In-house Contract Paralegal
2 weeks ago
**Role Context**:
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities - changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.
This role is based in the in-house Contract Management team supporting global projects with professional contracting advice and services.
**Main Accountabilities**:
- Provide a responsive, professional and customer-focused contract management advisory service to a range of internal clients/stakeholders to support ongoing commercial opportunities
- Use in-house template documents to prepare appropriate agreements to meet business needs
- Check contractual documents and ensure that information is correct
- Comply with systems and procedures that are in place for storage and filing of contractual enquiries and documentation, to ensure an audit trail and compliance with contract retention policy.
- Be accountable for and manage own time and prioritise workload in a busy environment frequently handling conflicting priorities and timelines;
- Refer for additional support and guidance if required from other specialist internal teams
**Role Specific Knowledge & Experience required**:
- Knowledge and experience of contract management, contracting and related legal areas
- Knowledge of good practise programme/project management
- Understanding of UK contract law and statutory requirements
- Experience of effectively providing internal consultancy advice and support
- Track record of successful Customer service
- Competency across the range of IT systems and packages used by the business (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint etc).
**Further Information**:
**Pay Band**:Pay band 7 + Benefits Package which includes 32 days annual leave, Civil Service Pension, Annual Pay Award
**Contract Type**:Indefinite / Permanent role
**Location**:Hybrid working attached to any of our UK offices - London, Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh & Belfast
**Closing Date**:Sunday 8th January 2023 (23:59 UK time)
**Interviews**:Week Commencing 16th January 2023
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