Legal Assistant
InPlanet
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇧🇷 Brazil
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support the Legal Department by organizing, structuring and maintaining legal and contractual documentation on an ongoing basis
- Organize and maintain digital folders and document repositories to ensure clarity, consistency and easy traceability
- Manage and control legal documents, including contracts, drafts, annexes and supporting materials, in accordance with defined internal standards
- Screen and triage documents, organizing incoming information and materials from different teams and stakeholders
- Support the completion, formatting and organization of contracts, templates and legal documents
- Maintain records, histories and version control to ensure that documents and decisions are properly documented and traceable
- Support the implementation and day-to-day execution of internal legal routines, controls and processes
- Keep legal documentation up to date, structured and reliable to enable the legal team to operate efficiently
- Handle legal information with confidentiality, discretion and reliability in line with internal policies and legal standards
- Provide consistent and methodical operational support to the legal team, contributing to stability and predictability in legal operations
Requirements
- Law student (from the 7th semester onwards) or recently graduated, with foundational knowledge of Brazilian law
- Ability to quickly learn new tools and systems (self-learner/autodidact profile)
- Strong administrative and document organization skills, with demonstrated attention to detail and consistency
- Strong analytical and detail-oriented mindset, with discipline in following processes and routines
- Comfort working with standardized processes, controls, and repetitive tasks, maintaining quality over time
- High level of reliability, discretion, and sense of responsibility when handling sensitive legal information
- Strong communication skills in Portuguese and professional working English (legal and professional communication; full fluency is not required)
- High attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and a consistent, methodical approach to daily tasks
- Calm, steady, and reliable working style, with the ability to maintain focus and structure under routine demands
- A passion for climate action and sustainable agriculture
- A problem-solving mindset, with the ability to stay calm and focused under pressure
- A willingness to travel within Brazil for meetings and site visits, embracing every opportunity to learn
Benefits
- Home office budget
- Fully remote: Join us from anywhere within CET (−4/−5 hour time zones)
- Personal development budget
- Language program
- Monthly allowance
- 40+ days annual leave
- The opportunity to be autonomous, make a significant impact and belong to a shared vision
- Occasional off-sites in Brazil
- Laptop to support your productivity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
legal documentation managementcontract organizationdocument version controllegal researchBrazilian law knowledgeadministrative skillsdocument formattinginformation triageprocess executionattention to detail
Soft skills
strong communication skillsanalytical mindsetreliabilitydiscretionorganizational skillsmethodical approachproblem-solving mindsetself-learnercalm under pressuresense of responsibility