Training Contract Paralegal (12 Month FTC)

Confidential; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Busy International firm in London is seeking a Training Contract Paralegal with a secured August 2027 Training Contract to join the Risk team on an initial 12-month FTC, offering high-level work from day one.

The role involves managing the contract lifecycle, assisting with templates and supplier questionnaires, and coordinating with various Business Service teams to identify and capture contracts within the system. It also includes procurement matter intake and onboarding of new suppliers.

Qualifications

• Must have a Training Contract secured for August 2027 onwards.
• Excellent research skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong IT/computer skills including Microsoft Office and the ability to learn new systems.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with internal teams to promote the new contract management system (High Q).
• Assisting with updating templates and supplier questionnaires to capture relevant information for managing contracts.
• Working with Business Service teams to ensure current contracts are identified and captured in the system.
• Managing the upload of existing contracts to the system.
• Assisting with ongoing development of the contract management system and lifecycle processes (alerts for expiry/renewal/extension dates).
• Managing the procurement matter intake mailbox.
• Assisting with review of supplier questionnaires and onboarding of new suppliers.

Skills

Research skills

Attention to detail

Proactive learner

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Training Contract Paralegal

Busy International firm is looking to hire a risk paralegal who already has a Training Contract secured in August 2027 and beyond, to join their growing Risk team on an initial 12 month FTC. This role will be offering high-level work from day one, so candidates need to have strong education and work ethic and want to learn and develop prior to your TC starting.

• Salary up to £37,000
• Hybrid - 3 days in the office, 2 remote
• 9:30am-5:30pm office hours

In addition to having a Training Contract secured the firm is looking for paralegal applicants with the right attitude, aptitude and professionalism as with this being a high-level paralegal position the firm need the candidate to have the right levels of gravitas as you will have exposure to both internal and external key stakeholders plus will be getting involved in drafting and transactional work in addition to the general administrative paralegal duties.

Training Contract Paralegal - What You’ll Be Doing:

• Liaising with the relevant internal teams to promote the use of the new contract management system (High Q)
• Assisting with updating template(s) and supplier questionnaires to capture the relevant information for managing the supply chain contracts and basic details of the same
• Working with various Business Service teams across the Firm to ensure that all current contracts are identified and captured within the system
• Managing the upload of existing contracts to the system
• Assisting with the ongoing development of the contract management system and the process for how the contract lifecycle is maintained, tracked and communicated to the relevant Business Service teams (i.e. alerts for expiry/ renewal / extension dates / key change dates / notice triggers)
• The Management and administration of the procurement matter intake mailbox
• Assisting with the review of Supplier questionnaires and onboarding of new suppliers

Training Contract Paralegal - What We’re Looking For:

• Must have a Training Contract in place for August 2027 onwards
• Excellent research skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong IT/computer skills - Microsoft Office and able to learn new systems