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Requisition Number: 08222023

Location: Lawrenceville

Position Overview:

Position Requirements:

• Associate's degree required; bachelor's degree highly preferred; 3 years of experience.
• Substantial experience with contracts review, drafting, and management
• Familiarity with risk management, data privacy, and security concepts and principles
• Demonstrated attention to detail, follow up, and organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
• Work well with others; contribute positively to a collegial mission-driven environment
• Maintain punctual, regular, and predictable attendance
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task duties and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient with Google Apps and all Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint)
• Advanced drafting and negotiation skills and demonstrated value contribution results.
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities.
• Advanced contract negotiation and drafting with the ability to provide guidance to stakeholders regarding the impact of contract terms and conditions.
• Ability to prioritize and be flexible in a high-volume professional environment; ability to conclude negotiations and close contracts in a timely manner.
• Commitment to the mission of education, and dedication to serving internal clients.

Position Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Certified Paralegal (CP), Certified Legal Assistant (CLA) credential (ABA approved), or JD
• Experience in a higher education environment; experience with contracting
• Experience with IT contracts (e.g. Saas, self-hosted) , data privacy, and security
• Familiarity with risk management concepts and principles

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Affirmative Action Statement:

Rider University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity.

About Rider University

"As a learner-centered University dedicated to the education of the whole student, Rider provides students the intellectual resources and breadth of student life opportunities of a comprehensive university with the personal attention and close student-faculty interactions of a liberal arts college.Through a commitment to high quality teaching, scholarship and experiential opportunities, faculty on both campuses provide undergraduate and graduate students rigorous and relevant programs of study to expand their intellectual, cultural and personal horizons and develop their leadership skills. Our highly regarded programs in the arts, social sciences, sciences, music, business and education challenge students to become active learners who can acquire, interpret, communicate and apply knowledge within and across disciplines to foster the integrative thinking required in a complex and rapidly changing world."

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