Paralegal: Commercial & Affiliates (Durban North) at Aspen Pharma Group

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Core Legal Work:

• Specialised Aspen and Business Unit (“BU”) aligned general legal work in the Legal Team under guidance of the responsible Aspen Lawyer

Paralegal Expertise:

• Efficient and accurate paralegal expertise including drafting, first comments, file management, project and matter co-ordination, management of deliverables and reporting

Legal Management Administration:

• Efficient and accurate Legal practice management, electronic file creation and management, electronic document retention, contract management via the electronic Aspen Contract Library (ACL), electronic reporting and certain general administration including processing invoices

Cross Swimlane Projects:

• Meaningfully contribute and deliver ancillary legal work in Group Legal cross – swim lane projects, as allocated by the Group Executive: Legal

BU Allocated Responsibility:

• Group Legal BU Allocated Responsibility, including:
• Template creation, improvement and management
• From time-to-time BU administration allocated by the Group Executive: Legal

Group Legal BU KPI:

• Meet (or exceed) and manage Group Legal BU KPI

Aspen Values & personal Insights:

• Adopt and comply with the ways of working within the Aspen Group Legal BU, including specifically the Aspen Values and honest application of personal Insights® Profile (or similar from an Aspen Group service provider) to enhance interpersonal effectiveness

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Matric / Grade 12 and recognised professional paralegal qualification, or university degree or sound progress towards a university degree, which is preferable
• Registration with appropriate qualification body
• 3-5 years demonstrated experience in performing a senior legal secretary and or paralegal function, some of which has ideally been at an in-house legal department

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND REGISTRATIONS:

• Exposure to working with long, complex legal agreements essential
• Familiarity with legal terminology essential
• Relevant experience in a legal practice or corporate environment essential
• General commercial understanding and exposure
• Advanced legal sense; systems; pharma product knowledge and industry understanding an advantage