Employment Law Researcher

Portfolio are proud to be representing our client, one of the fastest growing HR /Employment Law Consultancy businesses globally. As a leading technology provider, they are transforming the world of work in terms of HR and Employment Law helping businesses manage their day-to-day, removing administration burden and growing their bottom line whilst saying legal and compliant!

We are looking for an Employment Law expert to join the Content team, this newly created role will require someone who loves to keep up to date with legislation changes and learn what they mean for employers. You will need to research the impact they may have and create documents / Content for the internal sales team to use whilst prospecting for new business. This role will give you excellent exposure of Employment Law issues across all sectors and industries. If you are an Employment Law expert, who loves to research and delve a little deeper into the repercussions and can format it into a concise, readable document for the sales team to use, please apply today and we'll be in touch!

Job Purpose

To provide a sound employment law contact point for all Group Content Team stakeholders; to create commercially focussed employment law and HR content for a range of purposes, predominantly for a sales audience but also including for subscription employment law websites, client newsletters and external PR content; to ensure that client focussed consultancy documentation constantly reflects the HR challenges of employers in varying sectors; to broaden the sector specific knowledge of all employment law stakeholders; to assist in the training of employment law stakeholders across the Group; to identify themes and trends of HR challenges; to provide a commercial interpretative voice on legal developments briefings to keep a large team of Advisory and Documentation Consultants up to date with legal developments.

Job Overview

The person undertaking this role will assist the Associate Director - HR Content in ensuring that the company's sales function has commercially focussed engaging content to mutually showcase new legal developments and the full range of services the business provides with a view to attracting new clients. In addition, the person will ensure all highly technical employment law content is maintained to an excellent level and is available to team stakeholders. They will enhance the employment law knowledge of Group employees, clients and prospective clients to ensure that clear, concise and accurate data is provided in line with company protocols and up to date legislation. This role sits within the Group Content Team and supports the Publishing, Advisory, Consultancy and Sales/Marketing departments across Group companies in identifying employment law updates to ensure a persistent focus on the quality of service that we provide.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Analysing HR themes and trends and new employment laws to create a variety of new sales assets for use both directly by prospects and also the sales teams
• Maintaining and continually developing content on employment law and HR subscription websites by providing written technical and practical guidance on employment law matters.

• Ensuring the Group's Consultancy offering e.g. template contracts and handbooks etc is kept up to date in respect of legal and other important developments designed to safeguard clients position.
• Creating and delivering training sessions where required.
• Ensuring the Group's perspective is considered in the future shaping of employment law by responding to Government consultations on employment law and HR matters.
• Creating bespoke employment law presentations for both sales and existing client purposes and manipulating content accordingly.

• Speedy reactive summary briefings on topical employment law issues as they develop and employment law updates for an advisory and a sales audience.
• Undertaking research projects on areas of employment law to ensure sufficient resources are available to Consultants, focussing on enhancing resources in specific sectors of industry.
• Ensuring internal tools created for use by advisory departments are continually enhanced.
• Writing articles and various types of content for employment law websites in addition to internal, industry specific and national publications on employment law matters and case law.
• Providing speedy comment for external publications on topical employment matters and case law as and when required.
• Updating the Marketing department with topical news stories, legislative changes and supplying content.
• Responding to ad hoc employment law queries from all areas of the Group via email and verbal communication.
• Creating employment law and HR policies for clients and use on websites.
• Undertaking research under own initiative.
• Keeping personal employment law knowledge up to date.
• Assisting in the promotion of awareness of the Group's broader research activities and foster excellent working relationships with all departments and teams.
• Using all Office packages.
• Undertaking any task delegated by the Associate Director - HR Content.
• To attend meetings as required.
• All other tasks deemed necessary by Management.

What you Bring to the Team

• In depth knowledge of employment law and HR issues
• A commercial mindset tuned to exposing opportunities for business growth.
• Experience of analysing legislation and interpreting it in the context of UK employment law
• Excellent written skills and ability to adapt written tone to suit audience
• An excellent eye for detail
• Strong research skills
• An ability to convey legal information in a creative manner
• Ability to work under pressure to short-term and long-term deadlines

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