The Senior Paralegal assists Corporate Service attorneys in providing highly specialized legal services on complex and/or high value matters to advance TNC priorities and appropriately manage risk.
With minimal supervision from a TNC attorney, the Senior Paralegal provides an advanced level of expertise to support and coordinate legal services on complex and/or high value matters for the Legal Corporate Service team, ensuring that transactions and activities are legally sound and consistent with TNC’s mission, authority, policies, and procedures. The Senior Paralegal applies advanced knowledge and skills to serve organizational needs in a highly efficient and effective manner. They are able to effectively articulate relevant legal concepts and internal policies and procedures to others. They have a solid understanding of the concept of legal liability and risk management.
RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
- Supports and coordinates regulatory compliance filings
- Ensures legal commitments, TNC policies and procedures, and legal requirements are met and managed for compliance.
- Collects and manages official corporate legal files, in electronic and paper form.
- Drafts and revises complex legal documents for review by attorney.
- Independently drafts well-written memoranda, correspondence, and transaction documents and revises as necessary.
- Independently interacts and coordinates with assigned business unit staff and outside parties.
- Provides guidance and training to less experienced paralegals, legal support staff, and volunteers.
- May assist TNC attorneys in trainings for legal and business unit staff.
- plus 4 years of combined legal and administrative experience OR equivalent qualifications acquired through coursework and/or related job experience that demonstrates assumption of significant responsibilities for supporting and coordinating complex or specialized legal work.
- Advanced experience conducting research on the Internet and in other legal resources.
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, SharePoint and any other relevant technology.
- Advanced experiece drafting legal documents.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural experience appreciated.
- Relevant legal experience, such as:
- Non-profit charitable solicitation procedures,
- Regulatory compliance,
- Contracts administration,
- Experience with non-profit clients,
- Transactional experience.
- Experience with accounting/financial issues and analysis.
The salary range for this position is $56,500 - $57,000.