Description

　　Work hard, have fun and make history with Amazon’s Japan Legal Team. We are looking for a smart and motivated individual to provide administrative and paralegal assistance to approximately 5 attorneys, 1 contract manager, and 2 legal specialists in our Japan Seller Services Legal Team. The position reports to a long-tenured senior lawyer in the Japan Seller Services Legal Team.

　　Responsibilities include coordinating agreement approvals and execution, drafting correspondence, assisting with standard contract reviews, tracking documents, maintaining status reports, supporting introduction of new system tools, doing word processing, performing general office tasks (such as calendaring, filing and budget tracking), and coordinating other legal and administrative matters directly with the business groups.

　　The successful candidate will possess the ability to work efficiently and independently; manage a high volume of tasks and projects with tight deadlines; react with appropriate urgency to situations and events that require a quick response or turnaround; think creatively; and be proactive in solving problems that affect people within the group or other related groups. The successful candidate will be client-service oriented, have great attention to detail; strong organizational skills; the ability to easily multitask; possess a high level of professionalism, integrity, and discretion in handling confidential information; and have the ability to work well with people at all levels inside and outside the company.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Tokyo, 13, JPN

　　Basic Qualifications

　　Native level Japanese and excellent written and spoken communication skills in English.

　　The ideal candidate will have 2+ years’ experience as a legal assistant, paralegal or corporate legal department team member.

　　Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. and other software systems for invoice, data and contract management.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Willingness and aptitude for learning new concepts on the job.

　　Paralegal experience, college degree or business law qualification are a plus but not required.

　　Corporate legal department or law firm experience is a plus.

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　　https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/passivesmoking

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　　https://www.amazon.jobs/jp/landing_pages/passivesmoking

　　The salary information can be provided individually prior to the 1st interview

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