Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Ovarro Full time

Ovarro is a company with real purpose. Our RTUs and SCADA have underpinned critical infrastructure for over 40 years and our leak detection portfolio is helping to drive towards a global sustainable future. To enable this we need team members who fully live our OneTeam value which is at the heart of everything we do at Ovarro. We now looking for a **Legal Assistant **to join the Legal Team.

This role is focused on assisting the Legal Team in providing commercial and contractual support to the Ovarro group of companies; your work will involve commercial and contractual matters but will also cover supporting wider risk management issues including governance and process issues, data protection and other areas typical of the work of in-house legal teams.

**Responsibilities**:

- Dealing with a variety of queries from colleagues and customers ensuring responses within agreed timescales
- Liaising with colleagues to support the management of different legal projects
- Assisting with general legal matters that affect the organisation
- Supporting the legal department by managing efficient legal document filing system
- Drafting, checking, and amending a range of contractual documents and policies
- Performing legal research on a variety of issues and writing research memoranda
- Supporting organisation’s compliance activities
- Liaising with external service providers

**Experience**:

- Basic understanding of contract and intellectual property law
- Prior administrative experience in a legal environment is preferable
- Previous experience in drafting and reviewing legal document

Skills and Attributes:

- Strong literacy skills and confidence in using Microsoft office programmes
- Displays a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Ability to track and prioritise a large and varied workload in a demanding environment
- Excellent organisational skills
- A proactive, professional and self-motivated approach to work
- Keen to develop over a period of time with a willingness and ability to learn
- Team player who can collaborate with different functions effectively and professionally at all levels

Knowledge/Education:

- Either a graduate (ideally in law) or a paralegal with a good secondary education
- Basic knowledge of contract and intellectual property law
- Previous experience in drafting and reviewing legal documents

Ovarro recognise the need for a diverse workforce and we are committed to equal opportunities in employment.

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