Contract Operations Specialist

Elevate Legal Talent; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevate Legal Talent is seeking a Contract Administrator to join its legal team on an initial temporary basis, with the opportunity to become permanent. You will support the day-to-day operations of a busy legal team, triaging requests, ensuring documentation is complete, and preparing matters for review by external counsel.

This role focuses on contract administration and legal operations rather than negotiation or legal advisory work, offering exposure to commercial contracts, contract

Qualifications

• Experience in contract administration or legal operations.
• Familiarity with contract playbooks and approval processes.
• Strong organisational skills and prioritisation.
• Excellent attention to detail and documentation.
• Confident communicator with internal stakeholders.
• Experience with basic drafting using templates.
• Experience with CLM or contract repositories advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Triage incoming contract requests and manage the legal team's shared inbox.
• Review contract requests against playbooks to identify escalation needs.
• Ensure documentation is complete before contracts proceed for review.
• Liaise with sales to obtain outstanding paperwork and supporting information.
• Push back on incomplete submissions and guide stakeholders.
• Prepare and update standard contract documents using templates.
• Coordinate with external parties to obtain necessary documentation.
• Maintain accurate contract records in contract management systems.
• Support the legal operations process by preparing matters for escalation to external resources.
• Assist with reporting, document management and process improvement.

Skills

Contract administration

CLM systems

Drafting with templates

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Document management systems

Job description

Elevate Legal Talent is seeking a Contract Administrator to join its legal team on an initial temporary basis, with the opportunity to become permanent. You will support the day-to-day operations of a busy legal team, triaging requests, ensuring documentation is complete, and preparing matters for review by external counsel.

This role focuses on contract administration and legal operations rather than negotiation or legal advisory work, offering exposure to commercial contracts, contract