Senior Associate - Knowledge Management

Exciting opportunity for a remarkable Knowledge Management Senior Lawyer/Senior Associate in our Brisbane office

• Join one of Australia's top tier legal firms
• Collaborate and contribute to a successful team
• Work with a variety of internal clients, and play a pivotal role in the overall success of the firm

This role reports directly into the Knowledge Management team and works closely with the construction and employment practices. The role will involve drafting, maintaining and developing corporate precedents, ensuring a consistent and market leading approach across the firm and provide expert advice to the Clayton Utz Construction and Employment teams.

As the role continues to evolve with the integration of AI, it offers the opportunity to work more efficiently and innovatively.  The position involves the use of AI tools in legal work, positioning the KM team at the forefront of legal innovation.

Responsibilities in the role include:

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and Legal Foundations training

• Lead the knowledge strategy for the construction and employment practices ensuring that key legal developments are monitored and communicated effectively across the teams;
• Coordinate CLEs for Construction and Employment practice groups;
• Provide practical KM support to fee earners across all levels of the construction and Employment practices;
• Design and deliver training programs and internal knowledge sessions;
• Collaborate with partners and BD teams on client publications and client facing knowledge;
• Collaborate with the innovation team to improve knowledge development, curation and dissemination including business writing training

Client work

• Oversee and edit client-facing publications
• Develop training sessions for Construction clients

General KM Support

• Respond to knowledge-related queries, including locating templates and drafting precedents
• Provide support to Construction lawyers, including peer reviews of drafting.
• Handle queries related to Australian Standards’ (AS) licensed materials and oversee the licence renewal process
• Add content to the Knowledge Exchange platforms

National KM and Technology Engagement

• Participate in national meetings
• Evaluate and provide feedback on AI products
• Assist lawyers with AI queries and workflow trials

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Experience in a similar role in a legal or professional services environment.
• The ability to co-ordinate and undertake precedent development and drafting, research activities, and to draft appropriate summaries or commentaries.
• Good communication skills. Tact and an ability to deal constructively with competing interests and to prioritise those interests are a real advantage in this role.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to conduct training sessions for practitioners at different levels, including formal presentations, workshops and one-on-one training.
• Willingness and ability to work on the integration of AI into the Construction and Employment Practices.

How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Jennifer Sanderson, (07) 3292 7331

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to recruitmentsupport@claytonutz.com.

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Agency submissions

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