Location
Raleigh, NC | United States
Job description
About Umicore
Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?
About Support Function
A global organisation. It's not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore's growth. Across our support functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve - whether it's by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we've already achieved. The variety of our work means we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.
What you will be doing
The Paralegal assists and supports the Legal Department with a variety of matters, including establishing and maintaining legal entities, facilitating communications with stakeholders, conducting legal research and due diligence, maintenance of Visa status for sponsored individuals in North America, and assisting with the Department's day-to-day operations.
Establish, maintain, and organize legal-entities, by drafting corporate resolutions, preparing meeting materials, updating organizational charts, filing annual-reports, and organizing books and records.
Review and revise standard legal documents, like non-disclosure agreements, material transfer agreements, terms and conditions, and powers of attorney. Perform an initial review of more complex legal documents.
Conduct legal research and due diligence related to unique legal issues and corporate development projects.
Ensure timely and compliant maintenance of Visa status for sponsored individuals in both the US and Canada by collaborating with internal partners and external vendors. This includes, but is not limited to, assessing Visa category most appropriate for the organization and the employee, support external vendors in the filing for extensions and renewals, monitoring renewal availability, and support external vendors in filing amended petitions, changes of status notifications, and communicating with the appropriate authorities when employment status is terminated with the Company.
Gather and organize legal documents like commercial contracts and corporate records using internal databases and relevant third-party software.
At the request of legal counsel, prepare internal reports regarding ongoing matters, contingent liabilities, and pending and threatened litigation.
Provide general administrative support to the Legal Department by, among other things, organizing legal invoices, preparing expense reports, making travel arrangements, and acting as a Public Notary
What we offer
We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?
Additional Information
Umicore is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.
We thank all candidates for their applications however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
If our technologies can tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $ 65,000.00 81,000.00 Per Year
Job tags
Salary
