ParalegalLegal Assistant contract to hire
ParalegalLegal Assistant contract to hire
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Job Description
Description:
Hybrid Position: Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday Onsite
Ideal Candidate:
- Understanding contracts
- Communication skills
- Organized
The NDA Compliance Paralegal is primarily responsible for supporting OCs Intellectual Property protection program by managing the global process of receiving requests for and executing the companys NonDisclosure Agreements (NDA). The successful candidate will also collaborate with the Contract Administrator paralegal and across Legal Operations to support compliance with OCs Levels of Authority Policy and related controls. The successful candidate will be expected to continuously identify opportunities to improve processes that promotes and ensures pragmatic effective efficient and sustainable NDA and contract management processes.
This position reports to the Director of Global Compliance.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Work closely with the legal team to review draft and negotiate NDAs
- Deliver exceptional customer service to internal partners teams and customers
- Utilize various tools that support the receiving processing and execution of NDA requests including Icertis Contract Management MS Office and any new technologies that improve efficiency
- Develop and revise timelines procedures and training that support compliance with the NDA process including when why and how NDAs are used
- Define analyze and monitor performance metrics to ensure accurate efficient and timely processing of NDA requests
- Coordinate and gather information materials documents and reports which are necessary to respond to inquiries
- Assist in training and advising regional partners to ensure global compliance of NDA and contract administration
- Utilize workflow tools to obtain appropriate corporate approvals and ensure intended OC signer is authorized
- Assist and support the review of saleside (commercial) contracts and record key terms in the Contract Management system
- Assist and support the review buyside (sourcing) contract record data pertaining to OCs internal signature authority policy (Levels of Authority) for accuracy and assist sourcing team to address errors
- Assist employees in their understanding of the Levels of Authority Policy
- Track and remediate policy and process violations as appropriate
- Assist in maintaining a database for Powers of Attorney and Delegations of Authority
- Assist in periodic audits to verify that all required contracts are in the Contract Management system and in compliance with corporate policy; ensure timely remediation of failures identified during audit testing
- Prepare reports metrics correspondence and memoranda as identified needed and required
- Collaborate with the Global Compliance team in corporate policy management and various other compliance efforts as a member of Global Compliance Operations
- Work with and occasionally take on additional tasks as needed by Legal Operations
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Education & Experience:
- Postsecondary paralegal certification/ degree or 5 Years equivalent paralegal experience required
- Bachelors degree Preferred
- Project Management Preferred
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- General knowledge of legal terminology and principles.
- Expertise using contemporary office technology equipment and applications including SaaS/Cloud systems Microsoft 365 (Word Excel Outlook Access etc.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize technical information to make independent decisions and make recommendations to attorneys and internal customers.
- Expertise in legal research and analyzing and reviewing legal documents resulting in an error free product.
- Demonstrated ability to timely create and execute action plans across multiple projects.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written.
- Demonstrated ability to provide high level support to various stakeholders across a heavily matrixed global organization.
Personal Characteristics:
- High ethics and integrity
- Exceptional attention to detail required
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and high ethical standards
- Exceptional English communication skills both orally and in writing
- Strong organizational skills and ability to organize and prioritize workload
- Ability to handle highstress situations
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective team collaboration and working relations with others
- Flexibility to work beyond normal business hours when necessary
- Ability to communicate effectively with sr. leaders as well as inside and outside counsel.
Employment Type
Full Time
