Title: Information Officer
Location: London
Salary: Competitive (3 months FTC - Full or Part-time)
Information Officer - Law - London
A prominent UK law firm that is based in London has a requirement for an Information Officer to join the firm initially on a 3 month fixed term contract. This is a role that can be either full or part-time.
In this Information Officer role, the core responsibilities will be around providing a mix of legal research, current awareness, providing training and the provision of support across the firms information and knowledge provision as a part of a small and close-knit team.
The specific responsibilities and objectives of this information officer role include a mix of the following:
Conduct legal and business research to support marketing, BD, pitches, tenders, events, and recruitment.
Support in providing a current awareness service (Vable) – including daily horizon scanning, tailored alerts, and usage reporting.
Maintain and update the firm’s intranet (SharePoint) – including knowhow pages, news, resources, and media content.
Support knowledge management by organising and indexing knowhow in collaboration with practice groups and PSLs.
Deliver induction and user onboarding, running weekly sessions, managing access to subscriptions, and distributing welcome materials.
Assist in managing print and digital collections, including archiving, weeding, and maintaining an A–Z guide of online resources.
Deliver training sessions for trainee inductions and refresher updates
To be a suitable candidate for this Information Officer role, candidates will require the following:
Previous experience in an information services or knowledge management role, ideally gained in a legal setting
Strong legal research skills utilising resources such as LexisNexis, Westlaw and Practical Law
Ideally, some exposure to the provision of current awareness, this firm uses Vable
Some previous experience training new starters, lawyers and other stakeholders on information resources
Refined relationship building, communication and interpersonal skills
Ideally, a Library Science or related qualification
