Part Time Corporate Paralegal

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and assist with a variety of agreements, including confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements, service agreements, amendments, material transfer agreements, and purchasing terms and conditions.
• Serve as a point of contact for legal and contract-related inquiries and manage matter intake processes.
• Aid in corporate governance matters, such as drafting resolutions and supporting board-related activities.
• Support compliance initiatives, policy development, and institutional training programs.
• Cook with internal stakeholders to monitor compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with external parties to track legal, regulatory, and legislative developments impacting research and life sciences organizations.
• Maintain legal templates, files, and records management systems.
• Assist with outside counsel management, invoice tracking, and legal department administration.
• Conduct legal research and help prepare legal documents and reports.
• Monitor deadlines, deliverables, and follow-up items across various legal matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Advanced Microsoft Word skills, including redlining, document comparison, formatting, and document management.
• Experience drafting and reviewing contracts in a legal, compliance, or corporate environment.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate preferred.
• Prior experience working in an in-house legal department strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting compliance, governance, or contract management functions.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management systems or similar software.
• Experience within life sciences, healthcare, higher education, or research organizations is a plus.

About the Role

This temporary, part-time position offers the opportunity to work closely with legal professionals and business stakeholders while supporting meaningful work in a highly respected Philadelphia-based organization.

Benefits

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

Company Profile

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement. Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.

Contact

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