Paralegal
About Andela:
At Andela, we know brilliance is evenly distributed around the world, but opportunity is not. For over 10 years, Andela has connected its customers with top global, remote technical talent from over 135 countries with the majority residing in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.
As one of the world’s largest talent marketplaces, Andela gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technologists. With talent highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and much more, customers experience 33% faster project delivery. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, is the industry’s only unified platform managing the complete global talent lifecycle and enables customers to fill individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster.
Andela is on the precipice of two breakout industry transformations: one in staffing/hiring and the other in software development, both accelerated by generative AI.
Are you exceptional and hungry to work in a scaling business through transformation and growth? Join us and change the world.
Job Summary:
We are looking for an agile, high-velocity paralegal to join Andela’s Legal team. This role spans corporate governance, subsidiary management, legal operations, and whatever else the business needs from the Legal function. The ideal candidate moves fast, thinks ahead, and actively uses technology to eliminate friction across the full range of legal work. You are not boxed in by a job title. You go where you are needed.
Exceptional Leadership
As an Andelan, you’ll serve as a role model for the rest of the company, you do not need to manage people to be a leader at Andela! Think about the feedback your peers typically give you – if it usually sounds like the below, we want to hear from you.
Low ego, low drama:You share credit, take blame. You like being wrong because it means someone else had an even better idea.
One team mentality: You break silos across teams. You put the company and mission first above your team alone.
Great listener, hungry for feedback: You’re always seeking to improve – our product, our business, yourself. You solicit diverse opinions and deeply listen.
Owner, not renter: You see a problem, you fix it or find someone who will. The buck stops with you.
Team-player: You roll up your sleeves and get scrappy. You do this by proactively collaborating with your team while actively engaging in important details that matter.
Business problem solver: You’re not just a functional expert; you consistently get praise for approaching your function through the lens of solving business problems.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage international subsidiary entities, including serving as a board member on subsidiary boards across multiple jurisdictions
Maintain corporate records, governance calendars, and compliance filings for global entities using the CSC platform
Build, document, and optimize legal workflows, including organizing and maintaining legal document repositories
Support legal metrics reporting by gathering data, tracking KPIs, and preparing dashboards or reports for leadership
Leverage AI tools to accelerate legal research, document review, contract management, and day-to-day legal operations
Coordinate with outside counsel across jurisdictions on entity maintenance, regulatory filings, and corporate housekeeping
Pick up and run with ad hoc legal projects across any area of law as the needs of the business evolve
Qualifications:
5+ years of paralegal or legal operations experience, with meaningful time spent at a law firm
Hands-on experience managing international subsidiaries, including board-level participation (minute-taking, resolutions, filings)
Proficiency with CSC Entity Management or a comparable entity management platform
Demonstrated fluency with AI-powered legal tools (e.g., AI-assisted drafting, contract review, research, or workflow automation)
Strong organizational instincts with a track record of building processes, templates, and documentation from scratch
Experience compiling and reporting on legal department metrics
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Ability to work independently across time zones with minimal supervision
Paralegal certificate or equivalent qualification preferred
What Sets You Apart
You default to action and find ways to get things done without being asked
You treat AI tools as core to how you work, not an afterthought
You are comfortable operating across legal systems and cultures
You bring structure to ambiguity and can stand up a process where none exists
You are an athlete: versatile, coachable, and ready to play any position the team needs
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