Our client a prestigious Insurance Organisation require a Paralegal to join them on an initial 6-month interim role with the likelihood of extension. You will work with their highly regarded in-house legal team based in London.

Your main responsibilities will be as follows:

As a member of a small team of paralegals:

• Monitoring the legal team mailbox into which potential personal data incidents are reported in accordance with the IT Security Policy

• Negotiating NDAs (confidentiality agreements) where clients require them

• Reviewing and negotiating data protection agreements which are required by clients to reflect the organisations responsibilities under the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"). This includes ensuring that:

• the provisions are reasonable

• the provisions are appropriate to the nature of the data processing (the business may be a processor, an individual controller or a joint controller in different circumstances); and

• The organisations liability is appropriately limited.

• Conducting and circulating ad hoc legal research

• Gathering documents for and conducting file reviews

• Reviewing case files and documents in connection with claims or litigation

• Marking up standard legal documents

• Updating and generating reports from a matter management system;

• Assisting and working with the legal team with ad hoc analysis and management reports

• If candidate has language skills: adhoc translations for internal use.

  The Requirements

  Law degree and ideally LPC, with a desire to pursue a legal career in the consultancy or insurance sector. Former paralegal experience within a financial services environment would be helpful, as would knowledge of the GDPR. The successful candidate will be numerate with good IT skills and have a willingness to help support the lawyers in this busy legal team, which includes work of a UK and international nature.

  You should be:

• Be highly organised with an ability to work and prioritise systematically and methodically, monitoring and managing multiple tasks to successfully meet conflicting deadlines

• Possess effective oral and written communication skills

• Be proactive and happy to take responsibility for your work

• Be flexible, adaptable and a good team player with excellent people skills

• Be confident in dealing with people at all levels of seniority

• Be comfortable following systems and processes
• Demonstrate sound judgement to be able to recognise when it is appropriate to push back on commercial issues, and escalate legal issues.

This role will pay 20ph (PAYE).

If you feel you have the skills and experience to be suitable for this role please send your CV for consideration

*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.