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Paralegal

  • Remote, Hybrid
    • Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Legal & Procurement

Job description

Job Title: Paralegal

Team: Legal and Procurement

Location: Netherlands. Candidate should be able to come in to our office in Amsterdam occasionally. 

Level: Foundation/Beginner.

Contract Type: Part-time contract for 6 months.

Apply By: ASAP. We'll interview on a rolling-basis till we find the right person. 

Work hours: Flexible. Ideally, you can work for 4 hours/day for 3 days/week.


ABOUT US

At EIT Climate-KIC, we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and we encourage personal development, learning and growth.


When recruiting, we look to achieve diversity in the candidate pool. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments that will foster success in potential employees from diverse backgrounds and life situations. And because our team has differing needs and personal circumstances, we offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns. We’re happy to discuss your situation during the interview and see how best we can support you.


Don’t let Imposter Syndrome stop you from applying!


Working as a Paralegal Employee at Climate KIC

Are you available from May 2024 – November 2024? Are you a native Dutch speaker who has completed your corporate law studies and looking to work in a fast-paced environment dedicated to tackling Climate Change? Are you comfortable with remote work and a culture of trust rather than micromanaging? Then read on and apply.


EIT Climate-KIC is Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership focused on climate change, consisting of dynamic companies, the best academic institutions and the public sector. EIT Climate-KIC is one of the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) created in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The EIT is an EU body whose mission is to create sustainable growth. We support this mission by addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation.

We integrate education, entrepreneurship and innovation resulting in connected, creative transformation of knowledge and ideas into economically viable products or services that help to mitigate climate change. See https://www.climate-kic.org/ for more information.

Climate KIC also consists of Climate-KIC International Foundation, which is an ANBI compliant company with the objective of “contributing to the protection of nature and the environment, including enhancement of sustainability, by way of catalysing systemic change for climate action through innovation”.

In simple language, we are an NGO consisting of a Non-Profit Entity and an ANBI charity, all designed to fight Climate Change through innovation. Our legal team, and therefore you, manage the affairs and matters of both entities.

Job requirements

What will you do as a Paralegal?

The Legal & Procurement Paralegal/ Consultant supports the General Counsel, other Team members and the wider Climate-KIC team on the complete range of EIT Climate-KIC’s compliance, legal, procurement and non-profit matters to manage and mitigate risk, in particular in the area of the necessary governance and legal requirements in the Netherlands.


The Legal & Procurement Paralegal/ Consultant will lean into complex and uncertain environments (multijurisdictional but with specific focus on the Netherlands) to develop and maintain a strong and coherent legal and procurement organizational framework, compliant and ethical business affairs, dynamic risk management, effective and transparent governance, well-structured non-profit matters as well as robust contracting, policies, and procedures.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Supporting the General Counsel and working with Legal team on the wide range of EIT Climate-KIC’s compliance requirements and obligations (funders compliance, corporate governance, non-profit, etc.), in particular with a focus on Dutch legal and administrative requirements.
  • advice on compliance, corporate and commercial law, employment law, contracts, privacy data protection, procurement, conflicts, anti-fraud, non-profit requirements, and operations with a special focus on Dutch legal and administrative requirements.
  • Supporting with special projects by providing analysis and regulatory compliance mapping, with a focus on Dutch legal and administrative requirements.
  • Corporate work and other legal housekeeping.


Key Working Relationships:

The Legal & Procurement Paralegal/ Consultant collaborates with the Legal & Procurement Team and the General Counsel, as well as the People Team (HR), Finance, Business Operations/ Grant Management, Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, and Policy & EU Affairs

ABOUT YOU

Qualifications:

  • A University law degree (LLM or equivalent)
  • Masters or year students are welcome to apply


Experience:

  • A relevant post-qualification experience is not necessary but would be additional value
  • Not for profit/charity sector experience is desirable but not essential.


Skills:

  • Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels in a complex, multi-country, multi-stakeholder, multi-entity organisation;
  • Problem-solving attitude, organisational skills and ability to drive compliance, legal, procurement and/or non-profit strategy implementation steps and tangible outcomes;
  • Communication, cross cultural understanding and empathy, planning, and budgeting;
  • Excellent command of English and Dutch;
  • Experience with collaborative IT applications (we use Office365 and Microsoft Teams, as well as Miro, Zoom, etc.).


Qualities, Personal Style, and Approach

  • Openness and ability to be innovative and think outside the box;
  • Flexibility and willingness to undertake a range of tasks to meet business needs;
  • Enjoyment of operating in complexity and uncertainty;
  • Collaborative approach to work;


Location:

Candidates must have the right to work in the EU prior to applying for the position. Ideally, the successful candidate will be based close to our EIT Climate-KIC office in Amsterdam, but we support full remote or hybrid forms of working and offer a high degree of flexibility.


What is Climate KIC offering:

Approximately 3 day per week work at an hourly rate. We offer true flexibility and are open to discussing what this could look like given your other commitments.


To ensure that we can respond to every single applicant, we will close the role once we receive a reasonable pool of candidates to assess, which can be before the apply-by date.

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