Senior Information Specialist
£44,000 - £54,000
London
Permanent, Full time
Who we are:
CRA Consulting are a specialist legal recruiter, operating across the UK. CRA works in partnership with reputable law firms with either local, regional, national or international presence. We recruit at all levels from board, director and partnership level through to support staff.
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About the business:
Our client is a Future Facing firm. Located in 40 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, they combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.
They are well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. Driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Their bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.
My client is now looking for a Senior Information Specialist to join their team in London (However candidates can be based in Sheffield or Edinburgh too). The successful candidate will have previous experience working within Information Services (3years+)
If successful, you will perform the following role as a Senior Information Specialist:
- Supplying research exploiting all available information sources and facilitate user access to relevant content
- Advising key stakeholders on research strategy
- Delivering horizon scanning and current awareness services to include commercial press alerts delivered via email or dashboards using contracted services (Lexis NewsDesk, Vable) and other relevant resources both commercial and freely available
- Delivering face to face research and resource training as well as contribute to the design and delivery of the wider Knowledge training and induction programme for Trainees, New Joiners and Practice Groups to include presentation, guidance and information Proactively contribute to the continuous review and improvement of processes
- Knowledge resource procurement and budget work as required
- Capturing research know-how for future use and contributing to the team knowledge bank and internal pages on the intranet as appropriate specific projects as required
To apply, you will be required to meet the following criteria:
- 3-5 years experience in Information Services (essential)
- Degree or Post-graduate qualification in Information and Library Management, or Information Science.
- Experience of understanding research
- Extensive knowledge and experience of wide range of legal data sources both hard copy and core online (Lexis+, Practical Law, Westlaw Edge, Nexis, Lexis NewsDesk, Vable).
How to apply:
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Additional Information:
CRA Legal follow strict best practice recruitment guidelines monitored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Please note our advertisements use salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
This vacancy is very popular with the local legal community, so please apply quickly to ensure your application is considered. As part of our candidate registration and care process we at CRA Legal aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 working days.
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