Senior Knowledge Lawyer in Leeds

Kennedys is looking for a Senior Knowledge Lawyer to join our Knowledge Management team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at a growing, global law firm. Flexible on location within the UK.

Team Kennedys Knowledge Team is comprised of Knowledge Lawyers (“KLs”), Knowledge Managers (“KMs”), Knowledge Advisors (“KAs”), Information Services professionals, and Knowledge Assistants.

• Acts as a senior member of the team driving the development of the Knowledge Management strategy in the context of firmwide objectives.
• Supports the Chief Knowledge Officer in the delivery of a global Knowledge Management offering.
• Drafting, reviewing and maintaining precedents, models documents, templates, forms, checklists, and other know-how and knowledge assets.
• Overseeing the delivery of legal training, webinars and podcasts for our lawyers and our clients.
• Direct liaison with clients to deliver legal learning and content solutions.
• Coordinating practice group specific Knowledge team projects to meet identified needs.

• An evident passion for knowledge management and technology.
• An experienced (around 8 years PQE) lawyer (either a Knowledge Lawyer or PSL, or someone who is currently fee-earning and looking to step into a knowledge and innovation role).
• Expertise in insurance law and litigation is preferred, but not required.
• Excellent communication, written and presentation skills, with strong analytical, research, and drafting skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to articulate complex legal issues clearly and concisely.
• Ability to build and develop relationships at all levels of the organization, including at a partnership level.
• Ability to operate with credibility at a partnership level with a high level of professionalism and integrity.
• Ability to instil confidence in the team and business community in capabilities and work product.
• Motivated self-starter, with a proven ability to demonstrate proactivity and use of initiative.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables within a tight timeframe.
• Understanding and experience of working within legal teams to best support them to deliver and meet client needs.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys. Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys: Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America, we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field. Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We’re a fresh-thinking firm, and we’re not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer? We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you’ll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference. Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people’s development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate and empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We’ve created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.