Paralegal

Position Title: Paralegal

Location: Taguig City, Metro Manila - 2 days per week onsite

Role Purpose

You will work within the Group Legal team and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including finance, sales and sales operations, to ensure that contracts are put in place efficiently to support commercial arrangements while appropriately managing legal risk. This position performs a key function within the business: you will take ownership of core legal processes and act as a trusted point of contact for routine legal, contractual and policy-related matters. You will support the full breadth of the Group Legal team’s work, including contract management, policy maintenance, legal research and legal operations, with appropriate guidance and supervision from the solicitors in the team where required.

As a Paralegal in the Group Legal team, you will support the business across a wide range of legal, governance and operational activities, taking ownership of process-driven workstreams and acting as a trusted point of contact for routine legal matters under appropriate supervision from senior team members.

Key Responsibilities

Summary

• Proactively managing the team’s inboxes and monitoring the associated ticketing system, ensuring effective triage, prioritisation and timely resolution of queries.
• Maintaining and continually improving the team’s SharePoint site, precedents database and legal know-how resources.
• Reviewing, negotiating (within agreed parameters) and processing NDAs and other standard-form, low-risk agreements.
• Reviewing and coordinating amendments to standard terms and conditions, identifying deviations and escalating where appropriate.
• Supporting contract lifecycle management processes, including document control, execution and record-keeping.
• Assisting with the drafting, review and ongoing maintenance of internal policies, including coordinating updates in response to regulatory or business change.
• Conducting legal and regulatory research and producing clear, commercially focused summaries and briefing notes for the wider team.

• Acting as a key contact for the business on routine queries relating to contracting processes, documentation and internal policies.

• Supporting governance activities and the company secretarial function, including coordinating approvals, filings and execution of documents.
• Supporting legal compliance processes, including tracking obligations and supporting internal reporting requirements.
• Supporting the management of external law firm relationships and spend, including tracking budgets, invoices and engagements.
• Contributing to legal operations initiatives, including process improvements, workflow optimisation and reporting.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

What we are looking for:

• Previous experience working as a paralegal in a law firm, in house legal team or similar role
• Creating and maintaining good client relations, both internal and external
• Ensuring meticulous attention to detail
• Knowledge or experience of contractual terms
• Managing efficient administration.
• Working effectively with colleagues from different business areas and different jurisdictions.

Behaviour:

• Enjoys working in an established legal team of friendly, collaborative lawyers and legal professionals across multiple jurisdictions;
• Motivated to take ownership of core legal processes and act as a trusted point of contact for routine legal and policy-related queries;
• Interested in working with legal and business colleagues across the globe in a dynamic, in-house environment;
• Naturally curious and enjoy conducting legal and regulatory research and contributing to policy development and updates;
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced business in a thriving industry and continuously improving processes and ways of working;
• Value flexible working - the team currently works on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office.

Ways of working

• Focusing on Clients and Customers.
• Working as One NCC.
• Always Learning.
• Being Inclusive and Respectful.
• Delivering Brilliantly.

Our company

At NCC Group, our mission is to create a more secure digital future. That mission underpins everything we do, from our work with our incredible clients to groundbreaking research shaping our industry. Our teams' partner with clients across a multitude of industries, delving into, securing new products, and emerging technologies, as well as solving complex security problems. As global leaders in cyber and escrow, NCC Group is a people-powered business seeking the next group of brilliant minds to join our ranks.

Our colleagues are our greatest asset, and NCC Group is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, authenticity, and accountability. We want colleagues to put down roots at NCC Group, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package, as well as opportunities for learning and development and career growth. We believe our people are at their brilliant best when they feel bolstered in all aspects of their well-being, and we offer wellness programs and flexible working arrangements to provide that vital support.

Come join us?

Job Benefits

What do we offer in return?

We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world-class well-being initiatives and benefits:

• Transportation and rice allowances
• Night differential, overtime pay and holiday pay
• 13th-month pay and performance-based bonus plan
• Day-1 HMO healthcare coverage for you and dependents
• Outpatient medicine reimbursement
• Group life insurance, accidental death & disability cover
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with 24/7 confidential counselling
• Generous vacation and sick leave, available from Day 1
• Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life, like getting married/civil ceremony, becoming a grandparent, and welcoming home a new pet.
• Company share plan & Sharesave scheme allowing discounted share purchase through monthly savings

So, what’s next?

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, then we would love to hear from you! Click on apply to this job to send us your CV and cover letter and the relevant member of our global talent team will be in touch with you. Alternatively send your details to [email protected] .