About Circular Services:
Circular Services is the largest privately held recycling and organics service provider in the U.S. It operates over 30 facilities serving major long-term municipal and commercial contracts. The mission of Circular Services is to keep valuable materials in circulation and minimize the cost and environmental impact of landfills. The company services municipal contracts with some of the largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. including New York City, Austin, San Antonio, and Phoenix.
About the Role:
Circular Services is seeking a Corporate Paralegal to help build and operationalize its legal function. It is a hands-on legal operations and contract management role with significant ownership and visibility.
This individual will partner closely with the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and Assistant General Counsel, supporting commercial transactions, entity management, and governance. The ideal candidate is tech-savvy, organized, detail-oriented, and confident working independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
This role is based in New York, NY and requires regular in-office presence.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401k with company match
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
Responsibilities:
- Participate and assist attorneys in matters across the U.S., including RFP responses, M&A and integration, corporate governance, policies and procedures, real property transactions, trademarks and DBAs, insurance matters, training, procurement, and contract repository, playbooks, workflows and templates.
- Work with and be a resource for business stakeholders to review and negotiate contracts to timely execution.
- Manage legal entity structures, registrations, annual filings, and corporate governance documentation.
- Manage contract management system, legal entity management system, and outside counsel legal billing and matter management system.
- Manage and assist with risk and compliance matters.
- Collaborate with the Chief Legal Officer, Assistant GC, executive team and cross-functional teams to identify legal risks, proposing new solutions and processes that align with the company's overall mission and growth trajectory and drive operational excellence and efficiency, blending paralegal expertise with business acumen.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Paralegal certification strongly preferred.
- 5+ years of paralegal experience, ideally with significant exposure to commercial contracts and legal operations.
- Demonstrated success managing contracts & agreements, insurance litigation, policies and procedures, entity and matter management, data and reporting
- Highly analytical, with sharp attention to detail
- Exceptional communication, coaching, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with internal clients and other stakeholders
- Extremely high level of integrity, professionalism, and reliability
- Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously with minimal oversight.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Strategic thinker with a passion for driving business growth and improving organizational processes
- Ensures compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards
- Substantial knowledge and experience designing and working with databases, working with Ironclad or similar CLM, Legal Tracker or similar billing and matter management software, CSC or similar legal entity management and SOP software, Ramp, and MS Office.
Preferred Job Qualifications:
- Extensive experience with the legal and business needs of a recycling/composting/reuse provider or industrial/manufacturing operating company
- Experience working for a waste, recycling and/or organics company
- Knowledge and experience contracting with municipalities, reuse, composting and recycling facilities a plus
- Experience working in a growing legal department or working with or in a high-growth or start-up company, a private equity-backed company and a large public company
- Preference for large firm and in-house experience
- Preference for corporate or commercial transactions and corporate governance experience
- Advanced Excel and reporting capabilities
EEOC: Circular Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Circular Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Circular Services are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Circular Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
