Research Specialist, Legal Knowledge and Research Services

The role

The Research Specialist provides advanced legal research, strategic guidance, and client support. This person will lead complex research initiatives and develop scalable research processes for the Knowledge and Research Services team.

What you will do

• Serve as a subject matter expert in specialized legal research areas.
• Lead complex client-facing and internal research projects.
• Build and maintain internal and external relationships.
• Understand client goals and align deliverables with client success.
• Model Harbor values through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor colleagues and junior analysts.
• Pilot new research tools and emerging methodologies.
• Define and maintain a specialty research portfolio of templates and deliverables.
• Advise on improvements to departmental research approaches and knowledge management.
• Own end-to-end workflow processes for complex projects.

Required qualifications

• MLS and/or demonstrated relevant professional research experience in a private law firm or academic law library, special library, or research center
• 4-6 years’ experience providing research in a private law firm, academic law library or special library or research center
• Experience with legal and business information resources, online database searching, business research and legal research practice and procedures
• Experience using Lexis, Westlaw, and other standard legal research databases
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with strong working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Responsiveness and demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize competing deadlines
• Client service orientation combined with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills with demonstrated attention to detail
• Ability to work in a collaborative, service-oriented team, yet also independently with minimal supervision

About the company

Harbor is a provider of expert services across strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence. Their team of 900+ specialists works with law firms, corporations, and law departments.