Professional Support Lawyer (PSL)

The property and infrastructure division are currently recruiting for a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) to support their Scottish Real Estate team.  The successful candidate will provide support and advice to maintain leading edge knowledge, documentation and expertise to deliver effective client services.  This will include managing knowledge through online resources and the teams own expertise whilst supporting learning and training as and when required. 

This role will be part-time (2-3 days per week).

Knowledge Management

• Managing knowledge and maintaining all Scottish Property Online (SPO) material.  Overall responsibility for resource to profile and process any contributions
• Harvest valuable knowledge from fee earners and establish an ongoing approach / procedure for capturing this knowledge. 

Online Services

• Setting up online accounts for client eservices

Precedents and Styles

• Introducing, drafting and updating precedents and guides / manuals
• Request and collect useful styles regularly and update accordingly

Learning and Training

• Assist with preparation and testing of automated property documents
• Assist with all property training sessions
• Support all property trainee sessions / inductions
• Assist with all property and infrastructure training, assistant training and paralegal property training

Business Development / Marketing

• Regular liaison with Business Development and marketing functions as and when required
• Administer and edit any website articles and encourage regular production

HR Contact 

If you would like further information on the role or require accommodations to make your application please contact marc.mcrae@shepwedd.com

Equal Opportunities 

At Shepherd and Wedderburn we strive to provide a supportive, inclusive and high performance working environment, where everyone feels they belong. Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our business and we therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds to all levels of the organisation. To foster inclusivity we particularly encourage applications from those who may be from underrepresented groups, including candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, people with disabilities or who are neurodivergent and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

GDPR

Shepherd and Wedderburn is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information that we collect as a “data controller”. The information provided by you will be processed in accordance with our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students. If you are successful in obtaining paid employment with us, we will hold your information in accordance with our Privacy Notice and Data Retention Policy for Personnel, which will be provided to you at the relevant time.

We will process the information you provide solely for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. The information will be disclosed to the interview panel (if relevant), your line manager (if appointed), and Human Resources staff members. We may contact any references provided for the purposes of discussing your application, and will ask your permission before doing so.

If you provide any information deemed to be “special category” information under the General Data Protection Regulation, we may use this as follows:

• We will use information about your disability status to provide appropriate adjustments to the interview process.
• We will use any information provided in our diversity monitoring form about your race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender identity, gender expression, social mobility background, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, any disability information, age, and marital/civil partnership status to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting. Any analysis of this data will be done on an anonymous basis.

Should your application be unsuccessful, the information provided will be deleted within 1 year of a decision not to progress your application.

If you have any further questions about how we process and store your information, or your rights in relation to this, please refer to our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students (available at www.shepwedd.com/careers/working-with-us/privacy-notice)