Professional Knowledge Assistant

Professional Knowledge Assistant

Location: Manchester , Lancashire Salary: Competitive Date posted: 02/06/2012 16:03 Job type:Permanent Company: Eversheds Contact: Mardi Smouha Ref: Totaljobs/1256371 Job ID: 53729959

Eversheds is not your average law firm and we're not looking for average people. We do things differently - in the way we treat our people and the service we provide. That's how we've become one of the largest law firms in the world and a great place to work and develop your career.

Legal advisors and business support colleagues within Eversheds are supported by the Professional Knowledge Team, an experienced team of information & knowledge professionals. The team has a varied background which includes law graduates, market researchers and intranet experts. Client service delivery is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to help our legal advisors find the information and knowledge they need quickly and efficiently.

The Professional Knowledge Team provides fast and effective knowledge products and services for internal and external clients. This includes the development and delivery of the internal intranet, performing legal and business research, know how support and managing hardcopy and online knowledge resources. The team also provide training to ensure our legal advisors get the most out of our investment in these resources. A tailored legal and commercial current awareness service is also provided to ensure our legal advisors are kept up to date with developments in their area.

Your role will be to provide administrative support to the Knowledge Support team, supporting current awareness, know how and precedents.
Your role will be:To provide administrative support for the knowledge submission tool.To work with the Professional Support Lawyers to process any amendments to our precedent collection, to ensure the firms precedent collection and indexes are maintained and up to date.To assist with the development and delivery of weekly current awareness updates.To assist in maintaining the firms Intranet site using Sharepoint 2007.To provide support as necessary to Professional Knowledge Management team.You will have experience of providing high level administrative support and be IT literate. You will also have strong organisational and time management skills. In addition you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
The following skills and attributes are desirable but not essential:Educated to degree level in a relevant areaExperience of Knowledge Management support in a commercial environmentKnowledge of Sharepoint or Web 2.0 would be an advantage.IT literate; some Knowledge Management or Information Services experience in a commercial environment would be useful although not essential.You will have the ability to work with minimum supervision, in an autonomous and independent way. You will be excited and challenged by the pace and demands or a corporate environment and possess a high degree of commercial awareness, with the ability to contribute to the wider business and knowledge agenda. You will demonstrate a range of influencing skills, personal impact and communication skills that will ensure success and command instant credibility at all levels of the organisation.
In addition to this, please be aware that there may be flexibility of working hours as this role may operate on a shift basis between 8am and 6pm.
In addition to the above, Eversheds also require awareness and full participation in the Firm's commitment to equality and diversity, the environment and health and safety.
Eversheds endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Eversheds operates within a preferred supplier list.