Practice Development Executive

3 weeks ago

Midlothian, United Kingdom Pinsent Masons Full time

Job Description

Job Title : Practice Development Executive

Location :Glasgow/Edinburgh

Department : Projects 

Reports to:  Projects Leadership andPractice Development Lawyers (PDLs), Projects

Purpose and Highlights

Principally to provide support to the Projects Leadership and our Projects PDLs on knowledge, training and practice developments in Projects to enhance efficiency and consistency in legal work across the wider Projects Group. Some of our recent Practice Development Executives have used the hands-on experience gained in their role to excel in their role as Trainee Solicitors.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Knowledge Management

Liaising with fee earners to collect knowhow. Collaborating with global offices to share knowhow, training and best practice. Maintaining the Projects internal knowledge management system including day to day maintenance of the Projects teamsite, hub sites and legal knowhow databases. Supporting the PDL on the development and maintenance of client initiatives and assisting sector and client relationship teams.  Horizon scanning, monitoring and providing updates on legal, policy and industry developments that support the delivery of practice team, sector and client initiatives. Undertaking various research tasks including drafting and assisting with research papers. Monitoring and supporting new starts by identifying appropriate resources. Assisting in creating and maintaining knowhow and report templates.  Assisting fee earners in locating internal and external knowhow.

Training

Assisting in organising and coordinating training (online and in person events such as Masterclasses) including liaising with speakers, compiling necessary materials and obtaining feedback. Assisting in coordinating, managing and hosting the biannual Projects trainee inductions. Monitoring progress and uptake of the junior training programme. Maintenance of our online training portal to ensure all training films and materials are uploaded and categorised appropriately.  Ability to interact with and be accessible to people at all levels and across many offices both in the UK and worldwide. Ability to make connections and develop professional relationships across Projects, the firm and externally with clients/key affiliations. Personal Specification

Qualifications and Relevant Experience

 

Preferably educated to degree level or equivalent. Previous paralegal, legal or research experience preferred. Previous experience of SharePoint, document management systems, intranets, extranets and data site management advantageous.

Key Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills.  Highly organised. Proactive approach and able to drive forward a programme of activities. Ability to achieve deadlines with a practical approach to workload and priorities. Strong research skills. IT literate with a good knowledge and high degree of competency in the use of Microsoft Word and Outlook. 

Personal Qualities / Behaviours Skills

 

Professional appearance and manner. Flexible and able to use own initiative, requiring limited guidance. A motivated self-starter who is a good team player. Must be flexible, adaptable and have a professional attitude to work.  Flexibility to travel as/when required to support the Projects groups nationally.

Please note we only accept applications made via our recruitment portal. Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Steffy Lam who can discuss the role and requirements.

Contact details: 

At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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