6 Month FTC! An international law firm requires a Knowledge & Information Assistant to join its Knowledge & Innovation team on a 6-month fixed term contract. The role will suit candidates who are either seeking experience prior to commencing a post-graduate information-related qualification or someone who has recently become information/library qualified and who is looking for experience of working in a highly professional knowledge and information environment. The successful candidate will support a knowledge management project to digitise the Pensions hard copy know how collection, archive obsolete know how and tidy up the data for existing know how.
Main responsibilities include:
- Digitising, summarising, and publishing internal legal know how onto the firm’s Knowledge Management (KM) system.
- Ensuring copyright, data privacy and internal matter security protocols are followed.
- Searching for internal know how and updating existing records with missing or incorrect data, with a view to maximizing findability for users.
- Searching for archived government and regulatory materials online and updating internal know how records with links to these.
- Archiving obsolete know how and documenting the process.
To be considered for this role you will need the following skills and experience:
- Strong academic qualifications.
- Experience/interest in information and knowledge systems and knowledge management.
- Excellent IT skills, including search, and an ability to learn new IT systems quickly.
- Have excellent communication skills and demonstrate an ability to keep stakeholders fully updated as to the progress of workflows and projects.
- High level of professionalism and integrity.
- Have excellent attention to detail and good use of grammar.
- Be proactive and prepared to take a hands-on approach to managing workload.
- A willingness to acquire knowledge of and take a keen interest in Pensions law would be advantageous.
