Paralegal, UK London, England
Job description
We are Multiverse, a tech scaleup with a social mission. We’re creating a diverse group of future leaders by building an outstanding alternative to university and corporate training, through the power of professional apprenticeships.
We’re one of the fastest-growing businesses in Europe and rapidly expanding in North America, working with over 500 clients including Facebook, KPMG, Morgan Stanley and the NHS. In June 2022, we broke the EdTech funding record (again!) by announcing our $220m Series D, making Multiverse the UK’s first ever EdTech unicorn.
Join us on our journey to democratising access to the best careers and learning opportunities.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic paralegal to join our global legal team, working closely with different teams, such as Privacy, InfoSec, Business Operations, Finance and more. On a daily basis, you will be helping to ensure efficient service delivery across our legal functions, which include: Go To Market support, procurement contracting, corporate legal matters, consumer and B2B marketing, and product counselling.
In return, you’ll get the chance to take your career to the next step by joining one of the fastest-growing scale-ups in Europe. If you have good knowledge of commercial law, Ironclad or another contract management system, CRM software and document management, with a desire to work in a constantly evolving business, we’d like to meet you!
Reporting directly to the UK Legal Director, you will help to build a robust contractual ecosystem and provide broad commercial support to teams across the business.
This role will include:
Formatting, collating and archiving contracts with appropriate structure and metadata
Acting as the business owner of Ironclad workflows, design and contract renewal/upgrades with vendors based on team input
Owning and delivering projects to ensure compliance with relevant tender processes and ESFA regulations, working closely with GTM colleagues
Helping to shape and implement the Multiverse legal wiki and other internal resources
First pass review of NDAs, supplier terms and other types of contracts
Assisting the General Counsel and Legal Directors with first-pass client contract review in line with rubric/playbook of acceptable positions and red lines
Advising staff on ad hoc requests regarding our contract management tools, Ironclad and Docusign, including regular training
Supporting the Multiverse procurement function
Collaborating with compliance and finance team colleagues to ensure alignment and proper documentation across the business
Drafting and updating internal policies and procedures and ensuring other departments fulfil requirements
Identifying and implementing tools and automations for click-through signature and archiving
The right candidate:
Experience supporting a small but critical in-house legal team using relevant tools and practices
Comfortable managing critical and confidential information
Ability to plan, organise and prioritise tasks and projects
Ability to remain calm, controlled and resilient in a constantly innovating business
Energised by bringing organisation to complex structures
Passion for making colleagues roles’ easier by solving administrative matters
Clear and concise communication skills
Great collaborator who can build relationships across all functions in the organisation
Ability to provide clear and practical advice and support with a high degree of professionalism
Understanding of GDPR and enthusiasm for policies and compliance regimes
Benefits:
Time off - 27 days holiday, plus 6 additional days off: 1 life event day, 2 volunteer days and 4 company-wide wellbeing days
Health & wellbeing - private medical Insurance with Bupa, a medical cashback scheme, life insurance, and access to Spill - all in one mental health support
Hybrid & remote working - weekly or monthly visits to the London office
Equity - every Multiverse employee has ownership in the business through equity options
Team fun - weekly socials and regular offsite events
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
We’re an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. This will never change.
Safeguarding:
All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service ("DBS") for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.
