BRISBANE, MELBOURNE – CBD, PERTH, SYDNEY – CBD
THE OPPORTUNITY
We’re seeking an experienced Research Librarian to join our team based in our Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, or Melbourne CBD office, with the option to work part of your week from home.
As a Research Librarian, you will be responsible for ensuring a high quality reference and research service is provided to our internal clients. This position is full time (38 hour per week) position, hours are rostered between 8am to 6pm each day, and will vary depending on the national team needs with a minimum one day per week worked until 6pm.
Day to day, your responsibilities will include:
Research services
- Provide both simple and complex legal and business reference and research services to internal clients
- Assist users to develop their own research strategies and techniques
- Conduct complex legal and business research tasks
- Collaborate with Business Development and Practice Groups to understand information needs and undertake research that supports firm strategy
- Assist with the development and maintenance of Research Centre policies and procedures as required
- Provide reports on online usage trends and reference and research requests if required
- Set up media, regulatory and other alerting services for users
Library management systems
- Classify and catalogue new materials as required
- Assist with maintaining resource records as required
Research Centre promotion
- Assist with Research Centre tours, inductions, and promotion of our services via the firm Intranet and other online channels
- Assist with legal research training where appropriate
Collection management
- Implement collection management and knowledge sharing initiatives at the direction of the Senior Research Manager (Australia & Asia)
- Provide recommendations for purchasing new titles based on trends and feedback
- Provide feedback regarding services and subscriptions
- Participate in knowledge sharing activities
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Tertiary qualifications in librarianship (or equivalent)
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a law library
- Demonstrated strong research skills
- Experience presenting legal research training programs
- An understanding of the legislative process and legal concepts
- Thorough understanding of legal research methodologies
- Experience with an automated library system
- Exposure to online resources for legal and business research
- Enjoys working in and contributing positively to a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with a client service orientation
- The flexibility to vary working hours to suit client and team needs from time to time
GROUP / TEAM
Knowledge & Learning
GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION
Our knowledge and learning professionals support our lawyers to provide world-class legal advice. The team works collaboratively and innovatively to provide measurable value to our clients.
As part of this dynamic global team, you will drive collaboration and knowledge-sharing across jurisdictions and practice groups. You’ll be involved in strategic projects and deliver knowledge and learning solutions directly to our people and our clients. Whether it’s providing insightful legal updates, specialised research, innovative learning solutions or quality know-how and precedents, your expertise will equip our people with the skills and insight to deliver excellence in a competitive marketplace.
We’re committed to your career development and will support you with exceptional training, coaching and mentoring opportunities. If you’re passionate about knowledge and learning, grow your career with us.
ROLE TYPE
Business Services
CONTRACT TYPE
Permanent
WORKING PATTERN
Full Time
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.
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