Knowledge Management Senior Coordinator

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Knowledge Management (“KM”) Senior Coordinator is an integral part of Latham’s Knowledge Management team. This role will be responsible for supporting the KM associate directors, KM counsel, and KM lawyers (together, the “KMLs”), fee-earning attorneys, and others in organizing practice group trainings and providing a variety of support services for the KM function, including assisting with centralized KM initiatives across the firm as well as the management of standard forms, client newsletters, online portals, and SharePoint sites, while also working in a lead capacity in the profiling of precedent and work product in the knowledge databases, and assisting with other project assignments. This role will be located in either our New York, Boston, or Washington, D.C. office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Supporting members of the team in the development and execution of practice group trainings and acting as a point of contact for questions from colleagues
• Coordinating day-to-day administrative and transactional responsibilities of the Knowledge Management department and attending trainings as needed
• Overseeing all program logistics, including scheduling, drafting invites, maintaining invite lists and rosters, tracking RSVPs and attendance, managing correspondence, and maintaining accurate records and files
• Working closely with members of the firm’s Workplace Experience, Human Capital & Talent, and Technology teams to coordinate logistics relating to live, hybrid, and virtual trainings
• Working with the KMLs to organize and administer know-how resources, including standard forms, precedent and work product, deal information, and other legal information relevant to attorneys within the practice
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Possess strong attention to detail and quality assurance processes
• Demonstrate exceptional Microsoft Outlook skills to manage a variety of recurring meetings, appointments, and other events
• Exhibit well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• A minimum of five (5) years of related administrative experience
• Previous legal experience or placements in an international law firm, ideally in the KM department, preferably
• Paralegal or equivalent experience, preferably

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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