Paralegal/Junior Privacy Counsel (all genders)

Full Time
Berlin
11 months ago

Babbel is the world’s first and most sold online language learning platform, driven by the purpose to create mutual understanding through language. This means building an ecosystem of language learning offerings that helps people connect across cultures. Babbel, Babbel Live and Babbel for Business provide users with the most effective solution to be able to communicate with real people, in real situations.  Babbel’s team consists of 750 Babbelonians representing over 65 different nationalities working in Berlin and New York. For more information, visit www.babbel.comor download the apps in the App Store or Play Store.

We are looking for a Paralegal/Junior Privacy Counsel for our Legal Team in the heart of buzzing Berlin! 

This is a full-time position.

You will:

  • Support Babbel's Legal Department, including completing administrative tasks
  • Support the team in privacy and legal project management
  • Research and analyze legal inquiries and provide legal advice related to general civil law, competition law, commercial law, consumer law, corporate law, data protection law and IP law, including trademark law
  • Support in the preparation, implementation and filing of contracts, letters, written pleadings, powers of attorney, processes/guidelines and other legal documents
  • Maintain Babbel's legal database and archive

You are:

  • Someone with a legal background who has worked in Legal department or similar
  • An independent self-starter, with a high level of commitment and a "hands-on" mentality

You have:

  • Legal education 
  • Work experience as Paralegal
  • Strong analytical skills, which allow you to quickly grasp and present legal issues
  • Excellent English language skills and fluency in German (oral and written skills)
  • Good MS Office skills
  • A sense of humor, common sense and a good team spirit

Nice-to-have

  • Work experience in an international environment
  • Preferably, you have prior work experience in the area of data protection law

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

  • Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
  • Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms. 
  • Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
  • Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership. 
  • Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events. 

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

Sounds good? We are already looking forward to hearing from you! Check out also our jobs page, our blog andour techblogto get an impression about #lifeatbabbel!