Location:Dublin, IE

Company: Irish Life Group Services Limited

• Full Time Permanent position
• Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices

ABOUT US

Irish Life is one of Ireland’s largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets. We are one of Ireland’s leading financial services groups with over 1.5 million customers. For over 80 years, we’ve been helping people to look after their life insurance, pension and investment needs, and more recently their health insurance.
It is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.
We are proud of our culture of developing and supporting the growth and professional development of our people. The focus has resulted in a team of top talent with high standards, positioning us at the forefront of our industry.
The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Irish Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Irish Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Irish Life is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.
We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.
ILFS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Legal Executive for the In-house Commercial Legal team, which is part of the Irish Life Group Legal Department.
The Group Legal Department fulfils a crucial role in providing accurate, timely and commercial legal advice and support across the Irish Life Group and Canada Life Group subsidiaries (“the Organisation”). The successful candidate will report to the Head of Commercial Legal - Ireland and primarily support commercial-related work but will also be required to support some litigation-related work and manage the general administration requirements of the team in conjunction with the Litigation Legal Executive.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE

• Graduate (preferably in law) currently working in-house or in legal practice as a Paralegal or very similar relevant experience;
• Proven high-level drafting skills to meet primary responsibilities for this role;
• Very legal good research abilities including being able to summarise findings in writing in a clear and concise manner;
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn from experienced legal professionals within team;
• Advanced experience across all the Microsoft 365 applications and able to assist team members with day-to-day issues;
• Proficient in the use of IT platforms and computer systems used in the modern office environment;
• Excellent organisational and communication skills (both written and oral);
• Ability to prioritise, multi-task when necessary and problem solve;
• Self-motivated but enjoys working as part of a team;
• Previous or current experience in insurance/financial services industry is preferable but not essential.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Provision of paralegal support to a team of commercial lawyers;
• Various drafting activities including adapting precedent wording, customising templates, drafting stand-alone clauses and composing bespoke internal communications/external correspondence to a high professional standard;
• Proof-reading and formatting of various commercial legal agreements;
• Conducting legal research as requested and preparing memorandum summarising conclusions;
• Sourcing legal materials, documents and articles as required by the commercial lawyers;
• Handling correspondence from external parties on a variety of matters and drafting responses;
• Maintaining and upkeeping of the Legal Sharepoint site;
• Attending relevant team meetings and forums, preparation and circulation of minutes;
• Managing general administration requirements of the Legal Department;
• Arranging for notarisation and apostille of documents and liaising with external firms where required;
• Preparation of periodic Legal Update Newsletter to the Legal Department;
• Retrieving documents or deeds from legal strongroom;
• Providing additional legal support to the lawyers in the wider legal team including the litigation and M&A sub-teams