Contracts Paralegal (Temp/Perm)

Job Description:-
This role will involve a combination of legal and administrative duties. You will be supporting the legal team by dealing with the bulk of the routine and day-to-day legal and administrative tasks so as to ensure the smooth running of the team and an effective allocation of work, in particular:-
* Proof reading large contracts and other legal documents
* Drafting legal documents
* Undertaking legal work such as searches, filing documents with Court and bundling
* Dealing with routine legal enquiries
* Research on case law, legal precedents, marketing and sector issues
* Assisting in data room management
* Word processing and amending legal documents and letters
* Booking travel and diary management (as required)
* Record keeping in relation to external legal resource, policies and procedures
* File management - where physical files are held, taking responsibility for filing and maintaining the files in a good order. Where electronic files are held, ensuring that all documents are scanned to the correct location and labelled accordingly
* Printing and binding documents and arranging other documents to be enclosed with letters
* Answering the telephone and taking messages or dealing with enquiries where appropriate
* In conjunction with team members, checking the billing from external legal resource against estimates
* Ensuring a quality service and compliance for all matters in accordance with agreed standard policies.

Experience and Qualifications:-
* Strong communication skills are required for this role, particularly over the telephone
* Excellent word processing, formatting and document creation skills
* Strong IT skills with an in depth understanding of MS365 suite including SharePoint, Outlook & Word is desirable. A good understanding of Excel is helpful too
* Some previous experience of working within a legal environment is helpful but not essential
* Well organised with the ability and desire to work within a fast paced environment with tight deadlines
* A law degree would be desirable but if not then a good legal background knowledge is required.
* An ability to think innovatively within a commercial context would also be beneficial

***Fantastic salary on offer for this role!

This role is ideally a temp to perm opportunity whereby you will join the company on a 3 or 6 month initial contract and then if all goes well then this is likely to be made permanent. Plus, for the right candidate there is the potential to develop within the organisation, take on more responsibility in terms of legal work and even pursue a legal training via this company to become qualified within the legal field.

This could be a fantastic opportunity for someone looking for a career in the legal field with an interest in energy/the environment.

Badenoch & Clark is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Badenoch & Clark is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a registered Disability Symbol User.