Company: Hays
Location: Manchester
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you will drive the knowledge strategy for the Real Estate Disputes team, developing practical guidance, precedents and insights to raise the quality and consistency of contentious work. You will partner with senior lawyers to support complex matters, deliver training, and embed innovative knowledge-management approaches across the practice. Your work will help translate evolving legal developments into clear, actionable guidance for the team. This is an opportunity to shape best practices, coach colleagues and contribute to a high-performing, international law firm culture.
Responsibilities
- Shape and execute the team’s knowledge strategy to improve guidance, precedents and insights
- Support complex contentious real estate matters by providing technical knowledge and practical guidance
- Deliver training and develop coaching capabilities across the practice
- Embed innovative knowledge-management approaches to enhance consistency and quality
- Collaborate with senior lawyers to build confidence across the firm through structured support
Key requirements
- Deep expertise in contentious real estate
- Ability to translate complex legal developments into practical guidance
- Coaching and developing others
- Shaping best practice and building confidence across the practice
- Strong technical support and knowledge-management capabilities
- Coaching
- Clear communication
- Collaborative mindset
- Knowledge management
- Development of precedents and practical guidance
- Training delivery and enablement
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Posted: October 1st, 2026