Dentons: Senior Librarians and Head of Library Services – London

Purpose of role

• To work on the Enquiry Desk to offer research services and support for fee earners and business services teams in all UK and Middle East offices
• To train and support library users, in legal and other research skills
• To perform administrative duties, alongside other members of the Library team, to keep the information resources up to date and ready for use

Responsibilities

• Enquiry work to be shared with other team members according to timetable
• Producing current awareness for library users
• Selecting and presenting materials for the compilation of the Library’s Daily Bulletin current awareness service
• Emailing the contents of electronic journals
• Press alerts using LexisNexis Publisher/NewsDesk
• Other current awareness as required
• Managing journal subscriptions
• Hardcopy and online journals, managing renewals and access, negotiating prices where needed
• Training library users
• Preparing and delivering interactive training for new trainees (in small and large groups) using a variety of learning methods
• Preparing and delivering interactive training for new Solicitor Apprentices
• Delivering library inductions for new fee-earners and Business Development team
• Preparing and delivering training for other library users as and when required
• Cataloguing library materials
• Project work as needed
• To perform other duties as and when necessary due to holiday or sickness of other members of the team

Required experience, skills and attributes

• Proven experience of enquiry/research work in a commercial or legal environment
• Library/information graduate level qualification
• Excellent working knowledge of main legal and commercial research databases
• Comfortable with technology and able to help others
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can demonstrate initiative and the ability to be proactive, while also being able to follow instructions and provide support to the team
• Able to build working relationships with stakeholders and promote the library team and its role within the firm
• Excellent team player and able to work well under pressure
• Methodical approach to work, with strong attention to detail
• Able to interact positively within the firm at all levels
• Good organisational skills
• Professional and enthusiastic attitude

The firm

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm, delivering quality and value to clients around the globe. Dentons is a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index, a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner and recognized by prominent business and legal publications for its innovations in client service, including founding Nextlaw Labs and the Nextlaw Global Referral Network. Dentons’ polycentric approach and world-class talent challenge the status quo to advance client interests in the communities in which we live and work. www.dentons.com.

Diversity & Inclusion

Essential to our success as a global law firm is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds. We want a work environment where everyone can reach their potential and we have an inclusive culture which respects individual differences.

We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved. We welcome you to learn more about diversity and inclusion at Dentons.

Equal opportunities

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability. Any disability disclosure will be dealt with confidentially and sensitively and if you want to speak directly to a member of our team, please contact Jo Wilson at +44 20 7320 6766

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

If you are interested in applying for this position, we welcome direct applications via our careers page, but if you have any questions beforehand please email sheena.rathod@dentons.com – Enquiries only please, applications will not be accepted via email.

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CV’s sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.