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Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Employment - London, United Kingdom - Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters

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London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking an experienced Employment law practitioner (e.g. solicitor, barrister, legal executive) to join the Practical Law Employment team in the UK on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence.

Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters, one of the world's most trusted providers of answers across law, tax, compliance, government and media.

About the role

As a Senior Editor in Practical Law, you will use your specialist legal knowledge of advising on Employment law matters to provide and maintain a wide range of Practical Law content.

Working in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting legal and editorial work including:

Analysing the latest Employment law, regulatory and policy developments, deciding which items to cover and to what extent
Creating new and maintaining existing materials spanning a variety of formats including standalone and comparative resources
Commissioning, reviewing and editing content written internally and externally
Answering legal questions submitted by subscribers through the Ask service
Meeting with external customers and industry experts to maintain and build understanding of the latest trends and pressures in Employment law and practice

In addition to this, a Senior Editor will assist:

With marketing the Practical Law Employment practice area and engaging with customers
The wider Thomson Reuters editorial teams, liaising with sales, marketing, product management, technology and segment functions where necessary

About you

At least five years' post qualification experience (England & Wales) as an Employment lawyer in either a law firm or inhouse
A demonstrable interest and ability in writing
Indepth understanding of Employment law and extensive experience in advising on Employment matters

What's in it for you?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

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Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
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Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
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Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
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Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
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Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we've been doing just that for almost 160 years.

Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news services - Reuters.

We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most:
advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 25,000 employees across more than 75 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion.

At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them.

Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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