Researcher – international law firm
Our client a leading international law firm have a vacancy for a Researcher in their Birmingham offices. This role could be suitable for a newly qualified LIS graduate or someone with LIS/research experience gained from a professional services environment.
- Carry out research in response to requests received from lawyers and business services professionals from around the global firm, using a range of legal, business and news information resources.
- Provide a range of legal and business current awareness services, including automated alerts on companies, industries and legal topics.
- Support our research skills training offering to lawyers and business services teams, and market the research teams services to the firm's professionals around the globe, including building a relationship with particular practice groups if required.
- Assist with the maintenance and development of the Research Services presence on the firm's intranet, including research quick guides and training materials.
- Assist with resource management as needed (eg. fulfilling password requests, raising queries with product vendors, maintaining accurate information on resources, as well as involvement in product evaluation, feedback and testing).
- Share knowledge and learning at team meetings and on internal knowledge solutions such as team wikis and knowledge databases.
- Support ongoing projects as required
In order to be suitable for this role candidates will have:
- Keen interest and awareness of the commercial world, global business news and the legal sector.
- Strong IT skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Effective and efficient information retrieval skills.
- Knowledge of a range of legal, business and news databases and resources, their functionality and content.
- Experience of providing current awareness and alerting services.
- Attention to detail and the ability to present accurate and complex research in a logical and fluent way.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent client care and customer service skill