When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.
You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.
At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.
IN-HOUSE PARALEGAL
As an In-House Paralegal at Kainos, you will be responsible for performing a variety of legal tasks and escalating issues where appropriate to support the Company in its business activities.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Negotiating, reviewing, and drafting contracts and commercial terms with customers and suppliers to reflect commercial deals.
• Ability to assist on a wide range of cross jurisdictional legal matters.
• Ability to research and upskill in new and developing areas of law.
• Ability to understand and implement commercial review process.
• Ability to understand and assess risk and provide pragmatic suggestions to address risk.
• Reviewing tender documentation and bid process across the public and private sectors.
• Ensure compliance with legal developments and recognises and raises legal compliance issues.
• Understanding and advising on legal aspects of Company policies and initiatives.
• Assisting Group General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and CFO as required.
ESSENTIAL Requirements:
· Licensed by the Law Society of Ontario to work as a paralegal in Ontario
· At least 3 years experience in a legal/commercial environment.
· Experience drafting contracts, along with excellent communication, and negotiation skills.
· Demonstrable general commercial/corporate law experience or IT law experience.
· Good commercial awareness and understanding of project and business.
· Ability to work with minimal supervision and escalate matters where necessary.
· Ability to work efficiently and prioritise your workloads in a fast-paced environment, delivering a high level of accuracy and attention to detail within tight timeframes.
· A self-starter who can work on their own initiatives with minimal supervision and escalate matters when necessary.
· Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with both staff and external stakeholders.
· We all work in teams here in Kainos – a proven ability of strong team skills, including taking direction from others, is crucial.
· Highly flexible, including willingness to work flexible hours at peak times.
· Concise, articulate, analytical and enthusiastic.
· Business and pragmatic focus approach to work with positive attitude.
· Conscientious, approachable, and credible.
DESIRABLE:
• Legal studies and/or business education at the university or college level
• Familiarity within some, or all, of the following areas of law: IT/IP, Procurement Law, commercial contracts to include drafting, reviewing, and/or negotiating IT contracts.
• Experience training and delegating to more junior staff.
So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together.
At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.
About Us
At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier. We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow.
Our two specialist practices, Digital Services and Workday, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day.
Our people love the exciting work, the cutting-edge technologies and the benefits we offer. That’s why we’ve been ranked in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies on numerous occasions.
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