Legal Knowledge Manager - Lancashire

(AW688) Legal Knowledge Manager - Lancashire

Location

Bamber Bridge

Type: Permanent

Salary

£28,000 Per Annum (+ excellent benefits package )

Legal Knowledge Manager, Liverpool Salary circa £28K + Excellent Benefits Package.



We are recruiting for a Legal Knowledge Manager to join the L&D team at a leading independent law firm which has offices across the North of England.



The role’s key responsibilities are:



Producing current awareness for Fee Earners

Emailing the contents of electronic journals and uploading any content to the Knowledge Management page

Managing journal subscriptions

Managing online renewals and negotiating when renewals are due

Training new starters – library inductions

Ensuring material based on KM page is up to date

Completing research requests

Daily/weekly/ad hoc emails to various FEs/groups/departments

Checking daily/weekly online for any information that would be useful to FEs/departments

Monthly budget reconciliation for accounts this includes a meeting with Kelly to discuss any material variances/forecasts

Responsible for a budget of £400K



Skills




Previous experience in the areas of legal, competitive and/or business information management.

Good knowledge of key legal, business and knowledge databases, and information / knowledge management tools, systems and associated technology.

Good proficiency in the full range of Office applications.

You need to be pro active as this is a ‘lone’ role

Discipline to maintain and ensure all library material is always up to date

Research skills

An understanding of online resources such as Lexis, Practical Law and Westlaw is important.