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As a paralegal our client will need you to be motivated to support the continued business growth, resulting in increased demands on the legal department. This role will report to our Head of Legal and Data Protection and will be based on a remote/hybrid working arrangement. The paralegal will work with a team of motivated and passionate colleagues and key stakeholders.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

* Support all aspects of the end-to-end contract operations process for the business

* Draft and negotiate a wide range of customer and supplier/vendor agreements

* Support in the drafting and approvals of statement of work

* Collaborate with other members of the legal teams and work cross-functionally with other key stakeholders to resolve issues and find solutions

* Review and consider non-client contracts to understand risk

* Negotiate non-client contracts to obtain the best position for our client

* Obtain approvals for non-standard terms and conditions

* Create, improve, and implement applicable forms, templates, processes, and procedures to improve efficiency

* Responding to ad hoc queries

* Support process changes in alignment with stakeholders where needed and contribute to organisation and maintenance of contract repository

* Provide counsel to business operations regarding legal matters.

* Provide guidance to internal teams on industry-best legal standards for marketing, intellectual property, data protection etc

* Understanding, support, and enforcement of Legal guidelines and procedures

* Be organised, productive and consistent in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high-quality standards

* Liaise with stakeholders by providing regular updates as to the status of their legal matter via email, phone, and/or Teams

* Comply with all policies and procedures as set-out in our clients Information Security and Quality Management System – detailed roles, responsibilities and authorities can be found on the HR Hub

Skills & Experience

* UK undergraduate law degree, minimum bachelor’s degree in law, or equivalent along with significant post-qualification experience in law firm and/or in-house

* In-house and commercial experience is preferred

* Experience drafting and negotiating agreements is essential

* Ability to effectively manage a high volume of a wide range of projects

* Ability to independently create legal documents and work with tracked changes and version control in documents

* Team-oriented and collaborative.

* Excellent decision-making and communications skills, both written and oral

* Ability to think strategically and to formulate creative and practical legal business solutions is critical

* Must be capable of working at a high level both independently and collaboratively, as part of a team

* Must possess comprehensive computer skills including Microsoft Office.

* Ability to perform remote work professionally, confidentially, efficiently, and independently with minimal supervision

* Strong English writing, editing, negotiation, prioritisation skills are a must.

* Ability to perform work at Fareham Head Office would be required on a business needs perspective

This is a hyrid role, which will require working from our client's Head Office on a business needs prospective.

TAB Ltd are working on behalf of their client to source a candidate for this role