Paralegal - Contract Role

3 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa LexisNexis Legal & Professional Full time

Do you enjoy creating engaging legal content for publication?Are you looking for an exciting editorial role?

Join us in shaping a more just world.

**About Us**

LexisNexis, a part of RELX, is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information. We help customers increase productivity and improve decision-making and outcomes. Our 10,500 experts and innovative tools help us shape a better world for our customers and communities.

About the Role

In this role, you will be helping to provide legal practical guidance and market insight. You will be reviewing documents, undertaking legal research, drafting content, and contributing to the smooth running of the LexisAsk and current awareness service.

**Responsibilities**
- Reviewing new and existing content for quality and legal accuracy, and making recommendations for process improvements
- Monitoring of developments and inputting information to maintain trackers of consultations, cases and dates
- Drafting practical guidance content (e.g. FAQs, practice notes, precedents, trackers, checklists, trackers etc.)
- Collaborating with external authors regarding externally written content
- Arranging and taking notes at Editorial Board and other meetings and liaising with attendees where required
- Drafting replies to queries from customers within a specified response time
- Supporting the development and implementation of initiatives to grow and improve the current awareness offering

**Requirements**:

- Have a degree in Law, or equivalent experience
- Demonstrate an eye for detail and a quality oriented focus. Be able to demonstrate excellent research and writing skills
- Have a good understanding of legal issues, procedures and content types
- Be able to think creatively, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work to strict deadlines
- Be able to communicate influentially and effectively to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders
- Be a natural, innovative problem solver, able to collaborate with your team to resolve issues
- Have an understanding of, and willingness to use, social media and new technology

**Work in a way that works for you**

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees

**Working with Us**

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Together, we are building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

**Working for you**

We believe in a healthy work/life balance. We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

- Comprehensive, multi-carrier health plan benefits
- Disability insurance
- Dependent care and commuter spending accounts
- Life and accident insurance
- Retirement benefits (salary investment plan/employer stock purchase plan)
- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy

**About our Team**

LexisNexis is a data and analytics company with 10,500 colleagues serving customers in more than 150 countries. We’re one of the largest information and analytics companies on the planet. We design solutions that help our customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and be more successful.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)

**Location**:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng (required)



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