Research Specialist

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options – part-time, working from home and additional leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement – client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity:

As a Research Specialist you are a vitally important part of the global Research & Business Intelligence team and deliver a core service to our internal Ashurst Perkins Coie people.

You will use a range of research resources to provide in-depth and solution-focused legal and company research to legal and business services teams within Ashurst Perkins Coie's offices in the UK, EMEA, US and Asia Pacific regions.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Provide reference and research advice and support to internal and external clients as part of a global research team, using a range of subscription and freely available resources.
• Deliver legal and business research solutions to enable internal clients to quickly make informed decisions.
• Co-ordinate, create and deliver research skills training to a range of user groups.
• Proactively identify, scope and work with the current awareness team to set up alerts on legal, client and industry topics.
• Contribute to collection development activities including participation in product trials, product reviews and the rollout of new products to users.
• Maintain knowledge of current and emerging search techniques and technologies, including AI, and the implications for legal and business research strategies.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders in your region and promote the Research & Business Intelligence team and its role within the firm.

This is a full-time, permanent role based in our Glasgow office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site.

About you:

The successful candidate will have:

• Demonstrated research skills, with at least 4 years' experience in a legal or professional services environment.
• Sophisticated skills in using online resources and knowledge of products available in the wider legal information marketplace.
• Understanding of the UK legal system.
• Experience in creating and delivering research skills training, and in creating content for internal websites and communication tools.
• Ability to keep up to date of new resources, new technology and research tools available in the legal and business research sector.