Paralegal

Since 2011, THE ICONIC has redefined the future of retail in Australia and New Zealand. As the #1 fashion e-commerce destination in the region, our e-commerce platforms (Retail, Marketplace and Services) provide an inspiring and seamless end-to-end customer experience. We DREAM BIG through collaboration and innovation, and are supported to bring incredible ideas to life. We believe in making a positive difference by bringing on the future of shopping to our customers through the power of fashion, sports, home and beauty.

Join our small but amazing Legal team is a multi talented bunch who have the skills and the drive to tackle bespoke and wide ranging tasks, which allows us to support THE ICONIC in achieving our purpose of bringing on the future of shopping.

The Legal team is dedicated in partnering with areas across THE ICONIC to assist in translating complex contracts data into actionable insights, identifying and mitigating legal risks through implementing leading-edge LegalTech and delivering operational efficiencies.

**About the role**

Reporting to the General Counsel, this role will undertake a variety of tasks surrounding Legal, Governance, Risk and Compliance initiatives, and be a part of other transformational projects.
- Regularly file contracts, legal documents and general records management maintenance within the Legal team drive, and other record retention initiatives in parallel with the needs of the Legal team;
- Assist with the close-out of contract negotiations including issuing contracts for signature, follow-up for countersignature, filing of duly executed contracts and logging of contracts in team drive and/or contract management system as required;
- Work collaboratively to continuously improve contract management policies, procedures and best practice to ensure compliance with internal and parent company corporate governance requirements, and develop training materials, updates and communications that support good contract management governance.
- Assist in scope, design, test, implementation and maintenance of contract templates in the contract management system, and liaise with vendor and business stakeholders on training as required;
- Liaise with vendor and business stakeholders in the event of trouble shooting on the contract management system.
- Maintain various legal team trackers including trade marks, intellectual property, litigation and training trackers with key information as provided by the Legal team,

**What Success Looks like**
- Tertiary education in arts, commerce, law, business administration or related field
- Previous experience as Paralegal, Corporate Paralegal, Contracts Manager, Contracts Administrator, Legal Operations Professional, Legal Project Office Manager or related position
- Solid knowledge and understanding of contracts process, policies, systems and governance, with an interest in emerging issues in the legal and regulatory landscape
- Experience in designing and implementing new policies and processes, and effecting change across multiple stakeholder groups;
- Experience in using, maintaining or implementing a contracts management system, identifying opportunities to embrace new or existing systems and tools and/or managing legal transformation systems from inception to completion;
- Strong stakeholder management
- Ability to work autonomously and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Continuous improvement mindset and strong attention to detail

**Life at THE ICONIC**

From our ways of working to our growth mindset and sustainable approach, we each add unique value and have an incredible amount of fun doing it People are our greatest asset and our ICONITE experience is designed to empower you to do your best work.

Here's what to expect when you join THE ICONIC:

- **The learning collective.** Get your knowledge fixed with our learning days, hackathons and access to online learning tools.
- **Curate your style.** No matter what your style is, we have got you covered with our Amazing staff discount and our famous sample sales.
- **Wellbeing.** Access to our discounted gym memberships and wellbeing programs.
- **People first.** Access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.
- **Volunteer days.** Work as a Charity Partner with Thread Together for society and environmental change.
- **Furry friend.** We are a dog friendly office for anyone who wants to bring their fur baby to work.