Director, Knowledge Management MinterEllison Melbourne VIC

Oh how we laughed – this is part of the job description.

This won’t be the most fun place to work for the forseeable future

Diversity is one of the five elements that underpin our firm’s purpose and informs the way we work internally and with our clients. An inclusive workplace environment is critical to leveraging the impact this diversity brings to all that we do each day. MinterEllison has been recognised as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in Australia for the past 11 years and has been recognised as both a Gold (2019) and Silver (2018 and 2020) Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI).

MinterEllison is driven by a strong sense of purpose: We create lasting impacts for our clients, our people and our communities. We have a clear goal – to be our clients’ best partner. We put the client at the centre of everything we do and partner with them to deliver truly innovative solutions. We think beyond the law, offering clients advisers who are multi-disciplinary to help them realise their strategic goals, grasp business opportunities and create value for their stakeholders.

Your role

The Director of Knowledge Management is an exciting new role that’s accountable for leading and managing the knowledge function aligned with the Firm’s strategy and ambitions.

The role will build and maintain a best of breed knowledge function, with a key focus in four strategic areas.

Enhancing the firm’s knowledge capture and knowledge sharing architecture, by designing and maintaining an innovative and industry-leading blueprint, in order to deliver increased value of knowledge content across the business.

Building the firm’s strategic business intelligence capability via key data points and helping to productise and where appropriate, monetise outputs.

Generating operational efficiency and continuous improvement across the knowledge management function particularly in relation to precedents, knowledge systems, KM training programs, digital subscriptions and library services.

Working with our Markets team to provide sales pursuit support through improved commercial awareness insights.

You’ll need to:

Build relationships with key internal and external stakeholder groups (such as Managing Partners, Business Unit Leaders, Industry Leaders, legal operations, document automation team, markets team and learning & development) and connect knowledge management with these areas.
Lead and deliver MinterEllison’s knowledge strategy.
Enhance knowledge sharing platforms across the firm to intuitively surface relevant knowledge and improve accessibility for users.
Lead, coach and develop team members to deliver on aspirational outcomes.
Manage the firm’s library catalogue and ensuring effective investment in and accessibility to appropriate research resources.
Work with other relevant Digital functions to co-develop user-friendly content collaboration solutions and facilitate effective collaboration on knowledge content.
Manage a precedent function to support the standardisation of precedent documents and ensure compliance with MinterEllison style guidelines.
Maintain research training programs for professionals across the firm.
Implement and maintain media monitoring and news alerts tools to surface information relevant to firm’s user base.

More about you

You’ll report jointly to the Managing Partner, Markets and the Chief Digital Officer. You’ll have:

Experience and success in building, leading and developing teams and nurturing strong connectivity within the team and across the firm more broadly.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to prepare and present papers and presentations in a high performance environment.
Strong influencing skills and personal credibility established through demonstrated career success in comparable and relevant environments.
Significant experience working across functions to deliver technology solutions/systems/tools into the business.
The ability to negotiate contractual arrangements and seek innovative offerings and strategic vendor relationships.
Robust change and project management experience with strong analytical, diagnostic and innovative thinking skills.

Who We Are

Diversity is one of the five elements that underpin our firm’s purpose and informs the way we work internally and with our clients. An inclusive workplace environment is critical to leveraging the impact this diversity brings to all that we do each day. MinterEllison has been recognised as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in Australia for the past 11 years and has been recognised as both a Gold (2019) and Silver (2018 and 2020) Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI).

We believe that agile workplaces can be instrumental in delivering increased levels of productivity. At MinterEllison we support our people to maintain a healthy balance between the demands of work, life and family. We have a wide range of social, financial and health benefits to support your wellbeing including free gym membership.

How To Apply

We prefer to deal with you directly, so please submit your CV and cover letter for consideration by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button below. If you would like further information, please contact David Yates on [email protected] for a confidential discussion.

Agency submissions will not be accepted without prior express approval from the MinterEllison recruitment team. All agency candidates must be submitted through our on-line portal to be valid.