Research & Information Officer - Law – London
A highly regarded, forward‑thinking law firm with a strong reputation for investment in professional development is seeking to hire a Research & Information Officer into its Knowledge Team. This role will join a well-established and extremely supportive team with around 8 peers. The role is a broad legal information role, but will major on legal research and the development of hardcopy and online resources. Wider responsibilities will include current awareness, training and in the longer term, participation in KM/information projects. The role is attached to a London office, but will benefit from a good balance of home/office based working arrangements.
In addition to experienced legal information professionals, this role could suit someone relatively early in their career as an information professional, someone seeking to return to the sector following career break or someone looking to transition into the legal sector.
The primary responsibilities of the Research and Information Officer will include, but not be limited to:
- The provision of legal and business research to support client work and business development.
- Supporting the Team Lead with resource management, including procurement, renewals, usage evaluation, and monitoring new products.
- Cataloguing resources, managing library stock, invoicing, and supporting budget activity.
- Promotion of the effective use of online research tools, including configuration, customisation, and arranging supplier training.
- Developing and maintaining Knowledge team intranet pages, including sector‑specific content.
- Providing research training to new joiners, trainees, vacation scheme students, and teams across the firm.
To be a suitable candidate for this role, a strong mix of the following is required:
- Some previous experience in Information Services or a closely related discipline, with a good knowledge of key legal research resources.
- Experience managing legal research queries across a range of practice areas.
- Experience in library resources management: evaluation, purchasing, cataloguing, archiving, and renewals.
- Confident working with budgets, procurement processes, and supplier negotiations.
- Exposure or experience using library management systems.
- Organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple competing priorities.
- Collaborative, commercially aware, and able to build strong relationships across the firm.
- Committed to ongoing learning, development, and contributing to an inclusive team culture.
- A library/information degree or postgraduate qualification is desirable but not an essential requirement.