Designs for Health is an industry-leading and rapidly growing manufacturer and distributor of nutritional supplements offered primarily through health care practitioners. By providing comprehensive support through our extensive product line, ongoing clinical education, and practice development programs, Designs for Health helps practitioners realize successful health outcomes for their patients. The company has two manufacturing plants and four distribution centers in the United States, and its products are distributed in five continents.

Position Overview

The Legal Assistant will assist in many facets of the in-house Legal Department, including matter management processing and contract review and preparation. Successful individuals in this role will have:

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Follows directions and asks questions to increase understanding.
• Professional and proactive demeanor and a sense of urgency in completing work.
• Proactive and able to identify issues within scope of responsibility.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks within a fast-paced, high-growth corporate environment.
• Collaborate well with people at all levels.
• Passion for the Company’s brands, products, and mission.

Essential Job Functions

• Coordinate certain aspects of the contract management process, including routing contracts for signature and saving documents to the contracts database.
• Organize, maintain, and prepare reports on matters and contracts utilizing internal databases and software.
• Format template contracts, correspondence, and other documents.
• Use contract playbooks to review routine contracts.
• Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of the Legal Department’s matter management system and other relevant technology. Train new employees on how to request legal support and how to use these systems.
• Organize legal files and notebooks.
• Provide general support to the Legal Team and assists with ad-hoc tasks, general admin support, and special projects.
• Additional duties and responsibilities at the direction of management.

Requirements

• High school diploma required. Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience as an executive assistant, legal assistant, or paralegal. In-house corporate legal department experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and an aptitude for working in cloud and server-based enterprise computer programs and applications.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of all department, company, customer, and other third-party information

Physical Demands

This is largely a sedentary role; however, the duties require the use of the hands to type and the ability to communicate. This role requires the ability to move about and some duties may occasionally require the ability to lift up to 20 lbs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

Reports to: Legal Operations Manager

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Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

Designs for Health is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all employees can grow and thrive. Our employees form meaningful and often life-long connections while working at Designs for Health. We are all passionate about our mission of designing a well world, together.