Paralegal

**Overview**:
Assist the head of legal to give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics (labor law, partnerships, mining, explosives, international ventures, corporate finance and commercial contract law.

**Qualifications**:

- Admitted Attorney or appropriate legal qualification

**Experience**:

- 3 years demonstrated experience as a paralegal
- 3 years demonstrated drafting of commercial agreements experience

**Advantageous Requirements**:

- Experience in mining

**Duties**:

- Collaborate with management to devise efficient legal defence strategies
- Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operational processes
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relationships of trust
- Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights are protected
- Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and external parties
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization
- Conduct your work with integrity and responsibility
- Maintain current knowledge of developments in legislation across multiple jurisdictions

**Job Competencies**:
**Job Related Skills**:

- Proven experience as a Legal Counsel in business environment or law firm
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
- Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information
- Outstanding communication skills

**General Competency Requirements**:

- Conflict Management - Essential
- Integrity and Trust - Essential
- Problem Solving - Essential
- Drive for Results - Essential

**General**:
**Role impacts**:

- Administration Efficiency
- Customer satisfaction (internal & external customers and suppliers)
- Attention to detail
- Proactive
- Organisational skills and good time management

**Key Relationships**:

- Head of legal
- Executive Team
- Customers
- Support Teams
- Operations
- Any other stakeholder as may be deemed important and relevant from time to time