Senior Information Officer, law, One year FTC

Information Officer / Assistant Librarian - London, United Kingdom

Ref: 165Thursday 16 September 2021

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Just in! An international law firm requires a Senior Information Officer to join their Information and Knowledge Management team which are all currently located in their London office.

Main responsibilities include:

  • Undertaking research in response to users’ enquiries and assisting users in carrying out research
  • Managing the Enquiry Desk on a rota basis with an Information Officer
  • Providing a daily current awareness service using Lexis Newsdesk
  • Liaising with Corporate Commercial, Banking and Finance, Projects and Construction PSLs and fee earners, attending department meetings and assisting with their precedents and know how collections
  • Maintaining the Sydney Enterprise library management software, assisting the library team in its use and generating reports as required
  • Managing journal subscriptions, including liaising with legal staff and library suppliers. Arranging training with suppliers on certain titles with online platforms
  • Liaising with legal staff and library suppliers on the selection of acquisitions, including both brand new titles and new editions
  • Maintaining the currency of the hard copy collection, including weeding stock where necessary
  • Supervising the cataloguing and processing of library materials by the Information Officers and Information Assistant
  • Assisting with new staff inductions for liaison departments, including trainee induction programmes
  • Providing regular, scheduled firm-wide training sessions on finding company information and online books as well as running ad-hoc sessions
  • Assisting with information and KM projects, as required

To be considered for this role you will need the following skills and experience:

  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Flexible approach to working as part of a team
  • An enthusiastic, can-do attitude
  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • A fast learner with the ability to hit the ground running
  • Proactive approach, able to work effectively with colleagues across the business at all levels
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • 5 years' experience working in a legal or commercial environment
  • Practical experience of undertaking research, using LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters services
  • Degree level, having achieved or working towards an information qualification
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