Information Services Officer - Law - London
This is an opportunity to join a highly regarded, international law firm with a strong reputation for innovation, collaboration and investing in its people. The firm sits at the top end of the market, works with well‑known clients across multiple sectors, and places real value on high‑quality research, current awareness and knowledge support as part of its client service.
This role will be joining a large, established and extremely personable team of peers. The main focus of the role is the provision of a research service that leans towards legal, but also supports on business research. It also supports on the delivery of current awareness, training, developing and promoting information resources.
This role is one that would suit someone with similar experience, but equally someone seeking a step up or perhaps even seeking a return to this sector would be equally suitable as the role would join a team of longstanding and extremely supportive peers
In this Information Services Officer role, the primary objectives are as follows:
- The provision of a legal and business research service as part of a enquiries rota
- Managing and maintaining online and hardcopy collections
- Cataloguing, classifying and updating the firms Library Management Systems (LMS)
- Utilising the firms research and information resources to contribute to the current awareness provision
- The delivery of training for new starters, trainees and established staff on the use of information resources and research methods
- Maintaining, updating and reviewing training documentation
- Supporting on departmental projects and initiatives
To be a suitable applicant for this Information Services Officer role, candidates will require a strong mix of the following:
- Some previous experience in an Information Services, legal library or similar role, ideally in a legal or professional services setting
- Experience in the provision of legal, and ideally business research
- A strong fundamental understanding of libraries, ideally underpinned by a relevant library or information qualification
- Refined customer/stakeholder facing skills and the ability to build strong working relationships
- An ability to learn new tasks and processes quickly and apply this learning in a work setting
- The ability to organise and to prioritise in a fast-paced environment