About You
Dalberg
Advisors is looking to hire a Contract
Administrator/ Paralegal to
provide support across the legal, contracting, and finance functions. The role
supports the review and management of commercial agreements, maintains accurate
contract and IP records, and ensures contracting processes (intake, approvals,
execution, and storage) are timely, consistent, and well-coordinated,
escalating legal issues to counsel as appropriate.
Experience
& Skills Required
Key Skills
- Strong commercial contract support and
negotiation skills, with the ability to engage constructively with
counterparties and reach balanced, pragmatic outcomes within approved
parameters
- Sound judgment in spotting legal and commercial
risk, applying playbooks, and knowing when to escalate to counsel or
management
- Excellent prioritisation skills, with the
ability to manage competing deadlines and focus on what matters most
- Clear and confident written communication,
including explaining contract process and key terms to non-legal
stakeholders
- Highly organised and detail oriented, with
strong follow-through on admin and process
- Ability to work independently while staying
closely aligned with relevant teams
- Practical, business minded approach rather than
a purely academic or theoretical one
- Fluency in English
Educational Qualifications
- Paralegal qualification, law degree, or
equivalent practical experience in commercial contracting and legal
operations
- Strong grounding in contract principles and
practical experience applying them in a business environment
Work Experience
- 5+ years of experience supporting the review and
administration of commercial contracts (or equivalent experience)
- Experience supporting in-house legal teams or
working in a professional services or advisory environment
- Experience handling contract administration
(intake, approvals, signature, contract lifecycle management (CLM)
hygiene) alongside substantive contract support
- Exposure to IP administration and licensing, and
data protection, preferred
About
You
Commercial Contracts Review
- Draft, review, mark-up, and administer a range
of commercial agreements (e.g., services agreements, NDAs, vendor
contracts, licences, and amendments) using approved templates and
playbooks, escalating deviations and legal issues as required
- Identify legal, commercial, and risk issues and
propose pragmatic positions
- Track contracts through intake, review,
approval, execution, and storage in the contract lifecycle management
(CLM) system or contract repository, ensuring version control and
audit-ready records
- Support contract standardisation, clause
libraries, and internal playbooks by capturing learnings from negotiations
and maintaining template updates for legal review
Legal, Contracting, and Finance Support
- Provide day-to-day support to the finance,
legal, and management teams, including managing the contract intake queue,
triaging requests, and coordinating internal stakeholders to meet
deadlines
- Coordinate with external counsel and support the
management of legal workstreams
- Maintain contract templates, precedents, and
internal guidance materials
- Track key obligations, deliverables, renewals,
and termination dates.
IP & Legal Administration
- Support IP administration (as applicable)
including tracking ownership, licences, and filings, maintaining required
documentation, and coordinating with counsel and internal teams on
instructions, deadlines, and submissions.
- Maintain IP registers, contract repositories,
and legal records, including ensuring completeness, version control, and
audit-ready filing (e.g., executed agreements, notices, approvals, and
supporting documentation)
- Support basic corporate governance and entity
administration as required (e.g., maintaining entity records, coordinating
signatures/authorisations, supporting routine filings under counsel
direction, and supporting company secretarial processes such as partner
onboarding and completion documentation, as applicable)
- Handle general legal administration to ensure
processes run smoothly, including matter tracking, invoice processing for
external counsel, and maintaining organised, searchable records, run
standard compliance-related processes with appropriate oversight,
including (i) conflicts of interest (COI) intake, tracking, and resolution
workflow and (ii) third-party vetting/supplier certification in line with
applicable anti-bribery policies.
How to
Apply
