Legal Assistant

Salary range- $28.00 - $35.00 per hour, dependent on experience

Legal Assistant

Our Story: Papa Murphys is different on purpose. Not only because we make our pizzas completely from scratch with fresh ingredients at over 1,300 locations nationwide, but because we do it with swagger. We know our product is better than our competitors. The fact that our pizza is take n bake adds to the quality of our pies and to the convenience for our guests. At Papa Murphys, we dont think its cheesy to love where you work. Bringing happiness to guests one fresh pizza at a time is a great start, but the Legal Assistant role has many other rewarding benefits as well.

Position Overview: In this engaging support role, the Legal Assistant champions Papa Murphys commitment to quality, service, integrity, and teamwork by:

• Coordinating and closely interacting with the legal department members.
• Working with internal teams to prepare legal documents and obtain necessary approvals for entering into franchise agreements with franchisees, ensuring adherence with FTC and state regulations, as well as PMI policies.
• Processing timely store openings, closings, and transfers in accordance with department procedures and checklists.
• Preparing and processing correspondence, assignments, SBA addenda, amendments, and other franchise-related documents.
• Documenting written procedures and checklists for department to ensure complex processes are fully documented and timely completed.
• Maintaining legal department tracking spreadsheets.
• Assisting legal department with regular updates to the Franchise Disclosure Document, Franchise Agreements and all ancillary documents as required by Federal Trade Commission and state agencies.
• Monitoring and timely filing annual reports in all states where PMI and related companies are registered to do business.
• Managing payment of bills from outside counsel.
• Acting as document custodian for both physical and electronic files.
• Working with internal teams on special projects as requested.

What we bring to the table:

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  Working with a dynamic team as a valuable contributor with cross-functional exposure and responsibilities
• Competitive employee benefits and 401k, flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work with amazing teams
• PIZZA!

What you bring to the table:

• High level of professionalism, responsibility, and confidentiality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including proven excellence in drafting, editing, and proofreading skills.
• General legal knowledge including corporate and franchise law.
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to confidently interface with people; developing and maintaining positive working relationships with all levels of the organization, franchisees, vendors, internal teams and customers as a member of a service-oriented team.
• Strong computer skills. Highly proficient with the use of Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Foundations of your career:

• B.A. or B.S. degree required or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years previous legal experience required

Please Note:

The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required in this position and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Papa Murphys International LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.