Paralegal – Co-op Live

JIM - Jobs In Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment venue is seeking a Paralegal to join its legal team in Manchester. This role involves providing legal support for high-profile events, drafting contracts, and ensuring compliance. The successful candidate will work in a dynamic, creative environment, enhancing their legal expertise and making a significant impact.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employer pension scheme

Private Health Care scheme

Life Assurance

Eyecare vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

Company sick pay scheme

Enhanced family friendly benefits

Office fruit & snacks

Team social events

Qualifications

• Ambitious and detail-oriented.
• Knowledge of commercial contracts.
• Ability to provide clear legal advice.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts.
• Providing legal support across various matters.
• Ensuring corporate governance and compliance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Legal compliance

Contract negotiation

Risk management

Education

Experience as a Paralegal or interest in legal field

Job description

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About The Venue

Since opening our doors to up to 23,500 fans per show, Co-op Live continues to attract world-class talent and events, drawing comparisons to and surpassing the world’s greatest live entertainment venues in show programming, sound, fan experience, premium hospitality, food and beverage, and more. The UK’s largest live entertainment arena is driven by a dedicated team of music and live event lovers, passionate about offering every visitor, fan, artist, and partner an unrivalled experience, before, during and after every event, as well as giving back to our local community and our planet.

Partnership is at our heart, with Co-op Live excelling through meaningful alliances with the likes of naming rights partner Co-op, united by a joint vision to be the very best. The first venue in the UK for owners and operators Oak View Group (OVG), Co-op Live spearheads expansion into Europe and rest of world, a jewel in the crown of a globally renowned portfolio.

Role Purpose

Here at Co-op Live, we are seeking an ambitious and detail-oriented Paralegal to join our Legal team at our state-of-the-art venue in Manchester. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting the legal function behind some of the most exciting and high-profile events in the UK.

As a Paralegal, you’ll work closely with the Head of Legal to provide commercially focused legal support across a broad range of matters. From drafting and reviewing commercial contracts to helping ensure legal compliance and supporting on major projects, your contribution will help drive the smooth and secure operation of the venue.

Responsibilities

You’ll be at the heart of our legal operations, providing hands-on support across a wide range of commercial and contractual matters. You’ll be drafting, reviewing and negotiating everything from sponsorship and venue hire agreements to supplier contracts, NDAs, and IT/data agreements. Your work will involve offering clear, practical legal advice to internal stakeholders across the business, while also staying ahead of legislative and regulatory developments that may impact the live entertainment industry.

Beyond the legal fundamentals, you’ll help ensure good corporate governance, contribute to risk management efforts, support litigation and project work, and take ownership of contract administration processes. You’ll also play a key role in promoting consistency and best practice by developing templates and streamlined procedures that help drive legal efficiency and impact.

What Co-op Live Will Give To You

Alongside the benefit of working with an awesome team of talented people, we want to help you get the best out of your work and have a work life balance.

• Provide you with development opportunities and regular one to ones
• Key objectives for you to succeed in your role
• Your general wellbeing is at the forefront of our minds, we understand the importance of balancing work and personal commitments
• This is an office base role, it’s really important we work together to mobilise the biggest music and live entertainment arena in the UK
  
  

Salary: Up to £30,000 dependent on experience

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employer pension scheme
• Private Health Care scheme – Vitality
• Life Assurance 4 x basic salary
• Eyecare vouchers
• WeCare Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family 24hrs, 7 days per week when you need the service
• Company sick pay scheme
• Enhanced family friendly benefits
• Office fruit & snacks
• Team social events
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

At Co-op Live, we’re not just building a venue – we’re creating a community. We value diversity, inclusion and innovation, and are committed to making our workplace one where everyone can thrive. Whether you have experience currently as a Paralegal or looking into get into the legal field – we will help to develop and provide you with exciting opportunities.

This is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to complex, exciting legal work within a creative and fast-paced environment – with plenty of scope for learning and development.

Our Inclusion Commitments

Our venue is for the fans, the artists, everyone! Attracting a diverse workforce which reflects our local community is what will make our venue the best music venue in the UK!

We understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens ourpeople, improves ourservice, and raises ourexcellence. We are committed to creating a great place to work amplifying voices from all different backgrounds. There is something for everyone at Co-op Live, come and get involved.

If you do require any additional support or reasonable adjustments to support your application, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure you have everything you need. We will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the required skills necessary to fulfil the role.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

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