Senior Specialist Legal Editor Practical Law MENA - Thomson Reuters

Senior Specialist Legal Editor Practical Law MENA

Are you an Employment lawyer looking for a career change We are seeking an experienced Labour law lawyer to join the Practical Law MENA team based in the United Arab Emirates.

Practical Law is a leading online knowhow service providing rigorous peerreviewed resources such as practice notes current awareness and standard documents to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence. Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters one of the worlds most trusted providers of answers across law tax compliance government and media.

As part of our continued development of Practical Law and MENA market growth we are planning to expand our MENA content. We are therefore looking to recruit legal professionals with extensive Employment law experience in the UAE KSA or other major local legal market. As part of the role the Senior Specialist Legal Editors will help to define the jurisdictions content strategy and be responsible for drafting high quality content which meets our customers needs.

About the Role

As a Senior Specialist Legal Editor you will use your knowledge of Labour law in the MENA region to provide and maintain a wide range of Practical Law content. Working with a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues you will deal with a breadth of interesting legal and editorial work including:

• Creating wellwritten up to date content for online publication that reflects current law and market practice and is of the quality and scope to meet business objectives and customer needs
• Commissioning reviewing and editing content written internally and externally
• Maintaining all content for which you are responsible to ensure it is uptodate and continues to be of the quality and scope that meets business objectives and customer needs
• Developing relationships with third parties with a view to obtaining contributions of content or improving content through third party insights into law or practice

In addition to this the Senior Specialist Legal Editor will:

• Assist with developing and marketing Practical Law MENA and Practical Law Global
• Support marketing and sales and all other parts of the business to ensure delivery of business objectives including engaging with customers.

About You

Youre a fit for the role of Specialist Senior Legal Editor if your background includes:

• At least five years post qualification experience in Labour law practice (at a law firm or inhouse).
• Substantial recent experience in Labour law practice (at a law firm or inhouse) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or Saudi Arabia (KSA).

• A demonstrable interest and ability in writing with excellent attention to detail.
• An indepth understanding of Labour law.
• Business level written English (essential).
• Business level written Arabic (preferred).
• Additional postqualification experience in Labour law in another MENA jurisdiction would be an advantage.

Whats in It For You

• Hybrid Work Model: Weve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our officebased roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Culture: Globally recognized and awardwinning reputation for equality diversity and inclusion flexibility worklife balance and more.

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for worklife balance: two companywide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country Headspace app subscription; retirement savings tuition reimbursement and employee incentive programs; resources for mental physical and financial wellbeing.

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects crosscompany; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters caf networking.

• Social Impact: Nine employeedriven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that weve never talked about with as much pride as we should we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice truth and transparency. Together with the professionals and institutions we serve we help uphold the rule of law turn the wheels of commerce catch bad actors report the facts and provide trusted unbiased information to people all over the world.

Please note the new deadline for applications is Monday 4th December

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