Paralegal, Francis Crick
£34-39.1k
3 days a week in office
Biomedical research institute
Be an early applicant
Biomedical research institute
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£34-39.1k
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To discover without boundaries.
Role
Who you are
- A law degree, GDL or equivalent legal work experience.*
- Experience working in a legal environment, studying law, or working as a paralegal/legal assistant.*
- Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.*
- Confidence using technology and Microsoft Office applications.*
- Strong communication and written drafting skills.*
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively within a team
- A proactive attitude and willingness to learn new skills
Desirable
- Experience supporting legal operations or contract management activities
- Familiarity with legal technology tools such as SharePoint or HighQ
- Exposure to areas such as confidentiality, data privacy, IP or research contracts
What the job involves
- Reporting to: Sally Fouche, Senior Contracts and Legal Operations Manager
- Contract term: This is a 12 month fixed term contract position on Crick terms and conditions of employment
- The role would particularly suit a recent law graduate, someone currently studying towards a law qualification, or an individual working as a paralegal or legal assistant who is looking to broaden their experience within a dynamic and mission-driven organisation
- Working closely with the Legal & Governance team, you will support legal operations initiatives, help manage contracts and contribute to improving efficient ways of working across the team
- Supporting legal operations projects, systems and process improvements
- Assisting with drafting, reviewing and managing standard legal agreements
- Maintaining organised contract, knowledge management and document systems
- Supporting the development of templates, guidance documents and workflows
- Undertaking legal research and supporting team training activities
- Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and supporting day-to-day legal administration
Application process
- Application deadline: We are actively reviewing applications for this role and encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. Please note that the advert may close early if a high volume of suitable applications is received
- The Francis Crick Institute is Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof
- Our world-class scientists and staff collaborate on vital research to help prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative conditions
- The Crick is a place for collaboration, innovation and exploration across many disciplines
- A space where the brightest minds can pursue big and bold ideas and discover answers to crucial scientific questions
- We support them in a dynamic environment which fosters excellence with state-of-the-art infrastructure, cutting-edge facilities, and a creative and curious culture
- We’ve removed traditional boundaries of departments, divisions and disciplines and instead have an open approach that supports every researcher
- This gives us the freedom to take risks and carry out high-quality, pioneering research
- Creating a space for discovery without boundaries helps us to turn our science into benefits for human health and the economy
- We are looking for a motivated and organised Paralegal to join our Legal & Governance team
- This an exciting opportunity to support a world-leading biomedical research institute while gaining hands-on experience across legal operations, contract management and legal administration in a collaborative in-house legal environment
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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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2022
$1.3bn
GRANT
Total funding: $1.3bn
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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