Legal Operations Specialist, EMEA

Legal Operations Specialist, EMEA (Contract) Location: Remote (UK / EMEA) Duration: 12 Months Hours: 40 hours/week Pay Rate: $60–$70/hour USD Our client is seeking a Legal Operations Specialist to support its EMEA legal team on a contract basis. This role will focus on temporary legal professional and outside counsel operations, working across onboarding, contract administration, reporting, compliance tracking, and legal operations workflows in a fast-paced, global environment. What You'll Do

• Manage the full lifecycle of temporary legal professionals, including onboarding, extensions, offboarding, and coordination of system access and provisioning.
• Support execution of outside counsel engagement documents, including MRAs, SOWs, and related legal vendor documentation.
• Track and report on key legal operations metrics, partnering with finance, workforce operations teams, and legal stakeholders.
• Coordinate vendor due diligence and approval processes, including initiation, status tracking, and stakeholder follow-up.
• Conduct recurring audits of temporary legal professional records, system access, job titles, and tenure to ensure compliance with internal policies.
• Manage intake requests through the legal team's internal case management platform and help route matters appropriately.
• Assist with operational projects, process improvements, reporting, and documentation as needed. What We're Looking For
• Experience in legal operations, legal administration, vendor management, workforce operations, or a related function.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience supporting onboarding, contract management, compliance, or legal vendor processes.
• Comfortable working across multiple stakeholders and managing competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.