Legal Administration and Operations Paralegal

Summary

Join Zepz Group's high-performing Group Legal Team as a Legal Administration and Legal Operations Paralegal! Based in the UK, this role offers excellent exposure to various departments and strong growth opportunities. You will be the primary point of contact for NDA requests, support company secretarial activities, contribute to data privacy work, manage contract data, and assist with purchase orders and budget management. You will also review commercial contracts, lead legal operations projects, assist with brand protection, and perform ad-hoc tasks. This role requires experience with various technology platforms and strong organizational and communication skills. Zepz offers competitive benefits including unlimited annual leave, private medical cover, retirement plans, life assurance, and parental leave, along with a remote-first work environment.

Requirements

• Experience in developing and implementing workflows and process flows on a variety of technology platforms, including platforms similar to Jira/Atlassian, Ironclad and DocuSign, is essential
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise different workstreams in line with the needs of the Legal Team and wider business
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills: ability to build and maintain good working relationships both internally and externally at all levels
• Ability to work independently, but also a team player: fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration across different teams and departments

Responsibilities

• Be the the primary point of contact or escalation for all NDA requests
• Support on company secretarial activities e.g. preparing Board packs, assisting in the delivery of our entity management portfolio, monitoring of our shared company secretariat inbox
• Support on data privacy work e.g. support the automation of data privacy impact assessments
• Delivery of moving data points for each of our contracts into our contract management system
• Provide support in areas such as raising purchase order , budget management and other related administrative tasks
• Provide first and final reviews of commercial contracts and support on negotiations (e.g. SaaS, recruitment agreements, marketing services agreements), with appropriate supervision
• Lead on legal operation projects including automation of processes, assignment of matters to our team of in-house lawyers, updates and changes to existing technology platforms, rule writing; policy writing and implementation
• Assist with brand protection work
• Perform ad-hoc tasks to support the overall legal function

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent experience working with businesses in the Payments / Financial Services sector is desirable but not essential
• Previous legal experience obtained through study or previous work experience is desirable

Benefits

• Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!
• Private Medical Cover: ​​You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being
• Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future
• Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected
• Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible
• We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive