Head of Employment Knowledge

Are you an outstanding employer lawyer looking for a change of direction? Do you want a better work life balance and yet remain at the cutting edge of legal developments?

FromCounsel, a leading online legal intelligence service for law firms and in-house lawyers, is looking for a top quality senior Employment lawyer to join its Knowledge Team as Head of Employment Knowledge

Since its launch in 2017, FromCounsel has developed a reputation for offering an unmatched knowledge service to corporate lawyers. Our aim is to make our legal content more comprehensive, more insightful and more accessible than anyone else in the market. With over 85% of the top 100 corporate law firms as just some of our clients in corporate law, FromCounsel is expanding into other areas of law and has recently launched its Employment service, bringing FC’s unique approach to the employment law market.

FC Employment Knowledge

Our best-in-class employment law resource provides Q&A-structured legal knowledge written by barristers from Cloisters Chambers, the leading employment law chambers, and FC's expert knowledge lawyers. The service addresses the questions and issues faced by employment practitioners and provides clear answers, even on the most difficult or grey areas. The resource is designed for practitioners in private practice, in-house legal and HR teams and caters for all levels, from trainees through to partners and knowledge lawyers. For more information see our brochure.

The opportunity

This is an unrivalled opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding digital business in a key senior role. We are in an exciting phase of our ongoing development and you will play an integral part in the growth and development of FC Employment, with support from expert barristers from leading chambers, our talented team of experienced in-house knowledge lawyers and our excellent legal editorial team

Job description

You will be responsible for managing the Employment team and the Employment service. The role is varied with significant scope and autonomy to input into the expansion of the service and its interaction with other content streams and existing and new product lines.

Head of Employment Knowledge - Key responsibilities

• Leading on the development of the service over time, with new topics, a new automated precedent service, training and practical resources and news commentary/analysis
• Managing the scope, writing, reviewing and editing of top quality content and its maintenance, consistently applying FromCounse's unique approach and style
• Coordinating on close collaboration with barristers and external experts and specialists
• Supporting customer engagement, assessing customer needs and market requirements
• To liaise with other Team Heads on the development of cross-over content and the review and testing of employment content in new products.
• To support customer engagement, including by organising responses to subscribers’ queries and assessing customer needs and market requirements.
• Managing and supporting team members, recruitment and dealing with training and development needs
• Liaising with other Team Heads on the development of cross-over content and the review and testing of employment content in new products
• Working with senior management on project plans and timescales, targets, schedules and reports
• Building working relationships across the business

Key requirements

Together with strong technical employment law knowledge, candidates must have at least 6 years’ PQE and broad experience of employment law in the UK (whether at the Bar or within a law firm).

A demonstrable aptitude for writing high quality legal copy in an engaging and accessible way, and a genuine interest in communicating legal developments to others, is essential. Candidates should be focused, efficient and confident in working on their own initiative to deadlines. At the same time, they should enjoy working as part of a team, collaborating with knowledge lawyers and barristers to ensure content meets FromCounsel’s premium standards.

We are looking for:

• Exceptional writing skills and attention to detail
• A keen interest in contributing to an innovative product and delivering an exceptional, market-leading service
• Excellent managerial, organisational and inter-personal skills
• Flexibility to work in a dynamic and fast-moving environment and to react quickly to developments

Applications

This role is based at our central London office with full flexibility for remote working. Both full and part-time applicants will be considered. Salary is dependent on experience.

If you are interested in finding out more about, or in applying for, this opportunity, please send your CV, together with a covering letter, to jobs@fromcounsel.com.