Specialist, Legal Compliance at Pearson, United Kingdom
Specialist, Legal Compliance at Pearson in United Kingdom. Contract. Apply with swipeandhired.
Location: London, Manchester, Hellaby
This role aligns with positions commonly known in the external market as Paralegal, Legal Specialist or Commercial Paralegal.
Role purpose
The Specialist, Legal Compliance supports the Legal function by independently managing moderately complex assignments and projects of medium complexity. Applying detailed knowledge and working with minimal oversight, the role drafts legal documents, reviews checklists and carries out substantive legal research, contributing to contract reviews and other reviews and supporting case management.
The role works widely across the Legal function, collaborating on shared caseloads, offering practical input to refine legal processes, sharing workload insights with more experienced colleagues and providing technical advice to less-experienced staff. Success is demonstrated through accurate, timely and well-organised deliverables that protect the integrity of routine legal operations.
Key responsibilities
Legal drafting and document preparation
- Draft legal documents accurately and within agreed turnaround times, with minimal oversight.
- Complete and review checklists, ensuring key details are identified and nothing is missed.
- Organise and file documents in line with document organisation and filing protocols.
Legal research and reviews
- Perform substantive legal research and present clear, accurate findings to attorneys.
- Contribute to contract reviews and other reviews as required.
Case and project support
- Independently manage moderately complex assignments, or work on projects of medium complexity, from allocation through to delivery.
- Support case management, keeping case files up to date and responding efficiently to requests from attorneys.
- Participate in project teams, supporting project deadlines and raising risks to delivery early.
Process improvement and collaboration
- Offer practical input to refine legal processes and help reduce errors in routine legal operations.
- Collaborate across the Legal function on shared caseloads and share workload insights with more experienced colleagues.
- Provide technical advice and guidance to less-experienced colleagues.
- Give transparent updates on progress and actively share knowledge with colleagues.
Skills, experience and knowledge
Essential
- Relevant experience in a legal support, paralegal or legal compliance role.
- Working knowledge of legal document drafting, contract review and legal research.
- Ability to manage moderately complex assignments independently and deliver to deadlines.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in document preparation and checklist review.
- Strong organisational skills, including case file management and document filing.
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to give timely updates to attorneys and colleagues.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook.
Desirable
- Law degree or recognised paralegal or legal qualification, or progress towards one.
- Experience supporting commercial or government contracts.
- Experience with legal case management or document management systems.
What good looks like
- Consistently accurate document preparation, with low error rates in deliverables.
- Adherence to turnaround expectations for assigned tasks and to project deadlines.
- Reliable compliance with document organisation and filing protocols, with case files kept up to date.
- Efficient, responsive support to attorneys.
- Demonstrable process improvements and effective participation in team-based project work.
Behavioural expectations
- Customer Centricity: Anticipates attorney needs and provides detailed, accurate deliverables as required.
- Raising the Performance Bar: Refines personal work quality, helps others adopt best practices and looks ahead to next steps with an eye towards solutions.
- Exceptional Collaboration for Value: Provides transparent updates and actively shares knowledge with colleagues.
- Our Leaders Inspire: Shows ownership of results and fosters mutual respect within the team.