Pensions Senior Lawyer - Bristol, United Kingdom - myGwork

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Professional Support Lawyer - PSL

We are looking for a Professional Support Lawyer on a part time basis (1-2 days per week) to support the development of our leading Projects Department.

We bring new ideas and perspectives to everything we do, without ever compromising the quality of our work.

Join us and you'll be surrounded by high quality work and specialist expertise every day, as you make an impact on a national and international scale.

We are expanding our team in order to meet increasing client needs and are looking to recruit a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) to support this expansion.

Our Projects Department is made up of specialists in a wide array of sectors where we have an extensive pipeline of nationally significant work work.

supporting our Solicitors in staying up to date with legal and technical developments.
The team is Tier 1 ranked and known for being one of the largest Projects Departments outside of London, with specialists singled out as 'leaders in their fields' (Legal 500, Our Projects Lawyers
The team is Tier 1 ranked in The Legal 500
The Legal
'Burges Salmon is unique in that it delivers the quality of service you would expect from a London City firm at Bristol rates. The team are approachable, well informed and very easy to work with.' - The Legal
Projects Team,
working alongside the firm's wider PSL network, including those in related practice areas such as construction and planning.
This is a generalist professional support/knowledge lawyer role but the primary focus will be:
Developing and co-ordinating a comprehensive legal training programme for our lawyers, paralegals, legal executives, trainees and apprentices. This will include identifying knowledge gaps and personally delivering and/or procuring the training; in particular concentrating on adapting training design and delivery to suit our emerging hybrid working practices
Supervising the use of online platforms and contributing your expertise to delivering innovative digital and automated solutions for our projects practice - particularly as regards contractual precedents
Consultancy on technical legal issues and legislative or practice developments as a trusted adviser for our team

You will have the opportunity to become involved in team and firm wide initiatives to support the firm's knowledge management and business development, in collaboration with our marketing and innovation specialists.

This opportunity is available on a part-time basis, 1 to 2 days per week.
Relevant practical experience providing regulatory and commercial legal advice on large-scale projects
You should have the necessary experience to debate and advise on technical legal issues and suggest practical solutions. Experience working as a Professional Support Lawyer is highly desirable, but not necessary
benefits of a legal career with Burges Salmon, here .

We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

As a Disability Confident employer we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact
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