Knowledge Insights Assistant

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with more than 5,000 people across over 30 countries. We’re full-service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Whether you’re starting out on your career or well established, whether you’re a lawyer or in business services. If you’re looking for what’s next, we are too.

What to expect

For business professionals, our environment is highly collaborative with value being placed on diversity of ideas, skills and mindsets. Not least yours. It’s energetic, fast-moving and there’s always something new to get involved in. You will get exposure across geographies and the firm as a whole. The future is a place of opportunity. Focusing on your success and for what’s next, will ensure you thrive too.

About the Team

The Knowledge Insights Team plays a crucial role in our key client programme, our global campaigns and priority sectors. We offer strategic research services and create fantastic client-facing products. The Team leads on tracking market trends and global legal and regulatory changes, keeping our lawyers ahead of the game. We transform this intelligence into high quality publications that support our relationships with priority clients.

This role is perfect for anyone wanting an exciting alternative legal career supporting our lawyers deliver knowledge products to clients. It is best suited to someone who wants to know more about new laws and how they impact global organisations. Suitable backgrounds include paralegal or marketing roles looking to shift into client-facing knowledge. It would also be suitable for anyone that has previously worked in compliance or has experience working in relevant consultancies. We would also be interested in highly motivated law graduates or other relevant degree graduates.

You will enjoy developing an understanding of our different sectors and client needs in relation to the impact that legal and regulatory developments has on them. And working closely with our lawyers, knowledge colleagues, the marketing team and clients.

Role and key responsibilities

• Support the management of our knowledge tools
• Work directly with our marketing & legal teams, and clients
• Develop a detailed knowledge of our sectors and clients
• Help build our tailored horizon scanning and regulatory reports (and managing their deadlines)
• Deliver bespoke client training reports
• Support the review of our client facing products
• Manage our intranet pages and internal comms
• Deal with internal queries in relation to our reports, tools and products
• Provide administrative support to the Knowledge Insights team
• Project work and other tasks as required

Skills and experience

Key attributes include:

• A degree level qualification, ideally a law degree but not essential
• Time management and attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and diary management skills
• Customer service skills
• A high level of IT literacy
• Ability to meet tight deadlines on a regular basis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Keen interest in legal and regulatory developments

Experience in the legal and/or commercial sector is preferable but is not essential as training will be provided.

Competencies required:

• Ability to work with minimum supervision, in an autonomous and independent way
• A lively, energetic personality and a practical can-do mentality
• A tenacious yet practical approach to problem solving
• Excited and challenged by the pace and demands of a corporate environment
• Comfortable working with large amounts qualitative data and learning new knowledge systems (training will be given)
• Commercial awareness
• Some travel to other offices may be required

What’s in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.

• We’re fair, transparent and equitable
• We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
• We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
• We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
• We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
• We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
• We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure
• We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
• We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients’ goals: together.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We want you to perform at your best during our recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.

For you,

For your success.

And what's next.