Paralegal, Francis Crick
6 Month FTC
£33-38k
Biomedical research institute
Be an early applicant
Biomedical research institute
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£33-38k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To discover without boundaries.
Role
Who you are
- A graduate in Law or a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- Experience of providing effective support as a Paralegal or Legal Assistant in a busy department
- Enthusiastic, capable and confident user of technology (e.g., Microsoft, document management, Dropbox, Sophia, Docusign, Slack)
- Strong organisational and administrative skills, able to prioritise competing demands and tight deadlines. Methodical approach to work and excellent attention to detail
- A confident self-starter who is able to work with some supervision
- Strong interpersonal skills (e.g., tact, integrity, confidentiality, patience) and able to work well with all levels of staff
- A team player who is flexible, motivated and resilient and works effectively in a collegiate environment. Acts authentically and consistently
What the job involves
- Reports to: Sally Fouche
- Reports to: Senior Contracts and Legal Operations Manager
- Contact term: This is a full-time, fixed term (6 months) position on Crick terms and conditions of employment
- In this role, you will be helping the Crick deliver its scientific strategy in compliance with legal, charitable and regulatory requirements
- You will be part of the Crick’s Legal, Governance and Compliance team (also known as LGC) - a team of lawyers, co sec managers and contract specialists responsible for legal, contractual, regulatory, data protection and company secretarial matters
- We provide legal advice and transactional support to all parts of the Crick
- This is a busy role in a friendly team where collegiality, professionalism and attention to detail are key
- You will provide legal administrative/Paralegal support for the Crick Legal team
- Creating new contract records, uploading contracts and maintaining accurate information from existing contract folders (Dropbox, Sophia, Sharepoint) onto our on-line contract lifecycle management systems (HighQ)
- Ad hoc support drafting and negotiating Material Transfer Agreements and Data Access Agreements from start to finish on our on-line contract lifecycle management systems (HighQ)
- Take instructions, manage expectations and keep internal clients briefed on progress. Maintain excellent relationships
- Scheduling and general administrative support to the two Company Secretariat Managers
- Science teams - Group Leaders, Scientists, STP leads, Translation, Grants, Biological Research Facility and research administration staff
- Operations teams – Grants, Finance, Sourcing, IT&S, Building Services, Public Engagement, Human Resources
Application process
- Closing Date: 23/Jul/2025 23.59 GMT
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Francis Crick Institute was founded in 2015 through the merger of the MRC's National Institute for Medical Research and CRUK's London Research Institute. Its mission is to push the boundaries of our understanding of how life works, and it is the largest single-site biomedical research institute in Europe.
One of the Institute's strengths is its ability to collaborate extensively with external research groups, boasting partnerships in more than 90 countries. These collaborations, however, pose data protection challenges due to the need to transfer vast amounts of sensitive information across borders. The Institute has addressed this by developing its own Trusted Research Environment toolkit, which allows remote teams to share data securely and compliantly in the cloud.
The institute secured £1 billion in funding back in 2022, and is maximising its effectiveness through the BRIDGE network and investments in AI and machine learning. A notable example is Google’s subsidiary DeepMind establishing a research lab within the institute to enhance biology and genomics research.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2022
$1.4bn
GRANT
Total funding: $1.4bn
Company benefits
- 28 days of holiday each year, plus three additional days (usually taken over Christmas) and bank holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme, with the Crick contributing between 3% - 16% of salary
- Life assurance
- Season ticket/car parking loan
- Annual leave purchase
- Childcare support allowance
- Back-up dependent care
- Discounted annual gym membership
- Bike to Work scheme
- Payroll giving
- Shopping discounts
Company HQ
Somers Town, London, UK
Leadership
Paul Nurse
(CEO)The first Director and Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute. Was previously President of Rockefeller University in New York. In 2001 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine as part of a team that discovered the role of protein molecules that control the duplication of cells.
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