Paralegal

The Paralegal will support the management team generally in the Company’s Middlefield facility. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, motivated, and a self-starter, able to work well both as part of a team and independently, with minimal day-to day supervision in a fast-paced, unstructured environment.

Responsibilities:

With direction, draft, review and negotiate customer contracts, confidentiality and other agreements, and correspondence; coordinate approvals and signatures of documents

Maintain patent database and coordinate patent review process with appropriate management personnel

Assist with management of Company contract templates, including creating and updating templates according to guidelines, policies or legal requirements and maintaining database for templates

Coordinate legal efforts with outside counsel as needed

Assist with drafting, coordinating and conducting legal department trainings to internal clients on a variety of topics, including compliance matters and contract processes and procedures

Support various ongoing legal projects

Perform legal research on an “as needed” basis

Perform special projects as needed

Requirements:

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

Minimum of ten years of experience working as a paralegal in a law firm or in-house legal department

Paralegal certificate

Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) preferred

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) contract experience a plus

Must have excellent computer skills; proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and

Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent organization and time-management skills, accuracy and attention to detail are essential

Must have the ability to multitask and set priorities to meet deadlines

Ability to work both independently and as part of a cross-functional team, in a fast paced environment; must be a self-starter able to work well under pressure

Personal responsibility and integrity a must

Must be a US person

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.