This legal operations specialist will be the primary support for the Africa and Asia Regions Assistant General Counsels. As a member of the Legal Operations Team, he/she applies business and technical practices to the delivery of legal services. This professional provides process planning, financial management, project management and/or technology knowledge, freeing legal professionals to focus on providing legal advice and expertise. Activities impact the efficient and effective functioning of the organization. Centered around a dynamic and innovative approach to achieving outcomes, the specialist contributes to legal team operations by utilizing technology, data and financial analysis, and workflow management.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a work from home position with the preferred candidate currently living in the Philippines.What will you do- Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintain a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully uphold Compassion's ministry in prayer.
- Act as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ's mandate to protect children. Commit to and prioritize child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abide by all behavioral expectations in Compassion's Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Report any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion's internal reporting process and appropriately support responses to incidents if they occur.
- Uphold and engage in Compassion's core Cultural Behaviors.
- Support and serve one or more of the core functions in the Legal Operations Team role. These include industry recognized areas such as Business Intelligence, Financial Management, Firm and Vendor Management, Knowledge Management, Optimization, Project/Program Management, Strategy and Development. This incumbent will focus on one or two functions and may also provide general assistance to other team members.
- Support recommendations for resource allocation, such as external counsel utilization, researching and recommending process improvements and automations, and collaborating with other departments to achieve business goals. Work on project management for working groups within the Legal Team's domain.
- May administer and help implement basic systems to improve team integration, optimization, and awareness, as well as analyze attorney workflow and processes. Help identify bottlenecks and discover process improvements. Coordinate legal team projects, working with attorneys to build timelines, using lists of activities required from legal team members and supported Compassion neighbor groups, and dependencies for each step. Administer systems to improve team integration, optimization, and awareness.
- Support attorney productivity by helping with such things as technology, contracting management solutions, project management software, legal databases, knowledge management and drafting support. May maintain internal law library and provide drafts of common documents such as letters, agreements, legal memoranda, and contract-related correspondence.
- Help provide professional development support for the legal team. May develop plan for skill development related to legal programs both within the legal team and the organization at large.
- Analyze internal and external legal trends and developments, providing information and reports from available data.
- Display discretion addressing such issues as brand alignment, balancing creativity, and empowerment with legal realities. May be required to explain basic legal issues.
What will you bring- Bachelor's Degree
- Three years relevant experience working in the legal field.
- Experience working with diverse, global teams is preferred.
- Understanding of the charitable/development sector is a plus.
- Strong cross-functional experience to move projects forward by gaining support from stakeholders/neighbours.
- Equivalent education, training and/or certification may be substituted for experience and education shown above
