Paralegal at Macmillan Education

Job title:                             Paralegal

Department:                       Legal

Salary:                                Market related

Reporting to:                      Head of Legal and Compliance

Reference number:            LCA/MSA/200420

Purpose of the Job:

Macmillan Education South Africa is seeking to appoint an experienced professional with excellent legal technical abilities to the position of a Paralegal to provide support in the legal, compliance and company secretarial functions of the company,

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (legal subjects) or National Diploma – Paralegal
• Minimum 2-3 years drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
• Strong commercial legal experience and background with a focus on Company law, Contract law and Commercial Litigation
• Good knowledge and practical experience with respect to the administration, governance and compliance issues of Companies act 2008
• Exposure to Competition law will be advantage
• High attention to detail
• Good problem solving skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• High level of integrity and professionalism
• Ability to function under pressure
• Strives for excellence
• Solutions oriented
• Highly organised and goal driven.
• Confidentiality and high ethical standards are integral qualities


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Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing and drafting of agreements such as joint ventures, non-disclosure agreements, sales agreements, SLAs, lease agreements, MOU, confidentiality agreements and procurement contracts.
• Drafting minutes of meetings and resolutions and keeping records in accordance with statutory requirements
• Conduct research on legal related policies and acts and distil and communicate its impact on the business.
• Promoting awareness of policies throughout the business.
• Boards and Subcommittee Administration including scheduling Board meetings, preparing agendas and minutes, liaising with board and subcommittee members, sending out notices and board and meeting packs, preparing and circulating resolutions for consideration, signature and record.
• Management related to Executive Committee and Executive Management Committee, includes preparing agendas and minutes, liaising with committee members, organising meetings, and preparing monthly progress reports.
• Preparing invoices for payment.
• Managing administration relating to firms of external attorneys.
• Identifying, indexing, storing and managing vital documents.
• Contract management from inception i.e. receipt of instruction, to storage and life of contract.
• Drafting contracts from precedents.
• Preparing legal and compliance reports and registers.
• Organising training.
• Following up to ensure training priorities met.
• Liaising with external company secretaries.
• Maintaining company records.
• Maintaining and updating schedules of company information.