eDiscovery Analyst

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Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Legal Jobs

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

November 14, 2022

Business unit:

Legal

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

Company description

As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork, and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.

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Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

The successful candidate will be a valuable part of the Information, Governance and Discovery (IGD) team within Global Litigation. This role covers a wide variety of work but will primarily focus on coordination of Group-wide efforts to identify, harvest, preserve and disclose electronically stored information (“ESI”) in connection with litigation, agency investigations (both civil and criminal), regulatory and other matters that may arise. The successful candidate will work with a global team and occasionally need availability during non-regular working hours.

Where You Fit In

This position is in Houston and will report to the Managing Counsel LIG in Global Litigation. This role will work with IGD team members to support e-discovery activities for various legal matters and will serve as a liaison to IDT for ongoing support of eDiscovery applications. We encourage the identification of process improvements, contributing to continuous improvement and shaping the way we collaborate and work.

eDiscovery Analyst

What is the role

As an O365 eDiscovery Analyst, you will support a global legal team of lawyers in their efforts to find, analyze and disclose information and materials that may be relevant to legal matters. This role will support cases from a variety of regions globally but will have a heavy focus on cases in the Americas.

Responsibilities include:


Developing an understanding of Shell’s IT architecture including M365.
Liaising with IDT team members to identify and implement new eDiscovery solutions and support existing applications.
Working with legal counsel and paralegals to develop and execute strategies for identification and collection from data sources likely to contain materials relevant to specific legal claims and defenses.
Providing guidance to legal counsel on the creation of keyword and condition searches in M365 e-discovery centers.
Securely transferring collected data to eDiscovery vendors.
Accurately tracking all search, collection, and export efforts for specific matters.
Educating internal and external legal counsel on the capabilities of M365 eDiscovery Center and advising teams on effective and efficient data collection strategies.
Participating in the establishment and management of eDiscovery best-practices from a global perspective.
Assuring alignment throughout the Shell organization, including with IT, Legal, and the Business communities, with respect to preservation and eDiscovery issues.


Requirements

What we need from you


Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
Candidate must have minimum 5 – 10 (five to ten) years of working experience in eDiscovery or any work-related industry
Bachelor's Degree in any related field is required
Advanced understanding of data collection practices including through M365 eDiscovery Centers
Strong skills in Boolean search and natural language search, experience with advanced data analytics a plus
Basic understanding of legal preservation, discovery, and disclosure in litigation
Interest in improving processes and workflows, including through use of automation
Strong knowledge in Excel
Strong organizational and teaching skills
Stakeholder management
Collaborative – a good team player
Proven ability to work to deadlines and prioritize multiple projects
Willingness to learn new programs and skills as needed for projects
Comfortable with direct interface with internal legal counsel, even at senior levels and outside of litigation.
Understanding the of importance of information management especially relating to litigation matters
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to follow instructions, suggest improvements, apply common sense and multi-task
Resilience under pressure as the successful candidate will be supporting a busy team of lawyers and paraprofessionals
Bilingual is a plus


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According to the United Nations, the global population could increase to more than 10 billion people. A key role for society – and for Shell – is to find ways to meet the growing demand for energy, with less carbon emissions. We need people who dare to think differently – to take part in developing tomorrow’s energy solutions today.

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