Legal Transformation Assistant (Temporary, Full Time)

Legal Transformation Assistant (Temporary, Full Time)

Salary up to £35,000 pro rata dependent on experience plus excellent pension scheme, 28 days’ annual leave and volunteering days, life assurance and corporate discount scheme

Location – Carr Lane, Hull (with flexible hybrid working)

Business Area – Wholesale and Networks

Closing Date –

Interview dates – confirmed after advert closing date

What will I be doing?

Working within the Legal team you will be responsible for assisting the implementation of KCOM’s transformation project. This includes the provision of a new document management system for the legal function and performing reviews of standard terms and conditions presented by 3rd party suppliers via KCOMs Procurement and IT functions.

Some of your key accountabilities will include:

• Delivering a new document management system for the Legal function within KCOM Group Services, including:

o Liaising with stakeholders to identify current contract repositories;

o Organising the collation of documentation held in current contract repositories;

o Liaising with stakeholders in the development of a new document management system and guidance notes for stakeholders; and

o Protecting files, obtaining approvals and saving contracts to the new document management system.

• Working with the Legal, Procurement and IT teams in managing the review of standard terms and conditions, including:

o Flagging risks to the business on matters like limitation of liability and termination rights;

o Being the first point of contact in Legal for the Procurement and IT teams where standard supplier and software terms are concerned; and

o Where such contracts are negotiable, assisting the Legal team with proposed amendments to such contracts.

• There will also be scope to assist the Legal team with legal research tasks and fulfilling the day-to-day ‘business as usual’ queries from stakeholders.

What do I need to do this job?

• Experience working a Paralegal within a Corporate environment
• Knowledge of Document Management
• Confident working with Terms and Conditions within IT and Procurement
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build rapport at all levels quickly.

What you will get from KCOM

We are as passionate about our people as we are about our customers.

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements, including options such as part-time work, remote working and job sharing. We pay employees a minimum of the living wage and offer other benefits such as generous pension contributions, core life assurance, income protection and discounts with top retailers.

We have employee engagement forums, onsite facilities, and services to support our colleagues from all backgrounds. All employees have access to an employee assistance program and occupational health support as well as a range of online wellbeing tools.

We are an equal opportunity, disability friendly, lifestyle and orientation supporting, inclusive employer and everyone is welcome. Values are important to us as is the ability to work flexibly and the opportunity to progress and develop. We want everyone to realise their potential and are committed to providing an environment which supports this.

We are signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme and we support local schools and colleges with mock interviews and careers advice.

We have an employee diversity and inclusion forum and hold regular events to promote DEI across the business.

Who are KCOM?

For us, it’s bigger than broadband.

KCOM has been in the heart of the Hull and East Yorkshire community since 1904.

We're proud to be rooted in East Yorkshire and committed to delivering the world's best broadband service to the region.

We are an innovative, award-winning company that is committed to providing a friendly, helpful and world class service to our customers by putting them first. All of our people are responsible for giving our customers the best impression and experience of KCOM.

We completed the first stage of our Lightstream full fibre network - making Hull the fastest, most connected broadband city in the world in 2019. Now we're expanding our award-winning network to bring the benefits of full fibre broadband to even more homes and businesses across the region.

We are a business that thrives on working collaboratively to bring innovative ideas to fruition and continually striving to be the very best at what we do in order to keep our customers connected.

KCOM reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you submit your application as soon as possible.

We are only accepting direct applications to this vacancy and therefore no agency applications will be accepted.