Professional Support Lawyer - Environment, Safety & Health

Norton Rose LLP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the UK is seeking a Professional Support Lawyer for Environment, Safety & Health. The candidate should have a minimum of 5 years' PQE and be qualified in England & Wales or an EU jurisdiction. The position involves providing vital services such as training and research, and requires strong organizational and communication skills. This role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to a dynamic legal team.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive working environment

Diverse workforce initiatives

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' PQE in Environment, Safety & Health law.
• Ability to articulate new areas of law to various stakeholders.
• Strong time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide training, research, and knowhow services.
• Manage databases and update legal precedents.
• Support business development through knowledge management.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Communication skills

IT skills for legal research

Education

Qualified to practice in England & Wales or an EU jurisdiction

Job description

Overview

Job Title Professional Support Lawyer - Environment, Safety & Health

Ref No. 4734

Job Location Any UK Office

Work Type Full Time

Description

Are you an experienced Environment, Safety & Health (ES&H) lawyer looking to step away from full-time fee-earning, whilst remaining at the cutting edge of the legal profession? Or are you aProfessional Support Lawyer (PSL) looking for your next challenge?

Our UK ES&H team are looking for a PSL who will be dedicated to providing a number of key services to fee-earner colleagues within thepractice group. The role will require some interaction with clientsand professional bodies, but also colleagues at all levels, with afocus on our UK offices.

Our Firm

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated lawfirms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, businessand government meet. We deliver commercially focused businesssolutions to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leadingcorporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries andsovereign nations.

With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across fourcontinents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and globalinfluence, delivering comprehensive legal services across NorthAmerica, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.

The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportiveworking environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UKoffices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEIprogrammes provide a variety of flexible working options to supportindividuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personaland professional goals.

Our Team

Our ES&H practice work on some of the leading-edge matters in thefield. You would be joining a team that is recognised as one of thepremiere ES&H groups among leading international law firms. We develop creative and sophisticated strategies and solutions to the most complex ES&H challenges faced by our clients across the globe.

We have comprehensive expertise in all substantive areas of ES&Hlaw and regulation, with experienced lawyers practicing throughout theUK, United States, Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America and theMiddle East.

We represent a diverse client base, with particular strength in ironand steelmaking, mining, transportation, chemical manufacturing anddistribution, petroleum refining and distribution, pulp andpapermaking, energy, municipal utilities, development andenvironmental services.

Our group excels in handling complex litigation, including challengesto new rules, defense of enforcement actions, advancement and defenseof cost recovery actions, defense of multiparty and class action toxictort actions and other environmental, safety and health litigation.

Whether you are in a similar role or stepping away from a fee-earningposition, this is a fantastic opportunity to add real value to ourclose-knit, collaborative team. This is a varied role where you willutilise your in-depth legal knowledge to promote and instil technical excellence.

You will take the lead providing a vital service within key areasincluding training, research, and knowhow. As this is a highlytechnical and ever-evolving area of law, you will be responsible formanaging and contributing to our databases, updating precedents andknowledge management systems. You will build your external networkwithin the industry, ensuring we are at the forefront of all legal andlegislative developments that may affect our clients. The role willalso involve opportunities to work closely with our BD and marketingteams, to provide a value added service to existing and prospectiveclients through a range of training and knowledge sharing initiatives.

You'll have opportunities to work on cross-border matters,collaborating closely with our overseas teams on a range ofinternational work. You will support on business developmentinitiatives including knowledge management for clients, assistancewith client pitches from a knowledge management/value add perspective,preparing and disseminating tailored updates to clients andidentifying key horizon issues to help attract clients and cementexisting relationships, assisting with legal directory submissions.

You

You will ideally be a minimum of 5 years' PQE, qualified to practisein England & Wales, or an EU jurisdiction, with a proven abilityto effectively articulate, communicate and explain new areas of law toa wide range of stakeholders, including the ability to interact withand be accessible to people at all levels from trainees to partner.You will have strong organisational and time management skills, whichare key to providing an outstanding service to our clients and colleagues.

Our ES&H practice spans a number of disciplines, including Health& Safety; Environment; ESG; products law and recall; chemical,biocides and pesticides regulation; and corporate criminal defence.Experience across a number of these key areas is preferable.

You must possess strong IT skills to conduct effective research anddissemination of information using various online systems. If you area self-motivated individual, ready to take the next step in yourcareer, apply today.

What you need to know

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, pleasevisit our careers site at https://www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careersin the first instance to find out more about our firm and complete anonline application.We will be reviewing applications and interviewingon an ongoing basis.

We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce isrepresentative of our diverse society. We welcome applicationsregardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parentalstatus, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonableadjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it isinclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevantdata for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.