Assistant Contract Manager

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Contracts Manager to cover a short-term leave within the Legal team of a Professional Recruitment Consultancy based in the City of London.

You will report directly to the Head of compliance and Contracts Manager to advise and support the company in contracts matters. With an emphasis on commercial contract content in the professional recruitment services industry, including advice on applicable legislation and identifying risk.

Your duties will consist of but not limited to:

* To negotiate, draft clauses and review commercial contracts with suppliers on the basis of the company's standard terms;
* To review and negotiate non-standard client contracts;
* To review Non-Disclosure agreements;
* To ensure that contracts or other documents meet legal and governance requirements and are properly organised;
* To assist the Head of Compliance with all day-to-day queries and legal issues;
* To proactively chase information required as part of the contracts review process;
* To assist the Bids team with RFP response;
* To research and advise the Head of Compliance and the company on foreign employment/tax law, corporate law and regulatory compliance matters, when required;
* Contract administration (e. ensuring the legal folder is kept up to date and all contracts are saved in the appropriate folder as well the internal database)

Essential Key Skills:

* Understanding of English contract law.
* Contract drafting skills.
* Ability to negotiate with suppliers.
* Convincing, open-minded, hands-on and eager to learn.
* Ability to work independently but to know when to ask for assistance.
* Well organised, positive, self-motivated, pro-active and strong negotiation skills.
* Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft office suite applications such as Word, Excel Outlook and PowerPoint

Desirable
* Intermediate understanding of European law.
* Experience of working in the recruitment industry

If you are interested in the above role, please call Lisa Killeen on 0207 390 7000 or apply online via our website

Key Words: Legal / contracts manager / Recruitment / City of London


Crone Corkill is a service driven recruitment consultancy.