Construction Paralegal
Construction Paralegal
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Job Description
Ridge is currently seeking a Paralegal to join its Legal & Insurance Team predominantly to provide contract support in relation to Ridges commercial agreements including professional service appointments.
The opportunity
This is a great opportunity for someone with construction industry experience who wants to establish a progressive career in the inhouse legal department of a growing business. That person will be able to demonstrate a pragmatic commercial approach to applying their legal training.
Role and Responsibilities
You will join a team of experienced lawyers who will offer support from day one. Over time your role and responsibilities will include the following:
- Reviewing bespoke client appointment contracts
- Negotiating and drafting appointment contracts and their associated framework collateral and downstream agreements
- Reviewing and negotiating NDAs
- Liaising closely with project teams during contract formation ensuring compliance with internal protocols
- Collating and updating precedent clauses and documents
- Interpretation of Ridges insurance policies
- Contributing to internal knowhow and best practice materials
- Contributing to internal legal features and bulletins
- Supporting business development in the legal sector for Ridges Expert Witness function
Experience and Skills Required
- Previous NonContentious Construction experience in a Paralegal role minimum 6 months
- Consideration will be given to other legal backgrounds and/or the requisite skills and experience
- Some drafting experience of contract clauses
- Excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong academic background
- Must be flexible organised and selfmotivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals
- A commercial understanding of the construction industry
You will have experience of reviewing bespoke appointment contracts for professional services and be aware of the role of associated documents such as framework agreements collateral warranties letters of reliance novation agreements letters of intent subcontract / subconsultant contracts NDAs and possess the awareness to consider all such documents in the context of relevant insurance provisions and the businesss commercial exposure.
You will be aware of published forms such as JCT NEC RICS RIBA etc and have some familiarity with the Construction Act. You will have a basic understanding of regulatory compliance issues including Data Protection and Subject Access Requests.
You will have the ability to deal with a wide range of people across the business and the confidence to operate relatively autonomously in a highly commercial environment. If necessary you will use your judgement to manage a workload in order according to commercial importance to the business and to meet multiple and often prompt deadlines. You will be keen to grow your inhouse career and enjoy the opportunities that Ridge has to offer.
About us
We are Ridge a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.
Our 1000 people bring a vast range of skills delivering a professional mindset gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. Theyre the foundation of our success they drive our vision embody our values and separate us from the competition.
Come and join us if youre hungry to be part of an exceptional team if you put quality first if youre motivated by ingenuity and if youre always aspiring to be the very best.
Your benefits
The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.
Annual
leave
Community
spirit
Mental
health
Financial benefits
Physical
wellbeing
Flexible
working
Career development
Extra
benefits
We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities employer we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If youd like to discuss accessibility accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process please contact us atand we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.
A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However we are recruiting for this role directly and arent seeking support from agency partners at this time any unsolicited CV introductions wont be honoured and we wont grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that havent been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future please send a message to and well reach out to you should there be an opportunity.
A polite note to recruitment agencies
We are recruiting for this role directly and arent seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions wont be honoured and we wont grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that havent been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesnt currently work with Ridge but would like to please send a message to and well reach out to you should there be an opportunity.
Note to recruitment agencies
We are recruiting for this role directly and arent seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions wont be honoured and we wont grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that havent been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesnt currently work with Ridge but would like to please send a message to and well reach out to you should there be an opportunity.
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