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.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial Contracts Review
- Draft, review, mark-up, and administer a range of commercial agreements (e.g., services agreements, NDAs, vendor contracts, licenses, and amendments) using approved templates and playbooks.
- 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 standardization, 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 including tracking ownership, licenses, 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.
- Support basic corporate governance and entity administration, including maintaining entity records, coordinating signatures/authorizations, and supporting routine filings.
- Handle general legal administration such as matter tracking, invoice processing for external counsel, and maintaining organized, searchable records.
- Run standard compliance-related processes, including conflicts of interest (COI) intake and third-party vetting/supplier certification.
Skills & Qualifications
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.
Key Skills
- Strong commercial contract support and negotiation skills.
- Sound judgment in spotting legal and commercial risk and knowing when to escalate to counsel.
- Excellent prioritization skills and ability to manage competing deadlines.
- Clear and confident written communication for explaining complex terms to non-legal stakeholders.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong follow-through.
- Fluency in English.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online via the Dalberg career portal at dalberg.hua.hrsmart.com.
