About Remote
Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.
Please take a look at remote.com/handbook to learn more about our culture and what it is like to work here. Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor or look up the results of our candidate surveys to see how others feel about working and interviewing here.
All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!
The Position
Join our dynamic Legal Team at Remote and play a vital role in driving the success of our global operations. We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Paralegal Associate with expertise in legal collections and litigation. Remote's rapid expansion into new markets often entails challenges related to corporate law, labor disputes, and tax matters. The Legal Team is at the forefront of ensuring our business operates within legal boundaries, from crafting contract templates to conducting contract negotiations, redlining, data protection, and compliance assessments. We also analyze the legal implications of new products and services and provide legal counsel to other departments.
As a Paralegal in our Legal Department, your primary role is to bolster the efforts of our legal team in handling legal collections and litigation matters. Our growth trajectory demands the expansion of our legal department, offering you an opportunity to evolve your career in your preferred direction. We encourage you to take ownership of projects and tasks, making you an integral part of our Legal Team as we strive to uphold our core values.
What this job can offer you
- Manage, update, and complete tasks using KISSFLOW, coordinating with the Legal Team on various projects, including clearing KISSFLOW boards and eliminating expired tasks.
- Support the Legal Team in contract management for multiple jurisdictions around the globe, using our document management platform, including template propagation and contract-related tasks.
- Oversee NOTION (our source of truth) database and Google Drive, collaborating with the Legal Team to eliminate redundancies.
- Assist Legal Sales with limited contract review, ensuring compliance and legal soundness.
- Conduct legal research on specific topics, especially related to collections and litigation, providing valuable insights to support the team's efforts.
What you bring
- Proficiency in English plus fluency in at least one other language is a plus.
- Strong legal research skills, including proficiency in using Westlaw, Practical Law, Lexology, and other legal research tools.
- Ability to quickly and accurately interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material at an international level.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills, as well as strong reading comprehension.
- Reliable team player with high energy, creativity, and vision who collaborates effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Ability to handle multiple projects concurrently and work effectively under pressure.
- Willingness to learn and become proficient in Remote's communication tools (e.g., Slack), contract management system (e.g., Juro/internal platform/CLM), documentation sources (e.g., Notion, Google Drive), and assignment management systems (e.g., KissFlow, Zendesk, Zip, Coupa).
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Excel and Gsheets.
Practicals
- You'll report to: Managing Counsel; Legal Team
- Team: Legal
- Location: Anywhere in the World
- Start date: As soon as possible
Remote Compensation Philosophy
Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equitypayalong with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.
The base salary range for this full-time position is $25,300 - $85,300. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with member(s) of legal team
- Interview with VP General Counsel
- Prior employment verification check
Benefits
- work from anywhere
- unlimited personal time off (minimum 4 weeks)
- quarterly company-wide day off for self care
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How you’ll plan your day (and life)
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.
You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
If that sounds like something you want, apply now!
How to apply
- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
- If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.