Paralegal Consultant

Our client is seeking a Paralegal Consultant with a wealth of experience in contract management processes and architecture solution platforms to join their team for a focused 3-month contract. In this role, you’ll work directly with our legal team to ensure smooth case handling, accurate document management, and efficient legal support on a critical project.

If you’re detail-oriented, proactive, and ready to contribute meaningfully to our success, we’d love to have you on board 

What you’ll do:

The required resource will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:

• Implementation Planning and coordination with relevant teams.
• Develop a detailed project plan outlining milestones, timelines, and responsibilities.
• Oversee the migration of existing contracts to the new system.
• Conduct thorough data validation to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Customization and Configuration - Collaborate with selected vendor to customize the contract system based on legal team needs. Configure user access permissions, workflows, and approval processes.
• Document Management -Review and organize contracts within the system, ensuring they are correctly categorized and easily accessible.
• Assist in creating and maintaining a Clause library and Playbooks for various contracts.
• Training - Develop training materials and user guides and conduct training sessions to familiarize users with the new system.
• Testing and Quality Assurance - Participate and execute thorough testing to identify and resolve any system issues before full deployment.
• User Support and Issue Resolution - Provide continuous support for staff using the new system.
• Monitoring and Reporting - Monitor system performance and address any emerging issues.
• Generate regular reports on the effectiveness and efficiency of the contract management system.
• Establish a feedback loop for continuous improvement based on user input.

Your expertise:

• Minimum of 5 years working experience in the following areas:
  • Experience managing a contract management software
  • Commercial/Corporate experience in a large local law firm or an international law firm or in-house legal or relevant international company
  • Worked across diverse cultures and geographies
  • Experience in telecom environment or ICT/wholesale environment.
  • Experience in reviewing transactions involving the procurement, development, licensing and support of technology products and services, and intellectual property.

Competencies and key skills

• Legal Knowledge and Document management.
• Basic IT skills and experience with specific contract management systems or similar software.
• Project Management.
• Verbal and written communication skills:
  • Analytical skills
  • Adaptability and learning agility
  • Team Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

Qualifications required:

• 3 - 4 Year degree in Law (Bachelor of Laws) or relevant Undergraduate degree
• Master of Laws or relevant Master’s degree is advantageous

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Contract Position: 3 Months
• Location: Roodepoort - Hybrid