Paralegal
Spring Education Group is a multi-brand education network of superior private school institutions spanning infant care through high school. The network (composed of approximately 220 schools) brings together some of the best private school programs in the country, with proven track records educating children through unique and carefully crafted curricula.
Spring’s best-in-class platform was created by uniting four premier school organizations – Stratford School, LePort Montessori, Nobel Learning Communities, and BASIS Independent. The Spring network extends across 19 states with an international presence in Asia. Our corporate offices are located in Campbell, CA, Scottsdale, AZ, and West Chester, PA.
As a Paralegal / Contract Specialist , you will serve a critical role at Spring. You will use your research and analytical abilities, communication skills, and organizational prowess to manage process and support the growing legal needs of our schools and home office functions. You will work directly with operations, education, and administrative team members to achieve this mission. You should be a business-friendly and highly collaborative person, providing pragmatic and creative solutions. You should also be one who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment, delivering high-quality work with attention to detail. You will have a significant role in enabling Spring to continue its dynamic growth as the largest PreK-12 private school platform in the U.S.
Job Duties:
- Provide day-to-day support to the legal team and internal clients in connection with contracts review/approval, policy guidance, training and other legal matters
- Leverage enterprise legal management (ELM) systems to efficiently manage the receipt, review and prioritization of contract requests (and to provide broad legal support)
- Support entire contract lifecycle process, including the independent drafting, reviewing, and finalizing of various commercial/vendor agreements
- Acquire general knowledge of contract structure and ability to identify specific provisions contained within contract
- Assist in ensuring ELM systems appropriately maintained while actively seeking out solutions to any existing inefficiencies or user issues
- Recommend new approaches to effect on-going continual improvements to templates, policies, procedures, and documentation
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree, paralegal certification, or relevant work experience in legal and/or educational managem
- Excellent attention to detail, highly organized, and task-oriented with ability to manage and prioritize a substantial workload
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency or willingness to quickly learn ELM software/solutions (e.g. Agiloft, LegalTracker, LawVu, etc.) and ability to support back-end and user experience
- Creative thinker who is keen to build scalable processes
- High degree of personal integrity
Benefits:
- Career Growth - We believe our people deserve every opportunity to utilize and expand their knowledge and skills, and to share their passions. From our classrooms to shared services, our culture is one of continuous learning, mentorship, and professional advancement in our schools or across our network.
- Full Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with company match, Life, and Disability benefits package
- Health Insurance - We want you to have the care you need. We offer three PPO medical plans to choose from, as well as dental and vision insurance.
- Student Tuition Remission - You help us create a world-class program for our students. We offer your children significant tuition remission to attend our schools to show our appreciation.
- Continued education tuition savings through our University partners.
