Job Description
Risepoint
Senior Director, Legal
Risepoint • United States • via LinkedIn
20 hours ago
Full–time
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Qualifications
The role requires excellent legal abilities, a solution-oriented business mindset, outstanding communication skills at the executive and board level, a strong work ethic with the capacity to make defensible, risk-mitigating decisions in a fast-paced environment, and a willingness to constantly learn and improve upon best practices across multiple jurisdictions in a growing organization with more than 1500 employees
The ideal candidate is a strategic global leader with a proven track record in solving complex problems and advancing strategic business goals in a forward-thinking manner
Juris Doctor, licensed to practice law and admitted to a bar in the United States
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Benefits
higher education regulations, such as the ban on incentive compensation
Responsibilities
Job Summary: The Senior Director, Legal, will serve as a versatile generalist in Risepoint’s Legal Department with a primary focus on handling complex commercial contract negotiations and managing a wide range of organizational matters from employment to regulatory compliance
Manage responses to requests for proposal with dedicated cross-functional team
Lead customer contract negotiations with public and private-sector customers globally
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Job description
Job Title: Senior Director, Legal (fully remote)
Location: Remote, U.S.-based
Department: Legal
Reports To: Chief Legal & Compliance Officer
About Risepoint: At Risepoint, we provide expertise that guides enduring growth. We support our partners, mainly regional public universities, with services that allow them to offer affordable and workforce-relevant online programs while being able to foc...
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Smith Anderson
Paralegal - Construction
Smith Anderson • Raleigh, NC, United States • via LinkedIn
20 hours ago
Full–time
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Qualifications
Must possess a high level of communication skills (written and verbal)
Trust, accuracy, and ability to multitask under pressure are important to this position
This is an excellent opportunity for those who excel at managing multiple projects and tasks, proficient at using electronic discovery platforms, contract related software and forms, has an acute attention to detail, and enjoys a professional environment
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Responsibilities
The Paralegal is responsible for providing support to attorneys
Under the direction of an attorney, with minimal supervision assists with all aspects of the construction industry (transactional/litigation for developers, owners, contractors)
Filing documents in state and federal court
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JOB TITLE: Paralegal – Construction
STATUS: Non-Exempt
Type: Full Time
The Paralegal is responsible for providing support to attorneys. Under the direction of an attorney, with minimal supervision assists with all aspects of the construction industry (transactional/litigation for developers, owners, contractors). Must possess a high level of communication skills (written and verbal). Trust, accuracy, and ability to multitask under pressure are important to this position. This is an excellent opportunity for those who excel at managing multiple projects and tasks, proficient at using electronic discovery platforms, contract related software and forms, has an acute attention to detail, and enjoys a professional environment.
Duties include but are not limited to:
• Filing documents in state and federal court.
• Manage case dockets and calendar deadlines.
• Work with outside consultants and experts, including managing files and information exchanged with consultants.
• Maintain and organize case, client, and template files.
• Assist with tracking group work experience and client contact information. Communicating with and responding to clients both orally and through written communications
Qualifications:
• 3+ years of recent construction industry and/or litigation experience required.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and DocuSign.
• Experience with or desire to learn electronic discovery platforms, such as Relativity and IPro, and assist in collecting and processing documents for discovery.
• Experience with or desire to learn AIA Contracts software and forms and other industry standard contract forms, such as Consensus Docs, EJCDC, etc.
• Excellent proofreading skills.
• Knowledge of or desire to learn construction industry and legal matters.
• Desire to be an important team member of a growing construction team.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Proactive and able to take ownership of work product.
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree minimum or equivalent related work experience.
• ABA approved Paralegal course of study or North Carolina State Paralegal Certification.
Smith Anderson is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work force. It is the policy of this Firm to recruit, hire, train, develop, promote, and compensate employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, genetic information, disability or covered veteran status.
