• Organizing and maintaining comprehensive legal files and setting up a digital filing system.
  
• Implementing and maintaining a “tickler” system for various deadlines.
  
• Handling routine legal matters at the direction of the General Counsel and Associate General Counsel.
  
• Document control for complex transactions.
  
• Gathering documents and information from sources within the organization.
  
• Managing the Legal Department’s presence on the Digital Library and the HUB.
  
• Managing the Legal Department templates and working with pro bono counsel to review and draft new templates when necessary.
  
• Coordinating with pro bono counsel and internal clients.
  
• Providing guidance on filing and document control to other departments.
  
• Assisting with Corporate Secretary duties for the various Mercy Corps entities.
  
• General secretarial and administrative tasks, and Other tasks as necessary to accomplish Mercy Corps’ and the Legal Departments’ goals.

Qualifications :

• At least four (4) years of combined experience as a paralegal, legal secretary or administrative assistant.
  
• Experience working in an in-house legal department for an international company/organization.
  
• Experience with corporate secretarial duties and corporate formalities.
  
• Experience with drafting and editing a wide variety of basic legal documents.
  
• Experience multitasking multiple projects in a fast-paced and innovative environment.
  
• Experience with document control and management.
  
• Strong knowledge of digital filing and “tickler”  software and systems and experience setting up the same.

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