Contracts Paralegal

Job Title: Contracts Paralegal
Department: Legal
Location: 1360 Portland Avenue
Hours Per Week: 40
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm


SUMMARY

The Paralegal performs a variety of Legal Department duties including, but not limited to, drafting documents for review, revising corporate policies, revising and maintaining template forms, maintaining legal files (electronic and paper), assisting with governance and corporate tasks, conducting legal research, maintaining legal matters, document and billing databases, and writing reports. Works with highly confidential and/or complex material. Interacts with other internal/external customers who include senior executives, outside law firm attorneys, paralegals and personnel, consultants, etc.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Processing and triaging incoming correspondence and exercising judgment with respect to urgency, confidentiality, and relative importance.
• Maintaining and filing corporate records.
• Coordinating and receiving board and committee signatures for documents and materials.
• Creating documents related to new corporate entity formations.
• Providing contract support for standard corporate agreements, including physician contracts.
• Providing support for documents and activities related to corporate restructurings, such as mergers, formations, and dissolutions.
• Working with other members of the legal team on special projects and initiatives.
• Overseeing the contract process, including planning, collaboration, negotiation, and execution.
• Assisting in conducting legal research.
• Drafting and managing litigation holds.
• Obtaining due diligence materials.
• Maintaining electronic/computer databases, paper files, and records, retrieves information as necessary and may create financial, statistical, narrative, and/or other reports as requested.
• Coordinating performance of legal services by outside counsel and communicating directly with same.
• Communicating directly with local, state, and federal elected officials regarding matters of interest to RRH.
• Communicating with and providing support to RRH Board members, including preparing agendas for board meetings, uploading all necessary documentation to the portal in advance of board meetings and drafting minutes of meetings.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies, Litigation Paralegal Students, Legal Studies, Criminal Justice, Business Law, or Business Administration with a Legal Focus, or a Paralegal Certificate by an institution approved by the American Bar Association, or at least four years of paralegal experience in a law firm or in a legal department is required.
  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Excellent communication and organization abilities.
• Strong research and report-generating skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Strong analytical skills.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: S - Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

PAY RANGE: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00

Salary : $70,000 - $90,000