TCIS Paralegal and Contracts Manager
minimizing legal exposure.
Essential Duties:
**Provide legal support for the One TCIS Initiative (40%).
**Support legal review of TCIS contracts; conduct initial review of contracts (30%).
**Oversee and implement process for TCIS contract lifecycle management (20%).
o Manage intake, triage, and workflow for review of contracts and work orders.
o With supervising attorneys, develop and lead training sessions on contracts review process
and tools.
o Maintain online training resources, forms, and samples.
o Administer electronic signatures and manage document storage.
o Coordinate knowledge management projects for TCIS with the legal department.
**Provide general administrative support to TCIS legal team (5%).
**Provide support on other matters as may be assigned (5%).
Minimum Requirements:
**Education:
o Paralegal certificate and/or Bachelor’s degree
o Additional 5 years of relevant experience and superior writing skills may substitute for educational requirements.
**Years of Related Experience:
Minimum of 3 – 4 years legal operational or knowledge management experience using contract lifecycle management or customer relationship management systems for workflows and information management.
o Minimum of 2 - 3 years’ experience reviewing or negotiating contracts; may be alternatively met with legal training or experience indicating superior writing skills (graduate studies, journalism, technical writing).
**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
o Writing and Communication:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for succinct and informative business communications with clients, vendors, and stakeholders.
o Analytical skills:
Strong analytical abilities to evaluate contract terms, financial implications, and business requirements to inform decision-making and strategy.
o Relationship building:
Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders, including internal departments, vendors, clients, and legal staff.
o Legal understanding:
Ability to understand and explain business concepts including intellectual property (copyright and trademark in particular), indemnification, limitation of liability, and termination.
o Project management:
Proven ability to effectively prioritize tasks, collaborate cross-functionally, communicate openly about progress and needs, and meet deadlines.
o Problem solving:
Ability to identify and analyze problems and propose and follow through with solutions.
**Preferred Requirements (in addition to minimum):
· Graduate degree or postgraduate certificate relating to information studies (MLIS), law, or nonprofit administration, or equivalent experience.
· Experience with international programs, program management; interest in supporting evolving organizational priorities for increased international engagement.
· Active support of HFHI Values:
o Humility – We are part of something bigger than ourselves
o Courage – We do what’s right, even when it is difficult or unpopular
o Accountability – We take personal responsibility for Habitat’s mission
· Safeguarding: HFHI requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguarding our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of Habitat for Humanity’s code of conduct.
The actual salary offered for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including location, internal equity and the candidate’s qualifications and professional experience. HFHI offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package that varies by country and typically includes vacation leave, sick leave, personal days, health insurance options, retirement plan contributions and life insurance. For work locations in the US, the hiring range for this position is $72,250 to $85,000.
Staff hired on a hybrid basis in the United States near an HFHI office location (Atlanta, Georgia / Washington, DC and Americus, GA), are required to report to the office on Tuesdays.
About Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity, founded in 1976, is a global, Christian-based nonprofit organization that grew out of an intentionally multi-racial community in rural Georgia. Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat brings together people of all faiths and people of no faith to build homes, communities and hope. Working alongside each other, we help families and individuals build and improve places to call home and achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Habitat seeks individuals who have a willingness to affirm these principles and values.
At Habitat for Humanity International, we embrace a history rooted in creating equity and take our mission seriously by courageously committing to a culture and workplace where all staff feel safe, welcome, visible, respected, supported and valued. As an equal opportunity employer, we realize that our success depends upon building an inclusive workforce of diverse perspectives and encourage people of varied races (which is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, protective hairstyles and hair texture), ethnicities, national origins, tribes, religions, ages, gender identities and expressions, genders, sexual orientations, marital statuses, disabilities, veteran/reserve national guard statuses, socio-economic statuses, thinking and communication styles to work with us.
We also require that all staff take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguarding our intended beneficiaries, their communities (especially children), and all those with whom we work. In line with the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, all staff must pass a thorough background screening and will be held accountable to upholding our policies around ethical behavior, including safeguarding and whistleblowing.