Paralegal

Job Posting End Date: November 08

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: 

• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability 

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And that’s just the beginning…  

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today! 

General Summary:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts legal research and analysis as assigned.
• Locates information for attorneys and other internal and external authorities.
• Reviews, analyzes, summarizes and organizes documents as needed.
• Prepares draft responses of legal documents.
• Ensures that legal documentation is processed in compliance with legal requirements.
• Assists with large projects and assists other paralegals with their workload as necessary.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Litigation/Dedicated Legal Resource

• General knowledge of company’s products and procedures.
• General knowledge of legal issues involving group and/or individual policies and claims.
• Interview and interact with company employees and exercise the judgment to coordinate appropriately with in house and outside counsel as needed.

Employment Law (Leave)

• Reviews advanced laws and regulations to determine necessary changes for Absence Operations.
• Monitors proposed state and federal legislation and performs analysis on and compilation of various laws pertaining to Company business, disseminates the analysis of information and updates systems.
• Assists Compliance Managers with workload as necessary.

Job Specifications

• High school diploma
• A minimum of some paralegal or law school courses or five (5) years of paralegal experience or equivalent college degree/experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal relation skills
• Strong word processing, math and research skills
• Strong judgment
• Ability to mentor and/or training individuals
• Ability to work on multiple matters/projects simultaneously
• Litigation or employment law experience preferred.

Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not.  All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

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