Overview
The organization is seeking a Senior Paralegal to support and coordinate legal services on complex and/or high-value matters for assigned business units or projects. This role provides advanced expertise with minimal supervision from a legal attorney, ensuring transactions and activities are legally sound and aligned with organizational mission, authority, policies, and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Provide advanced paralegal support and coordinate legal services on complex and/or high-value matters.
- Support assigned business units or projects by ensuring legal work is consistent with internal policies, procedures, and organizational mission.
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to meet organizational needs with high efficiency and effectiveness.
- Articulate relevant legal concepts and internal policies/procedures to others.
- Support legal liability and risk management by maintaining a solid understanding of legal liability concepts.
- Navigate complex project structures, relationships, and situational factors.
- Work with the legal team to acquire and protect conservation real property.
- Review grant agreements for funds supporting protection work.
- Draft and revise contracts for implementing nature-based solutions to climate change.
- Partner with preserve staff to help ensure preserve activities function safely and smoothly.
- Perform legal research using the Internet and other legal resources.
- Draft, revise, and manage complex legal documents and transactions, including real estate agreements and/or grant agreements.
- Use organizational technology and tools to support legal and administrative work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of combined legal and administrative experience OR equivalent qualifications acquired through coursework and/or related job experience that demonstrates:
- (i) the assumption of significant responsibilities for supporting and coordinating complex or specialized legal work, and
- (ii) ability to engage in legal analysis.
- Experience drafting and revising complex legal documents and transactions, including real estate agreements and/or grant agreements.
- Critical thinking and communication skills.
- Writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Experience conducting research on the Internet and in other legal resources.
- Experience with MS Office, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, iManage, and other relevant technology.
Preferred Qualifications
- Commercial transactional legal experience, including familiarity with both real estate and corporate legal concepts and due diligence.
- Location within the Southeastern U.S. (preferred), working closely with legal team members based primarily in that region.
Compensation & Benefits
- Hourly position with a starting pay range generally within $50,000 – $80,000 annually.
- This range applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA.
- Actual pay within the range will be based on factors including candidate location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience (geographic location will be confirmed during recruitment).
Benefits include:
- Health care benefits
- Flexible spending accounts
- A 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match
- Parental leave
- Accrued paid time off
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Employee assistance program
- Other life and work well-being benefits
Location
- Location within the Southeastern U.S. is preferred; the role will work closely with legal team members based primarily in that region.