Paralegal Operations Specialist

Frontline Education is an integrated insights partner serving more than 9,500 K-12 organizations and millions of educators, administrators and support personnel in their efforts to develop the next generation of learners.

Reporting to the General Counsel, the Paralegal & Administrative Assistant will be responsible for assisting the General Counsel with highly confidential and sensitive projects applicable to Frontline Education. The Paralegal & Administrative Assistant will also act as an Administrative Assistant to the General Counsel, Vice President of Finance and the Vice President, Controller.

• Ability to work with highly sensitive material and maintain absolute confidentiality at all times
• Assist with developing systems, processes and procedures for contracting purposes
• Review of basic agreements
• Prepare amendments to agreements
• Ensure compliance with contract review policies and procedures
• Assist General Counsel with various legal projects, including legal research
• Proactively identify and suggest opportunities for continuous improvement of processes across legal function at Frontline Education
• Assist business groups with contract compliance and interpretation questions and issues
• Prepare and coordinate support for board meeting preparation as needed
• Be a self-starter, be able to multi-task and work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Administrative functions including printing and mailing documents, providing necessary support to General Counsel and VP of Finance and Controller.

Required Education & Experience

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• Initiative to address problems and come up with solutions to make improvements to processes and procedures as they pertain to legal compliance
• The individual must be organized, detail-oriented, timely and accurate, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must hold a Bachelor’s Degree or paralegal certificate
• At least 5 to 10 years of experience as a transactional paralegal with related experience at law firm or corporate law department

Key Competencies

• You will maintain the highest integrity and confidentiality when working with the in house General Counsel
• You will possess exceptional communications skills with a mindset of being both player and coach to drive results.
• Relationships! You easily build and maintain relationships within our company to be a true collaborator and collaborate well across teams.
• Continuous improvement mindset. Maintaining the status quo is a “no go” for you. You strive to consistently improve.