Paralegal

SFG20; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + Bank holidays + buy up to 5 days

Private Medical insurance with BUPA

Remote/Hybrid first policy

Employee Assistance programme with WeCare

Enhanced statutory payments

Gym Discounts

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Paralegal to join their dynamic legal team. This role is pivotal in managing contracts, ensuring compliance, and supporting the seamless delivery of innovative building maintenance solutions. You will engage with various stakeholders, mitigate legal risks, and contribute to developing standardized legal processes. If you have a strong legal background and a passion for safeguarding contractual relationships, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking organization that prioritizes safety and quality of life in the built environment.

Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent preferred, or extensive experience in contract management.
• Proven experience in legal advisory or related roles, preferably in SaaS or B2B.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing, negotiating, and amending commercial contracts including NDAs and MSAs.
• Ensuring contracts comply with laws and regulations, including GDPR.

Skills

Contract Management

Legal Advisory

Negotiation Skills

Attention to Detail

Commercial Awareness

Education

Law Degree (LLB)

Equivalent Qualification

Tools

Contract Management Software

Job description

About Us

SFG20 is the industry standard for building maintenance, providing services and pioneering technologies that empower people to create and sustain safer buildings. Our mission is simple: to make buildings better using our standard, software, and expertise. Our vision is to become the leading authority for built environment maintenance that protects and enhances quality of life.

About the Role

The Paralegal will play a crucial role in safeguarding our contractual relationships, ensuring compliance, and enabling the seamless delivery of our pioneering technologies and services. By managing agreements and mitigating legal risks, this role helps empower safer buildings and reinforces our vision as the leading authority in built environment maintenance.

• Legal team: Assisting the Head of Legal in providing day-to-day legal support to the company; point of contact for business colleagues; providing answers to legal queries.
• Contract Review and Negotiation: Reviewing, negotiating, and amending commercial contracts including NDAs, MSAs, supplier contracts, and service-level agreements.
• Drafting: Creating and maintaining standard contract templates including standard terms, statements of work, NDAs, and MSAs.
• Bid support: Advising and supporting sales and marketing teams during bids, RFPs, and tenders.
• Risk Management: Identifying contractual risks and proposing mitigation strategies to protect the organisation’s interests.
• Legal and Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring contracts comply with applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR and other data protection legislation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborating with sales, procurement, finance, and other departments to facilitate contract execution and ensure legal compliance while achieving business objectives.
• Contract Management: Assisting in the creation and maintenance of a centralised contract repository, tracking key contract milestones, change control and assignment provisions, monitoring renewal dates, and managing terminations.
• Process and Policy Development: Assisting and/or leading in the creation and improvement of standardised contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and legal processes to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Dispute Resolution Support: Providing preliminary support and advice on contract disputes and assisting in resolving contractual disagreements.
• Legal Research and Advisory: Keeping up to date with changes in contract law, commercial regulations, and industry best practices to provide informed guidance to the business.

Essential Experience

• Law degree (LLB) or equivalent qualification preferred, or extensive experience in a similar contract management role within a legal function.
• Proven experience in contract management, legal advisory, or a related role, preferably within a SaaS, technology, or B2B environment.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to interpret complex legal documents.
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously.
• Ability to convey complex legal concepts in a clear, business-friendly manner to stakeholders at all levels.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance competing priorities.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with contract management software and legal technology solutions is desirable.
• Qualified lawyer.
• Strong understanding of UK commercial contract law and SaaS agreements.

Additional Information

All candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. We are unfortunately not able to offer sponsorship. Documentary evidence will be required.

All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks.

Our Benefits:

• 26 days holiday + Bank holidays + buy up to 5 days
• Private Medical insurance with BUPA
• Remote/Hybrid first policy
• Employee Assistance programme with WeCare
• Enhanced statutory payments
• Gym Discounts
• and more!

Equal Opportunities for Everyone

Diversity and inclusion are our priorities, and we’re ensuring we have lots of support so our people can grow at SFG20 and do their best work! We embrace diversity by fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, and able to bring their whole self to work. We’re an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity, or disability status.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.