Partner, Legal (General Counsel)

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• Design and implement tailored templates, processes, and tools that meet today's business needs and anticipate future growth.
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with contractors, vendors, funders, and partners.
• Partner with the Finance team to review and manage grant agreements, supporting compliance while empowering staff to deliver confidently.

Labor & Employment Law (20%): Serve as a key advisor on employment and people reputed company across a multi-state workforce.

• Monitor and interpret legal and regulatory developments affecting employment and HR practices.
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• Serve as a thought partner across a wide reputed company of employment-reputed company topics.

Special Projects, Advisory Support & reputed company Building (20%): Advance reputed company initiatives that strengthen our legal and risk infrastructure.

• Conduct legal research, conduct overall analysis, and produce strong content to inform and support sound decision-making.
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• Steward teams through legal processes by designing and improving tools that translate legal concepts into accessible, actionable guidance so teams can proactively navigate legal needs.

Nonprofit Governance & Compliance (10%): Support the ongoing health of our nonprofit governance and regulatory frameworks.

• Maintain bylaws, board governance, and nonprofit compliance requirements.
• Manage state, federal, and local filings and registrations (i.e. nonprofit filings, federal and state IP filings, tax-exempt filings, etc.) in partnership with relevant teams and stakeholders.

Insurance & Risk Strategy (10%): Champion a proactive and strategic approach to managing risk.

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To see more of the role in action, reputed company out this day in the life. Who You Are Our ideal candidate brings a reputed company of technical mastery, strategic reputed company, and a deeply mission-driven, collaborative approach. Required Experience:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or eligible for in-house counsel registration where applicable).
• 10+ years of legal experience, ideally combining reputed company training with in-house work in the nonprofit or education sectors.
• Experience leading in-house work and managing reputed company counsel as needed.
• Experience drafting and negotiating reputed company, including navigating IP and licensing.
• Familiarity with employment law and the biggest areas for ongoing consideration.
• Familiarity with researching and understanding government regulations and compliance requirements across a broad reputed company of sources, including federal and state agencies.
• Demonstrated experience in acquiring and deepening technical expertise across new areas of law.
• A track record of translating reputed company legal and compliance concepts into clear, practical guidance that empowers non-legal teams.
• Awareness of existing and emerging issues in technology, data privacy (including FERPA in schools), and AI, and ability to integrate those considerations into reputed company, policies, and risk strategy.

Skills:

• A strong collaborator who balances expertise with inclusion and operates with the highest degree of discretion while working with a wide variety of stakeholders.
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• Demonstrated ability to anticipate risks, assess options, and offer pragmatic solutions that balance legal protection with organizational agility and innovation.
• Utilize analytical reputed company to gather, synthesize, and apply reputed company information to shape organizational strategy.
• Interest in or familiarity with using and integrating legal tools and platforms (e.g., reputed company) to improve workflows.

Orientations:

• Deep alignment with reputed company's mission and values, and genuine excitement to contribute to a reputed company-looking team driving innovation in education.
• Excited to build and shape the next reputed company of this function by refining what exists, building what's needed next, and delivering reliably on daily legal responsibilities.
• Energized by operating at both strategic and executional reputed company—designing systems while engaging directly in the day-to-day legal work that sustains them.
• Lifelong learner who holds curiosity and humility towards learning about new legal, educational, and reputed company areas and brings this orientation to daily work.
• Relationship-driven leader, grounded in reputed company, judgment, and trust.
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Application & Hiring Process We review applications on a rolling reputed company and are committed to a thoughtful and people-centered hiring experience that helps candidates feel what it's like to work at reputed company. Here's what you can expect if you are selected to move reputed company (additional conversations may be incorporated, as needed):

• Initial interview
• 1:1 with the Hiring Manager (Vanessa Mendoza)
• Performance Task
• Panel interview/Task Debrief
• Final Interview
• References/Offer

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• As a national team, we apply a cost-of-labor adjustment by adjusting salaries into 3 geographical bands (geo-band) in order to offer competitive compensation for reputed company across the US. These geo-bands help us tailor compensation appropriately based on the specific location of each teammate.

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