Information and Metadata Manager
The role
This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanded role within the firm's Knowledge and Information team. One of two professional librarians, this role particularly focuses on managing metadata within the firm as well as the hard copy resources and associated budgets. The successful candidate will also be required to assist in managing legal and business research requests from fee earners and other staff.
This role requires an information professional with experience and a particular enthusiasm for classification as they will have day to day responsibility for implementing a firm taxonomy project in conjunction with other stakeholders and the knowledge team.
Role responsibility
- Management of hard copy books, looseleafs and journals along with corresponding budgets and payment of invoices
- Cataloguing new hard copy and online titles and employing the current library management system
- Carrying out legal/business research and setting up current awareness alerts on behalf of fee earners and business services communities
- Managing the firms CLA and NLA copyright licences, dealing with queries in this area and improving user knowledge (in both the fee earning and business services communities)
- Analysing statistics around enquiries and use of subject materials to ensure best value for money and considering alternative suppliers
- Assisting with new user inductions
- Implementing and maintaining a firm classification system (taxonomy), including taxonomy software systems that meet the requirements of our internal stakeholders across the firm.
- Maintaining the firm's hierarchy of terms any future software selected
- Leading on project/s and associated activities, when required.
About you
You will ideally be able to demonstrate;
- A Graduate or equivalent, with a library/information qualification or equivalent experience
- Proven experience of designing and constructing knowledge organisation structures and hierarchical relationships, e.g. a firm taxonomy, and implementing or managing systems for maintaining these
- Demonstrable experience of applying metadata across a variety of systems such as intranets, LMS and DMS
- Knowledge and experience of utilising legal or business databases to carry out research for internal staff e.g. Westlaw UK, Lexis Library
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a small team and with other key internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent and written communication skills
- A client service orientated approach
- Knowledge of UK copyright law
- Experience of managing budgets and vendor relationships
- Previous experience of working within a Knowledge and Information function in a professional services environment
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual holiday
- Permanent Health Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Interest free Season Ticket Loan
- Private Healthcare
- Pension Scheme
- Staff Introductory Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
About us
We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.
We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move. We’ve also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.
We’re proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we’ve come from, we are focused on where we’re going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.
The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.
