Paralegal

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status. 

About Us

Our teams are putting the world’s retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Legal Team as a Paralegal.

Reporting into a legal counsel, you will be accountable for providing legal support on commercial, procurement and transactional matters across the Ocado group. The right candidate will be someone who has worked in a similar role for a FTSE or similar company and is looking to continue to grow
their career as a Paralegal and gain experience working in an ambitious and fast paced environment like Ocado Group.

Furthermore, the right person will be someone who has a passion as a Paralegal in the exciting world of technology, is collaborative, proactive and can work at pace in order to meet the continued requirements for a busy and growing business.

Please Note: This position is located at our Head Office in Trident Place, Hatfield. We offer a hybrid work environment, requiring at least
two days in the office each week.

In this role, you will be

• Working collaboratively with stakeholders across the business;
• Demonstrates a pragmatic and customer focussed approach to risk management;
• Liaising and managing external counsel effectively from a delivery, risk and cost perspective (as required);
• Contributing to the development of the legal team’s strategy and proactively maintain and raise the profile of the  team by developing and taking forward team initiatives/objectives;
• Providing day-to-day advice to the business on the full range of commercial, technology and procurement law related issues;
• Staying abreast of changes to relevant law that may impact the business and support any change related activity; 
• Conducting legal research;
• Supporting on a variety of matters relevant to ongoing business projects;
• Developing and providing training and legal updates to the business on various areas of the law and regulatory matters; 
• Developing Ocado standard contract templates.  
• Occasionally assisting with general commercial litigation matters;
• Assisting other members of the Legal and Business Integrity department on various projects; and
• Supporting the team with administrative tasks, as required.

About you 

• You must have previous experience in a Paralegal role;
• You will have a Law degree or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) as well as completion of the Legal Practice Course;
• You will have knowledge of commercial and technology law with a desire to expand on expertise in this area; 
• Ideally you will have previous experience with an in-house legal team;
• Experience of working with technology organisations and/or engineering would be valued but not essential.

What we offer you

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy 
• Wellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)
• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)
• Generous Private Medical Insurance
• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary) 
• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete) 
• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices 
• Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices
• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes
• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees