We are hiring a Paralegal to support effective sales enablement, through the administration of contractual and legal documents and processes. You will play a key role in supporting the day-to-day commercial sales legal operations of the company. You will take ownership of key internal systems and documentation processes, assist in the refinement of existing procedures, and maintain the integrity of our contract and legal document repository.
This fixed-term contract has been created to support a customer migration project.
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What you'll do
- Review existing customer contracts to highlight custom clauses, including break clauses and termination rights.
- Administrative assistance to the Head of Legal, and Head of Marketing and Sales including: Docusign, mail merge, filing, complete master approval forms, meeting organisation, phone calls, and fielding correspondence.
- Maintain up-to-date record keeping for the selected project cohort, including a status update and next steps.
- Use the CRM to produce progress reports and document ongoing contract negotiations.
- Be the initial point of contact for any contract negotiation points that are raised from customers.
- Systems Review & Process Improvement – evaluate existing legal and sales processes and workflows; recommend and implement improvements to enhance efficiency and compliance.
- Maintain and manage the central contract repository, ensuring all documentation is accurately stored, indexed, and easily retrievable.
- Attend internal and external meetings to represent legal and commercial matters where required.
- Assist in the preparation, review, and editing of legal documents under supervision.
Your typical week may look like:
For the first three months the role mostly will involve:
- Reviewing our legal contracts and providing a summary of customer specific clauses (15% moving to 5%)
- Administrative assistance to the Legal and Commercial Department including: Docusign, mail merge, filing, meeting organisation, phone calls, and fielding correspondence (25%)
- Development and maintenance of a comprehensive filing system for legal and commercial documents (e.g. contracts, NDAs and correspondence with other parties) (10%)
- Evaluate existing legal processes and workflows; recommend and implement improvements to enhance efficiency and compliance. (25%)
- Template Management (15%)
Your key relationships in this role
Person/Team****Nature of relationshipHead of LegalLine managerHead of Marketing and SalesDepartment lead/key business partnerDirector of Legal and CommercialSMT Lead
You will need
- A Legal Assistant with a law degree or paralegal qualification (e.g. CILEX, LPC/SQE or equivalent) preferred
- Previous experience in an in-house legal team or law firm, ideally within the technology or data sector
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, familiar with electronic document management and filing systems
- Ability to review contracts and summarise key provisions
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion
- Comfortable working independently within a small team environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong interpersonal skills adaptable to different personalities
- Familiarity with contract lifecycle management and legal document management systems
- Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook etc
What's in it for you
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Hybrid working including a 4 day week!
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Private healthcare after probation
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Gender neutral “Parenternity” leave for welcoming a child to the world
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Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health Cover
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Monthly social events organised by our Social Committee
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Open lines of communication throughout the business – your voice matters!
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Regular Employee Forum meetings to gather suggestions from the business on making ElectraLink an even better place to work
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Training and development opportunities
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Exciting, innovative and fast moving company which is growing
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High challenge, high support working environment
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