Para Legal

Contract Type: Open-ended

**Location**:
Lausanne, CH

**About IMD**

The Institute for Management Development (IMD) is an independent academic institution with Swiss roots and global reach, founded 75 years ago by business leaders for business leaders. Since its creation, IMD has been a pioneering force in developing leaders who transform organizations and contribute to society.
Based in Lausanne (Switzerland) and Singapore, IMD has been ranked in the Top 3 of the annual FT’s Executive Education Global Ranking for the last nine consecutive years and in the top five for 17 consecutive years. Our MBA and EMBA programs have repeatedly been singled out among the best in Europe and the world.
We believe that this consistency at the forefront of our industry is grounded in IMD’s unique approach to creating “Real Learning. Real Impact”. Led by an expert and diverse faculty, we strive to be the trusted learning partner of choice for ambitious individuals and organizations worldwide. Our purpose is “Challenging what is and inspiring what could be, we develop leaders who transform organizations and contribute to society.”
- To reinforce our team, we are looking for a_

**Para Legal**

**The Job's Mission**

Our Para Legal will be supporting us on day-to-day inhouse tasks, and projects. We offer a position which combines legal, cross-department and administrative work, and contract management, working closely with legal professionals within the team and managers and senior leaders across the organisation. In your position, you will report directly to the Co General Counsel - institutional Affairs.

**Key Activities & Accountabilities**

You will support us in different legal, administrative and organizational tasks, including:

- Undertake commercial contract reviews, including supply agreements, as well as sales contracts and non-disclosure agreements
- Responsible for project management of varied organisation wide projects
- Take care of contract management including performing contract summaries, internal contract approval, signing processes and filing
- Support in various corporate matters (corporate housekeeping, meeting preparation, annual calendar of meetings and reporting)
- Assist in legal projects, including contract management, and compliance incidents, sanction checks, policy rollouts and data protection
- Take care of various administrative tasks within the Legal department

**Experience & Competencies**
- Ideally Paralegal qualification and 1-2 years’ experience working as a paralegal with at least 5 years of work experience (overall), preferably in a Swiss organisation
- Attention to detail and outstanding organisational skills to handle multiple matters / tasks ongoing simultaneously. Ability to prioritise and re-prioritize
- Fluent written and spoken English and business level (both written and spoken) French required
- Self-starter, open-minded, patient and persistent
- Excellent communication / interpersonal skills
- Enthusiastic, quick and eager to learn and keen to work on a variety of matters
- Experience of cross functional working and ability to work with senior management
- Proficient in MS Office (especially in Word, Excel and PowerPoint) required and good working knowledge of Sales Force would be beneficial

**How to apply**

A valid Swiss work permit or Swiss or EU-25EFTA citizenship is required for this position.