What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Paralegal position at Discovery Education UK?
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Paralegal – Contracts & Legal Operations to support contract review, legal workflows, and systems development across Discovery Education’s U.S. Legal team. This role provides critical support to our U.S. commercial contract function and legal department operations, with a unique blend of contract execution, legal process management, and cross-functional legal support. Reporting to the General Counsel, this role will work closely with the U.S. Commercial Contracting team as well as partnering across the Legal Team and business to improve how we deliver legal services.
This is a high-visibility, hands-on role where you’ll collaborate with internal teams including Sales, Product, Operations, Information Technology, and Privacy. You will be responsible for reviewing a wide range of contracts; developing legal systems and documentation; and helping implement tools and processes that enable the Legal team to work more effectively and efficiently.
In This Role You Will
At Discovery Education, we are fulfilling our mission of preparing learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today's world.
Serving more than 4.5 million educators and 45 million students, available in approximately half of U.S. classrooms and primary schools in the UK, and more than 140 countries around the globe; we are on a journey to transform teaching and learning though innovative partnerships with school districts, states, ministries of education, and other like-minded organizations.
We have built an award-winning and highly reputable organization because of talented and driven people who work together to accelerate student achievement by tapping into students' natural curiosity and desire to learn by capturing their minds and imagination through the fascination of Discovery.
Why Join Discovery Education?
Discovery Education believes empowering each team member is vital to cultivating high performing, highly engaged teams. Being a part of our team means we partner together to achieve mutual goals. To this end, Discovery Education offers a robust and comprehensive insurance package. You can find a complete listing on our Career Page.
Along with traditional insurance offerings, our inclusive offerings center around:
Inspired? We would love the opportunity to review your candidacy! Select the blue “Apply Now” button at the bottom left of the screen to begin your application.
Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the communities we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, protected veteran status or disabled status, or genetic information.
This is a high-visibility, hands-on role where you’ll collaborate with internal teams including Sales, Product, Operations, Information Technology, and Privacy. You will be responsible for reviewing a wide range of contracts; developing legal systems and documentation; and helping implement tools and processes that enable the Legal team to work more effectively and efficiently.
In This Role You Will
- Contract Review & Execution
- Review and support negotiation of U.S. commercial contracts including RFP responses, data privacy agreements (DPAs), corporate partnership agreements, NDAs, and vendor contracts
- Work from legal templates and playbooks to ensure contracts align with risk standards and business goals
- Manage the contract finalization and execution process, including DocuSign workflows and archiving
- Legal Operations & Systems
- Contribute to the design and maintenance of scalable intake and triage systems for legal and contract requests
- Help develop and manage tools that support legal workflows, using platforms such as Asana, JIRA, Slack, and DocuSign
- Support coordination with legal vendors and technology providers
- Knowledge & Information Management
- Organize and maintain legal templates, playbooks, and internal knowledge resources
- Develop guidance and documentation for internal business users and cross-functional teams
- Champion best practices in legal document retention, version control, and access
- Cross-Functional Legal Support
- Provide general support to the General Counsel, including on matters related to M&A diligence, litigation, and other corporate matters
- Support review and maintenance of legislation
- Collaborate on privacy program support for administration of our privacy program
- Participate in Legal team initiatives focused on automation, self-service, and AI-driven efficiency
- Contract review and risk identification
- Legal tech fluency and systems thinking
- Workflow and process design
- Project management and prioritization
- Knowledge management and documentation
- Communication and stakeholder collaboration
- Adaptability and operational creativity
- Roll-up-your-sleeves mindset
- 5 years of relevant legal experience in a corporate, law firm, government, or in-house environment
- BA or equivalent required
- Paralegal certificate preferred
- Demonstrated experience supporting high-volume contract workflows
- Familiarity with tools such as DocuSign, Slack, JIRA, Asana, or similar workflow platforms
- Interest or experience with legal automation or AI tools is a plus
- Legal right to work in the United States
At Discovery Education, we are fulfilling our mission of preparing learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today's world.
Serving more than 4.5 million educators and 45 million students, available in approximately half of U.S. classrooms and primary schools in the UK, and more than 140 countries around the globe; we are on a journey to transform teaching and learning though innovative partnerships with school districts, states, ministries of education, and other like-minded organizations.
We have built an award-winning and highly reputable organization because of talented and driven people who work together to accelerate student achievement by tapping into students' natural curiosity and desire to learn by capturing their minds and imagination through the fascination of Discovery.
Why Join Discovery Education?
Discovery Education believes empowering each team member is vital to cultivating high performing, highly engaged teams. Being a part of our team means we partner together to achieve mutual goals. To this end, Discovery Education offers a robust and comprehensive insurance package. You can find a complete listing on our Career Page.
Along with traditional insurance offerings, our inclusive offerings center around:
- Career Development Ownership - Be the driver of your success!
- Continuing Education AND Tuition Reimbursement Programs
- Mentorship program and collaboration with veteran leaders
- Constant opportunities for cross-functional training and skill building
- Uncapped career growth
- Leave for life’s moments including 7 recognized holidays
- Take PTO without the vacation guilt
- Up to 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Annual Winter Holiday Break (typically the last week of December)
Inspired? We would love the opportunity to review your candidacy! Select the blue “Apply Now” button at the bottom left of the screen to begin your application.
Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the communities we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, protected veteran status or disabled status, or genetic information.
