associates), develop, and where appropriate automate the Group's precedents and other legal content
• Current Awareness and Commercial/Industry Know-how: Use primary subscriptions, their tools, and relevant technology, keep abreast of and provide regular updates on key developments impacting the Group; apply an understanding of Key Clients’ industries and businesses to all activity; work with other Practice Groups (PGs) and Industry Groups (IGs) to provide holistic legal, commercial, and industry know-how
• Lawyer Requests: Develop self‑help capability and, where appropriate, respond to ad-hoc enquiries from lawyers with on‑point, thorough, and timely answers; develop a reputation as a practice expert
• Know-how Development: Collect and input the Group's know-how into the Firm's global repository of knowledge and populate global, multi‑jurisdictional databases and resources; identify gaps in knowhow and work to fill them, ensuring content development is progressive
• Training: Identify the Group's training needs; meet these needs by driving or helping drive the planning, delivery, and promotion of training; participate in and promote training; leverage Firm resources, technology, and processes to produce efficient, high‑quality training materials and courses
• Client-Facing Knowledge in Collaboration with Business Development (BD): Supervise Associates to provide legal input into client‑facing initiatives and client alerts; where relevant, assist or supervise Associates with client training and legal content for proposals and other BD resources, and where appropriate take the lead; identify Group hot topics and write, commission, and deliver content such as alerts, thought‑leadership reports, and talking points; develop awareness of the Group’s Key Clients and collaborate with BD to recommend knowledge strategy for BD opportunities

Service Orientation:

• Relationships: Promote and identify ways to strengthen the Group’s knowledge culture; build lasting relationships throughout the Firm through collaboration, mutual respect, and a reputation for competence; advocate for and be a positive spokesperson for Knowledge; nurture relationships with trainees and junior lawyers; support Diversity & Inclusion, CSR, and pro bono activities
• Expectations: Share and leverage know-how and best practices in the office and region where located in addition to the Group, engaging and collaborating with Knowledge Lawyers (KLs) and Business Professionals across the Firm

Work Management:

• Operations and Innovation: Proactively seek ways to improve your own and the team’s service and efficiency and contribute to best practices, including using where appropriate the latest legal technology and artificial intelligence; actively participate in Knowledge projects
• Systems: Support and drive adoption of Knowledge systems; take ownership of the quality, accessibility, and usability of knowledge content and know-how contained in systems and platforms, including using where appropriate the latest legal technology and artificial intelligence; where appropriate, schedule one‑on‑one meetings and presentations to promote Knowledge systems
• Strategy, Alignment, and Integration: Understand and promote the Group’s business and Knowledge plans; structure time and priorities accordingly, and provide input into these plans
• Collaboration: Work with, for example, Technology, Practice Innovation Lawyers, and other Business Professionals to enable, for example, artificial intelligence and legal‑technology tools over knowledge content and know- how

Skills and responsibilities: 

• A law degree
• A current license to practice law or eligibility for one
• Extensive experience as a practicing lawyer within England and Wales
• Deep knowledge of employment law
• Good knowledge of English contract law
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
• Confident communicating in a multicultural, multi‑level environment
• Experience working directly with senior counterparts on strategy and execution
• Excellent time management and organizing skills; able to prioritize and manage time to meet deadlines
• Strong word processing and spreadsheet skills
• Experience in, or willingness to learn, document automation, artificial intelligence, and other legal technology

Part-Time Status: 0.9 FTE

Reports to: EMEA PGL with dotted line to EMEA BM or as to whom they delegate

Travel requirements: Some travel may occasionally be required

Position type: Regional

Development framework: Manager

At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave. With our team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 locally admitted lawyers, in over 70 offices worldwide, we have a passionately collaborative community of 60 nationalities and are committed to world-class career development to everyone in every job at every level. Baker McKenzie can offer you both the uncompromising commitment to excellence expected of a top firm paired with a passionately global and genuinely collaborative working environment.

To Apply 

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For more information about this position or to discuss any adjustments you may require during the process please contact in confidence, Samantha Mann, Recruitment Manager, on 020 7072 5806  or Samantha.Mann@bakermckenzie.com

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