Legal Hold Specialist
Location
United States
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
$94.7K - $157.7K / year
Bachelor Degree3 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Responsible for managing the company’s legal hold process ensuring that relevant documents and data are preserved when litigation, investigations or disputes arise
• Issue and track legal hold notices to employees when litigation, investigations, or disputes require preserving documents and data
• Communicate with custodians (employees whose data is on hold) to ensure they understand their preservation obligations
• Monitor compliance with legal holds and follow up with employees who haven’t acknowledged or may not be following hold requirements
• Oversee and execute discovery/disclosure readiness (i.e., custodial interviews, collections and evidence management)
• Coordinate global collection of assets and data for employees exiting the company while on legal hold
• Monitor data preservation systems to ensure they are functioning properly, and data integrity is maintained
• Coordinate the secure deletion or archiving of data that has reached the end of its retention period
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of what data is preserved, where it is stored, and why it is being retained
• Conduct regular audits to verify compliance with legal hold and identify gaps in preservation practices
• Serve as the liaison between legal, IT, vendors and business units on data preservation matters
• Help improve and document legal hold procedures and best practices
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, information management, legal studies, or related field preferred
- 3-5 years of experience in records management, data governance, legal operations or any transferable experience managing data or processes desired
- Understanding of data retention principles and information lifecycle management preferred
- Excellent organizational, attention to detail and project management skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally with IT, legal, HR and business teams
- Strong analytical skills for assessing retention requirements and implementing policies
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Comfortable working with technology systems and understanding data architecture concepts
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel and database management tools
- Familiarity with Legal hold, e-discovery or information governance processes a plus
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
- access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
- tuition assistance
- adoption assistance
- paid parental leave
- disability benefits
- life insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- permissive time off
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