Matter and File Management (Clio)
Specialist · Paralegal · Hybrid · Dortmund
- Company
- Environmental nonprofit in food security · 51–200 employeesCL-85662 · based in Dortmund
- Where
- Hybrid · Dortmund
- Format
- Regular role
- Time needed
- 3–8 h a week
- Start
- Starts next week
- Level
- Specialist · 2-5 years
- When you work
- Weekday evenings2 h a week overlap with CET
- Language
- English and Germanbusiness level
The company is already looking at 2 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.
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About this task
This environmental nonprofit in food security (51–200 employees) is looking for a specialist Paralegal for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–8 h a week. Keeps matter files organised and deadlines clear.
The person who did this left, and the company would rather bring in an experienced part-timer than rush a permanent hire. It is a nonprofit, so budgets are tight and grant reporting dates are fixed.
The team sits in Dortmund. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (CET).
What you deliver
- Organise matter files, update the docket and send a weekly deadline list.
- A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends
- A written update every Wednesday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked
- Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day
What a week looks like
- Friday: pick up the queue and confirm priorities
- Midweek: two short working sessions of one to two hours
- Wednesday: update sent before the company's end of day
Duration: 12 weeks, renewable. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.
Tools
Who fits
- 2-5 years of hands-on work as a Paralegal, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Business-level German as well as English: the documents and part of the team work in German
- Comfortable working in Clio and SharePoint
- The work is done under the supervision of a licensed lawyer or accountant on the company's side.
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
- Has worked with a distributed team across time zones
Not included
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
- A signature or opinion in your own name: sign-off stays with the company
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in EUR after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 2-5 years in legal
- Tools
- Clio, SharePoint
- Offers
- 6 hours a week, weekday evenings
- Rate
- €32 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, €32 an hour, is in line with the median specialist Paralegal rate in Germany (€32). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-85662 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.