Paralegal and Administrator London, England
Job description
About Us
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centered care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
The Legal, Safeguarding and Donor Compliance Team is looking for a paralegal with excellent computer skills, heaps of initiative, and a passion for MSI’s mission. The role involves providing a high-level of legal and administrative support to the Team. MSI is fast-paced and very international: the incumbent will have an interesting and varied workload, and lots of responsibility. On a day-to-day basis, they can expect to liaise with all parts of the business, including its overseas programmes, as well as other members of the Team.
About You
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
To succeed in this role, you must have:
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:
- Excellent computer skills – must be highly proficient in Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage and maintain simple databases and online registers on Sharepoint
- Fast copy typing skills (60 wpm)
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Excellent grammar and spelling
- Ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload
- Attention to detail
- Ability to self-motivate and look for opportunities to make positive changes rather than simply to complete requested tasks
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following experience:
- Substantial experience producing and formatting documents, excel spreadsheets and PowerPoints, and in technology in general
- Exposure to company secretarial/governance issues (desirable)
- Paralegal experience (desirable)
- Experience working in an international environment or with people in developing countries (desirable)
- Experience in the not-for-profit sector (desirable)
- Experience working for a busy department (whether in an organisation or a law firm) in a paralegal, secretarial or administrative role (desirable)
Personal Attributes:
We seek exceptional individuals who are aligned to MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You must be a strong communicator, self-motivated and solutions-seeking, committed to driving social change in an environment that measures sustainable results and impact at an individual and global level. You must be able to work effectively with and across diverse teams and be comfortable with ambiguity.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:
For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.
Location: London Support Office (hybrid working).
Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday (UK contracted hours)
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £27,000 - £31,000 per annum for UK based candidates. Discretionary bonus + benefits.
Closing date: 20th March (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.
