We love pets - which is why we’re on a mission to make the world a better place for pets and their parents. We offer pet insurance policies with generous pet health benefits that are designed with their needs in mind. We’ve helped half a million pets stay happy and healthy since 2017 - and many more customers throughout the world are joining us every day. Our company is respectful, fun-loving and passionate about pets and their wellbeing. Throughout our business you'll meet people who think differently, aim for impact, and love to try new things. Want to join our pack? Join us. Love every moment. Love ManyPets.
This is a rare opportunity for someone with a demonstrable interest in Law to develop their legal career, within our in-house legal team.
We are looking for a self-motivated Paralegal to help us ensure the smooth running of our team. This is a varied role, so you could be involved in anything from reviewing a range of contracts, helping on the company secretarial side, assisting on share options or presenting back on legal updates and changes in practice. This is a fantastic role for someone looking to learn too, as you'll have plenty of scope for both personal and professional development from both our General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel.
Your Focus- Collating, indexing, storing and updating contracts so that accessible in one place by:
- Filing documents in the central Legal filing system
- Working with Procurement on storing documents in Procurement's contract management system
- Ensuring contracts are correctly authorised and signed
- Reviewing and marking up contracts
- Drafting emails to colleagues, suppliers and customers
- Managing contract expiries e.g., NDAs
- Helping teams to note key deadlines e.g., upcoming filing deadlines such as Confirmation Statements
- Companies House filings
- Conducting legal research e.g., Companies Act
- Keeping us up to speed with legal developments e.g., new legislation relevant to the business
Here are a few of the skills we are looking for in this position. Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box as it’s important for us to support you in your role and help you to develop along the way.
- You have an amazing eye for detail!
- You enjoy doing research and can present your findings in a way that will assists the Legal team
- Your friends describe you as being self-motivated - and you'll be the sort of person who Is comfortable working in a fast-paced culture
- Youl have great written communication and strong inter-personal skills, so you can build rapport quickly with people across the business.
- You'll have an interest in Commercial Law - this may be displayed through qualifications but if you can demonstrate your interest in another way, we'd still love to hear from you.
- You'll have some knowledge of how contracts work - and want to learn more about them.
- Previous commercial work experience (in any sector) would be highly beneficial - Ideally, you'll be used to working in a commercial environment like ours.
- You'll be comfortable using Office 365 (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel), relevant AI tools, and it would be handy if you've used Slack before too.
On a typical day you’ll be working from a laptop with a screen, mouse, keyboard, and headset. You’ll be meeting your colleagues on Zoom and keeping in touch regularly via email and Slack too – we’d expect you to be using your computer for around seven hours a day. We’d ask that you have a distraction-free work area and a reliable internet connection with a speed of 25Mbps so you can work effectively. We’ll make sure you have the right home set-up that supports you in the role by providing best-in-class technology, money towards a desk, and vision support.
Inclusion at ManyPetsWe promise to give you the same opportunities as everyone else and we won’t discriminate against you at any point in the process. This includes how we source talent, our interview process, our conditions of employment (including pay) and feedback. If you'd like to read more about this, please download our Approach to Inclusion policy.
Reasonable adjustments and supportIf you need any help, support, or advice at any point during the hiring process please email [email protected]. If you want to ask any questions or request an adjustment, please let us know and we'll do what we can to flex our approach.
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