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SUMMARY
The Legal Specialist provides essential support to Elligo’s Legal Department and will partner with Elligo’s attorneys, Privacy Officer and Contracts team to assist with various legal and administrative tasks. This includes reviewing confidentiality agreements, drafting amendments and termination agreements, managing contract execution process, facilitating reviews in Elligo’s Privacy Office, supporting Elligo’s contract management and helping coordinate corporate governance matters.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Manages corporate legal documents from creation to completion, including approval and signature process.
- Manages corporate records and coordinates annual requirements for legal entities.
- Supports the Privacy Officer with investigations and privacy related matters.
- Drafts confidentiality agreements, termination agreements, legal notices and amendments with support of managing attorneys.
- Supports Contracts team with Salesforce tasks and general administration
- Coordinates with local counsel to draft and file documents for legal entities, as needed.
- Revises, updates and populates form legal documents such as master agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and amendments for review, approval and use by the Legal Department.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Understanding of legal language and principles, research methods, processes, and other related matters.
- Ability to work with functional groups and different levels of employees throughout an organization to identify quality solutions and effectively achieve business results..
- Proactive and timely follow-up skills including the ability to organize applicable department timelines and follow up with internal and external stakeholder needs as needed.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly, concisely, and effectively.
- Excellent organizational and prioritization skills including the advanced ability to effectively multi-task and manage time sensitive matters/documents.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven track record of building and maintaining solid relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently to complete tasks respond to department requests and collaborate with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify quality solutions.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, and to exercise discretion and good judgment.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and demonstrated proficiency with other Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint); ability to understand, adapt, and leverage technology to drive strategic and operational success.
- Advanced knowledge of Salesforce.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- This position requires a Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience. Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the education and experience stated above.
- Related experience is preferred.
- Advanced ability to effectively multi-task and manage time-sensitive matters/documents.
ENVIRONMENT
This is a remote position operating in a home-office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, printers, copiers, and phones.This position is requires no travel.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:
- Regularly work at a desk using a computer for prolonged periods.
- Perform repetitive motion with substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
- Regularly communicate via e-mail, telephone, chat, webcam (remote sessions such as MS Teams or Zoom), so others will understand and exchange accurate and timely information.
- Frequently stand/walk, grasp objects, and perform lightly/fine manipulation of objects.
- Occasionally move safely over uneven surfaces.
- Occasionally reach/work above shoulders, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 1 pounds.
ADDITIONAL
Elligo Health Research is a dynamic organization in a rapidly changing industry. Accordingly, the responsibilities associated with this job may change from time to time in accordance with business needs. More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job.
Rather, they are designed only to describe the general nature of the job.The incumbent must be flexible as there may be workweeks that require more than 40 hours to ensure the position’s expectations and responsibilities are met. Elligo Health Research is committed to a policy of equal employment and will not discriminate against an applicant or associate based on his or her age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, handicap, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or any other category protected under federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance. RequirementsThis position requires a Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience.
Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the education and experience stated above.Related experience is preferred. Advanced ability to effectively multi-task and manage time-sensitive matters/documents.
