Paralegal (12 Month – Maternity Cover Contract)

Job title:

Paralegal (12 Month – Maternity Cover Contract)

Company

Smiths Group

Job description

Company DescriptionJohn Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.Job DescriptionThe role of the Paralegal, John Crane (Global) is to provide global support to the John Crane Global Legal Team.You will support team members across a number of different tasks including, contract governance and management (including through our CLM system), company secretarial support, initial contract reviews and compliance activities (including for management of our agent and distributor programme).Responsibilities

• Support governance of legal tasks identified in Group Policy 3.04 for Agent and Distributor portfolio globally, including the administration of contracts, due diligence, review and approval processes.
• Guide all users of contract lifecycle management tool on an ongoing basis during roll-out and post-rollout phases, including assisting with contract development, tracking, analysis, and reporting.
• Under supervision of line manager or John Crane legal counsel, review contracts, including NDAs, commercial contracts, and any other associated legal documents.

Support the Assistant Company Secretary in :

• The execution of corporate documentation such as Board/Shareholder minutes and resolutions, powers of attorney and proxies for routine business such as Director and Officer changes, annual compliance and accounts, dividend payments and organising if required for such documents to be notarised and or apostilled.
• Subsidiary governance, there are approximately 90 entities worldwide.
• Year-end processes including GEMs annual audit.
• Communication with senior stakeholders throughout the Company

Ad hoc projects as directed by the Assistant Company Secretary and other members of the John Crane Legal Team.QualificationsQualifications & Experience –

• Law degree or post graduate legal qualification from an accredited university or equivalent
• In house paralegal experience across a broad range of legal and company secretarial tasks.

Language Skills

• You will be required to converse with members of the Legal team and John Crane colleagues globally. Fluency in English is essential for this role, other language(s) will be helpful.

Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent MS office skills are required

Impact: Planning and Decision Making

• Energetic, self-starter, capable of operating independently without waiting for direction from others.
• Ability to complete work within required deadlines.
• Sound independent judgment.
• Skilled at establishing priorities.
• Collaborative

Scope and Complexity

• Direct impact on delivering divisional and Group strategic priorities.

Liaisons

• All of the John Crane Legal Team
• John Crane Business Teams (Senior Leadership Team, Extended Leadership Team and Business Unit Leadership Teams)
• Smiths Group General Counsel
• Smiths Group Legal function, including Centres of Excellence
• External legal suppliers

Additional InformationWith colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website ( )

Expected salary

Location

Slough, Berkshire

Job date

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:42:19 GMT

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