Paralegal

Chubb now has an opportunity for a Paralegal to join our team in Staines. This role will see you directly supporting our Senior Legal Counsel across a variety of different needs. As a paralegal, you will gain exposure across all departments of the Chubb Business.

At Chubb, you won't be alone when you join our family, and will be supported by great people through a thorough induction process that provides you with all of the support you'll need to establish yourself in your new role. On top of that, our development opportunities are vast and we're always open to hearing from our employees about how we can improve on the way we do things - your voice matters!

This is a hybrid role where you will be working 3 days per week from our office in Staines

What will I be doing as a Paralegal?

• Assist Chubb's WHQ Senior Legal Counsel establishing and running a Best in Class Global Legal Department.
• Assisting with contract reviews and negotiations
• Maintain Chubb's corporate governance data base
• Track Chubb's IP portfolio of Trade Names including liaising with outside providers for renewals
• Maintain the Department's intranet site
• Assist and liaise with the business in relation to Corporate and Company matters
• Assisting with corporate governance work
• Assisting with all Data Privacy and compliance matters including conducting PIA assessments and RoPA's
• Key relationships internally include Members of the Executive team for Chubb, Chubb's Global team of Legal counsel. External 3rd party relationships are with outsourced provider/s. External relationships feature customers, external lawyers, insurers.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A Law Degree
• Previous experience ideally from an inhouse background within a similar role or in private practice but with a desire to take on a more generalist in-house role.
• Excellent drafting and analytical skills.
• The ability to produce documents to a high quality and to a tight deadline
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• A willingness to learn and to really get stuck in
• We are looking for someone who is pragmatic, dynamic, flexible, good communicator, detail focused, quick learner, culturally aware/ sensitive and who can demystify legal jargon and explain legal issues in clear terms.
• You must understand and be committed to working within an in-house legal environment.
• Ability to work/communicate with, influence and provide guidance to individuals at all levels of the organisation.
• Proactive approach to improving systems and processes, results driven.
• Logical approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision whilst retaining a sense of team spirit.
• Commitment to Ethics and compliance.

What can we offer you?

• Salary up to 43,000 per annum (depending on experience)
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Flexible Working Hours Considered
• Free Onsite Parking & Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Referral Scheme (1000)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance (4 x basic salary)
• Employee Scholarship Scheme
• A Central Benefits Programme offering a wide variety discount.
• Health & Wellbeing Resources
• Bravo Awards which recognise outstanding contributions from all employees and encourage excellence.
• Ongoing access to development opportunities that build skills, experience and knowledge that you can use time and time again.

More About Us

Chubb is a leading provider of fire safety and security solutions & services for customers worldwide. We have been protecting people and assets for over 200 years. Today, our 14,000 employees in 250 branches in 17 countries work to make the world safer, protect people and provide peace of mind. Our fire, security and monitoring services cover more than 1.3 million sites around the world.