CONTRACTS PARALEGAL

Contracts Paralegal Exeter, Devon (hybrid working) About Us: FDB (First Databank) is the leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions. With thousands of customers worldwide and four decades of experience, FDB enables our developer partners to deliver actionable solutions that help improve patient safety, quality, and healthcare outcomes. Our values drive our work and we have clear expectations, work better together, are constantly curious and put health at heart. We are looking for a Contracts Paralegal to join our team on a permanent, full-time basis. The Benefits: - Competitive salary - 25 working days’ holiday per annum plus statutory holidays - Flexible option for employees to purchase up to five additional days’ holiday - Annual company bonus scheme - Health and wellbeing allowance - HealthShield flexible health cash-back scheme - Electric vehicle scheme - Enhanced pension scheme - Paid charity days - Flexible ways of working - And many more…! Within an open and collaborative environment, you will receive excellent training, as well as ongoing guidance and support to develop your abilities and broaden your expertise. Your Role: The main role of the Contracts Paralegal is to ensure the timely administration of licence agreements and supplier contracts. You will need to be confident and approachable with a clear commercial understanding of preparing customer contracts. The individual must be able to work well as part of the team but also set their agenda to ensure all tasks are completed. Additionally, you will: - Draft, and negotiate to execution, all relevant contracts (licence agreements and amendments, as well as legal agreements with suppliers and contractors) - Work with the Commercial team to determine licensing requirements associated with new and existing customers, and support them in all contractual matters - Develop internal guidelines and templates on various legal and business issues - Maintain all contracts administration, including the CRM system and financial spreadsheets - Evaluate new and existing legislation applicable to FDB and its solutions, and translate in to requirements for the business to comply with About You: - Experience in licensing or contract negotiation and preparation - Able to manage and balance commercial team needs and pressures, with FDB legal requirements - Ability and willingness to constantly evaluate contract process and make improvements - Strong customer focus, balanced with due diligence in contract negotiations In addition to this, we are looking for someone from a paralegal background. You must be confident preparing contracts with minimal information, and working to SLAs. You will need to have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and will need to be confident dealing with internal stakeholders, external stakeholders and customers. We are curious, and we put health at the heart of all we do; for the wellbeing of our employees, our customers and the health services. We connect with each other and our customers; we achieve more when we collaborate. Everything we do has a focus on efficacy and real-world application, which means we know where we are, where we are headed, what success looks like, and can translate our goals into action. If you think you have what it takes to join our team, please apply now. Please note, this role will be known internally as Contracts Manager. Other companies may call this role Contract Manager, Paralegal, Contracts Administration Manager, Contracts Negotiator, Contract Management Specialist, Contracts Co-ordinator, Legal Executive, Contracts Administrator, or Contracts Assistant. The closing date for this vacancy is Friday 8th December 2023, with interviews scheduled to take place the week commencing 11th December 2023. Webrecruit and FDB are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. So, if you’re ready to join our team as a Contracts Paralegal, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency