Professional Support Lawyer / Segment Specialist
UK - FULL TIME
Hybrid
Our client, a Top 50 firm, are seeking a Professional Support Lawyer to support to a specialised segment in Insurance, Health, or Public Bodies.
The role is Hybrid, and our client is accepting candidates from Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and Leicester.
This pivotal role involves enhancing the firm's external profile, promoting legal expertise, and staying ahead of market trends and regulatory changes. The successful candidate will be instrumental in producing insightful articles, coordinating responses to consultations, and maintaining robust networks within the professional community.
The Role of a Professional Support Lawyer:
- Proactively seeking ways to help our lawyers raise external profile / promote our expertise.
- Playing a significant role in the promotion and recognition of our legal services / expertise externally.
- Proactively searching for ‘what's soon' and ‘what's next' and awareness raising in its broadest sense.
- Identifying and writing articles and thought leadership reports on any pertinent changes / market awareness.
- Co-ordinating and drafting responses to consultations.
- Establishing, maintaining and developing membership and support for appropriate professional bodies, organisations and focus groups.
- Establishing, maintaining and developing a network of contacts in the market affairs / knowledge / legal professional support community.
- Providing training and guidance in relation to all new legal and regulatory developments affecting your dedicated Segment.
- Providing training and guidance in relation to market awareness, internally and externally.
- Working collaboratively with Data Services, Product & Innovation, New Business and Marketing to ensure that we capture the right data to allow us to manage and report on trends and work with others to analyse and derive insight from our data, our clients and our segments.
- Bringing use case ideas to Product & Innovation and Business Change – e.g. how new technology / tools may be harnessed / leveraged for benefit for our clients.
- Fostering close relationships with key personnel and stakeholders.
- Providing professional legal and market support.
- Providing technical advice, legal and market research.
- Writing and editing guidance notes, checklists and providing practical advice to the lawyers within your Segment.
- Supporting on a wide range of projects as and when required.
- Promoting use and adherence to taxonomies and information classification.
The Candidate:
- UK qualified lawyer and/or Segment specialist with a good academic background
- A minimum of five years' experience within private practice and/or your dedicated Segment
- Prior experience in delivering market affairs / knowledge management content to lawyers is advantageous, but not essential
- Comprehensive current legal and market knowledge, understanding of the legal community and market, together with extensive experience of your dedicated Segment
- Proven ability to write about, present and train others in relation to legal / market developments, including case law, legislation and procedural changes
- Ability to spot / identify issues of relevance
- Understanding and awareness of knowledge management tools and resources
- A solid understanding of process/continuous improvement methodology or a willingness to learn and embrace
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- A high level of interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively with a range of people to deliver results
- Able to think laterally and capable of delivering innovative solutions
- Conscientious approach to all work
- Proven ability to juggle demands and resources with changing requirements and priorities
- Good time management and prioritisation skills
- Good IT skills
- Be willing and able to travel to other offices as and when required
The firm offers a comprehensive benefits package, including 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, hybrid working arrangements, healthcare cover, pension plan, life insurance, and a range of additional perks.
If you are a Professional Support Lawyer, and believe you have the correct skills and are currently looking for new opportunities, please apply within, or send your CV to .