Paralegal

Farnsworth Group • Champaign, IL • 19h ago

Position: Paralegal

Location: Champaign, IL

Job Id: 3749

of Openings: 1

Farnsworth Group is seeking a Paralegal to provide legal and administrative support to the General Counsel across contract, claims, insurance, corporate, and other legal matters.

Posting Locations: Champaign, IL; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Lisle, IL; Peoria, IL; Springfield, IL; St. Louis, MO

What You'll Do:

Manage the contract lifecycle, including intake, routing, tracking, execution, filing, and maintenance of client, consultant, vendor, and other business agreements.

Maintain the contract-management system and ensure agreements, amendments, and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, and readily accessible.

Assist with reviewing, comparing, revising, and redlining contracts and related legal documents.

Support professional-services and construction-related claims by organizing claim files, project records, correspondence, and supporting documentation.

Track and maintain insurance policies, certificates of insurance, endorsements, and contractual insurance requirements.

Assist with corporate records, entity documentation, governance materials, registrations, and related filings.

Coordinate legal department administrative activities, including calendar and deadline tracking, document filing, records retention, meeting support, invoice processing, and follow-up on action items.

Prepare, proofread, format, and organize contracts, correspondence, reports, presentations, and other legal or business documents.

Maintain the confidentiality of privileged, proprietary, personal, and sensitive business information.

What You'll Need:

Bachelor's degree and paralegal certificate.

10-15 years of paralegal or closely related legal-support experience.

A minimum of 5 years of experience in supporting an architecture, engineering, construction, or other professional-services organization.

Experience managing contracts and maintaining contract records throughout the contract lifecycle.

Experience using a contract-management system, legal matter-management platform, or comparable document-management system.

Experience supporting claims and claims-management activities, particularly professional-services, professional-liability, construction, or project-related claims.

Experience working with insurance policies, certificates of insurance, endorsements, and contractual insurance requirements.

Strong organizational, written communication, time-management, attention-to-detail, confidentiality, and Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves: (optional; not all jobs will have this separate list)

Experience reviewing, revising, and redlining client, consultant, vendor, confidentiality, and other commercial agreements.

Familiarity with corporate records, entity administration, and corporate-governance documentation.

Experience supporting an in-house Legal, Risk Management, or professional-liability function within an AEC or professional-services organization.

Who We Are

Join Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, where your career can thrive! For ten consecutive years, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work®, and our engineers, architects, surveyors, and scientists channel their passion and expertise into making meaningful contributions to the world around us. With almost 650 talented professionals across 24 offices, we collaborate with clients ranging from small communities to some of the world's largest brands. Our success is built on our people - their passion, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Here, you'll find a supportive culture that champions your growth, embraces challenges, values work-life balance, and empowers you to make a lasting impact for our clients and the communities we serve. Join us and move your career forward.

A Great Place to Work Certified

For ten consecutive years, Farnsworth Group has earned the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification-thanks to our employees! Each year, our staff participates in a survey administered by the Great Place to Work organization, measuring perceptions of credibility, respect, pride, fairness, and camaraderie. The results are benchmarked against the nation's leading companies, and only top performers receive the certification. Insights from the survey help us continually enhance our work environment and foster a culture that makes Farnsworth Group an even greater place to work.

Featured benefits and perks include:

401(k) with 100% Company Match up to 5%

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans

Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts

Short & Long-Term Disability

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Professional Development and Training

Mentoring Program

Paid Time Off

Wellness/Fitness Reimbursements

Pet Insurance Plan

Hybrid Work Program

Farnsworth Group appreciates that flexibility and work-life balance are important aspects of the careers and lives of our employees. Our Hybrid Work Program offers employees a flexible work arrangement while contributing to the Company's culture and success.

Salary Range: $67,000 - $101,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity)

Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

Farnsworth Group is a collection of employees with unique backgrounds and perspectives that all come together to make us a better Company. It is our goal to recruit, hire, develop, retain, and promote a diverse group of people. Join us...and let's make a difference, together.

Farnsworth Group, Inc. is proud to be a M/F Disabled and Veteran EEO/AA employer.

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