RESEARCH CENTRE TEAM LEADER Herbert Smith Freehills Sydney

We have a very exciting opportunity for a Research Centre Team Leader to join our Knowledge, Learning and Research team in our Sydney office.

Some key responsibilities will include:

• Providing leadership and direction to the Sydney Research team in line with the firm’s strategic objectives
• Contributing to the oversight of an outstanding national research desk service to the firm.
• Actively participate in and deliver complex Legal and Business research services to fee earners nationally.
• Delivery of legal and business training to fee earners.
• Liaising with vendors such as information and software suppliers.
• Managing the allocation of work and delivery of tasks within the team.
• Contributing to the delivery of rosters for the national research desk.
• Effectively implementing national Research initiatives in the local office, acting as a trusted point of contact for stakeholders in Sydney and across the national network.

To be successful in this role, you will also have:

• 3 years’ experience in a law library
• Relevant tertiary qualification (i.e. librarianship or information studies)
• Previous experience in managing people and delivering legal research training
• Experience using relevant technology (including library and research management systems and Microsoft applications)
• Proven track record of successful delivery on relevant projects
• Demonstrated ability to handle complex research tasks
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a proactive client service manner

The Team
Our knowledge, learning and research professionals support our lawyers to provide world-class legal services. The team works collaboratively and innovatively to provide measurable value to our clients. As part of this dynamic team, you will drive engagement with our wide range of research resources, continuously improve our services and help deliver outstanding legal, business and client insights. Whether it’s providing insightful legal updates, specialised research, training our people to make the most of our resources or leading your team to deliver a great service, your expertise will equip our people with the resources and insights to deliver excellence in a competitive marketplace.

What We Offer

• We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.
• 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.
• People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.
• At Herbert Smith Freehills we value flexibility. For most roles, we work an average of 60% of the time in the office, taking into consideration individual, team, client and learning needs.
• To view our benefits in Australia, please copy this link into your browser – https://sites-herbertsmithfreehills.vuturevx.com/20/21553/landing-pages/benefits-in-australia.pdf

This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you.

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.