Legal Analyst

Chevron is accepting online applicants for the Legal Analyst position through 08/24/2023 at 11:59 PM

Oil, Products & Gas ("OPG") Law has a team of Legal Analysts (paralegals) who provide transactional support for the Downstream, Chemicals and Midstream ("DCM") businesses' intellectual property transactions. This position provides legal support for the Chevron Technical Center and Chevron Oronite and reports to the Supervisor, Legal Analysts, DCM, OPG Law.

This position requires a highly skilled Legal Analyst who is knowledgeable in contracting and exhibits strong leadership and influencing skills.

Responsibilities:

This position will perform paralegal tasks under the guidance and direction of attorneys, including, but not limited to:

• Review, draft, revise, and negotiate a variety of agreements including, but not limited to the following: services agreements, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, research agreements, technology license agreements, joint development agreements, field test agreements, and alliance agreements, based on consultation with business partners and guidance from attorneys.
• Engage with and provide recommendations (risk analysis) to business partners, contract administrators and attorneys on counterparty's changes to legal terms in agreements.
• Work closely with subject matter experts in tax, finance, litigation, information risk management, compliance and insurance to integrate guidance into negotiations and agreements.
• Analyze and summarize documents for review by business partners and attorneys.
• Perform legal due diligence and legal research.
• Work closely with business partners and attorneys to resolve a variety of day-to-day issues and support a broad range of intellectual property-related transactions, commercial transactions and/or projects.
• Recommend, develop and implement process improvements and simplification of tasks.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years of experience as a paralegal drafting and negotiating agreements.
• Ability to effectively analyze and communicate legal issues and collaborate across broad functional and organizational lines (e.g., business partners, subject matter experts, attorneys and law professionals).
• Strong organizational, analytical, proofreading, editing and research skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and maintain-high quality performance with competing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

• Strong communication (both oral and written), collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to give effective feedback (both positive and constructive) and receive feedback (both positive and constructive) and act upon it.
• Self-starter who is adept at working in a team environment and partnering with management, business partners, in-house counsel, outside counsel and staff.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and think independently on how to solve problems and offer solutions.

• Demonstrate a growth mindset.
• Ability to provide your perspective in a professional manner.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, ownership and accountability.
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of tools and the ability to quickly learn new tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Law degree from an ABA-accredited school.

• Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program.
• Prior experience using Sirion or other contracting platforms.
• Advanced skillset in Microsoft Office tools (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Forms, OneNote, Sway and Visio).

Relocation Options:

Relocation will not be considered.

International Considerations:

Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

Regulatory Disclosure for US Positions

• The compensation and reference to benefits for this role is listed on this posting in compliance with applicable law. Please note that the compensation and benefits listed below are only applicable for U.S. payroll offers.
• The anticipated salary range for this position is $85,400- $168,400. The selected candidate's compensation will be determined based on their skills, experience, and qualifications. [for CA postings only]
• Chevron offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which includes, but is not limited to, variable pay, health care coverage, retirement plan, protection coverage, time off and leave programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations. Details are available at http://hr2.chevron.com/.

Regulatory Disclosure for US Positions:

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breast-feeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability (including medical condition), military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other status protected by law or regulation.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please email us at [email protected].

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