Paralegal Specialist

What you'd do

• Manage assignments with initiative, accuracy, discretion, and sound judgment under limited supervision.
• Understand the scope and boundaries of the role and recognize when guidance, coordination, or escalation to counsel or another appropriate resource is required.
• Review incoming requests for completeness, ambiguity, process requirements, and potential legal or business risk; obtain missing information and route matters in accordance with established procedures.
• Identify potential legal, financial, operational, or reputational risks and involve counsel or leaders in significant strategic or tactical decisions, as appropriate.
• Meet committed turnaround times and contribute to team, department, and company service and performance measures.
• Communicate clearly, promptly, and professionally with internal and external stakeholders, adapting the approach to the audience and circumstances.
• Interact with external agencies, partners, and counsel within established parameters and with appropriate oversight.
• Contribute as a team member on departmental and cross-functional projects.
• Within authorized parameters and established guidance, review, draft, revise, and negotiate contract terms and conditions; identify issues and escalate matters requiring legal advice or additional approval.
• Prepare and process contract extensions, amendments, and terminations; explain contract provisions and coordinate input and approvals from relevant stakeholders.

What they want

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S.
• E5 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking AND a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience; OR A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated substantive contract experience, including reviewing and interpreting contract language and performing several of the following activities: drafting, revising, redlining, summarizing, negotiating within authorized parameters, preparing amendments, and applying defined terms.
• Experience managing contract intake and processing and identifying issues that require guidance, escalation, or additional approval.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.
• Genuine interest in reading, analyzing, and working closely with detailed written material, combined with strong reading comprehension and the ability to work accurately with complex contract language.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills, including the ability to adapt communication for different audiences and work effectively with employees at all organizational levels, customers, and third parties.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to identify errors, inconsistencies, dependencies, and potential risks.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, complex, client- and team-focused environment with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning, process improvement, teamwork, and effective use of technology.

About Dow

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal Specialist! This position can be located onsite in Midland, MI, Houston, TX, or Lake Jackson, TX. In this role, you will provide complex legal support across legal practice areas, excluding Litigation, as a member of the Core Legal Practices team. You will independently manage varied assignments involving multiple legal entities, stakeholders, and business considerations, applying legal knowledge, sound judgment, discretion, analytical thinking, an…