Deputy Company Secretary & Paralegal - Part-Time

Highview is a leading energy infrastructure business. We unite proprietary power systems analytics, world-class technologies and strategic finance to design, build and operate grid-scale assets that address the complex challenges faced by today’s energy networks.

We know our employees are the key to our success and we are committed to creating a positive, inspiring, and inclusive working environment where you will play a vital part in driving change and helping to achieve the global ambition of becoming net zero.

The Deputy Company Secretary and Paralegal is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and operational support to the legal and finance departments. This position is integral to ensuring efficient workflow, compliance, and coordination across Highview’s company secretarial and legal operations.

This is a Part-time role offered on a FTC to Permanent basis.

Requirements

Paralegal support:

• Supporting contract processes including drafting, trackers, NDAs, DocuSign management.
• Supporting transactions with external counsel; document sharing and distribution.
• Legal research.
• Support tendering processes when necessary.
• Regulatory license application and submission processes

Deputy Company Secretary support:

• Managing strike offs, creating companies, liaising with Companies House and HMRC
• Preparing and filing Companies House documents
• Administering share transfers, option exercises and cap table updates
• Preparing Board meeting papers, packs, appendices, presentations
• Assisting RemCom with performance conditions and share allocations
• Arranging signatures of Board minutes.
• Managing Carta (shareholder repository)

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of what the general responsibilities will be, and that the job description may be subject to changes according to the requirements of the organisation. You will be expected to complete all tasks within the level of your skill and ability.

Benefits

• Private Medical and Dental Insurance
• Financial Wellbeing Support Platform, including hunting down lost pensions, access to Independent Financial Advisors, and retail discounts.
• Attractive salary package
• Annual salary review at management's discretion
• 25 days of paid annual leave
• Automatic enrolment in the pension scheme after 3 months of service, with the option for salary sacrifice
• Season ticket loan available
• Opportunities for Learning and Development