Staff Counsel Corporate
Staff Counsel Corporate
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Job Description
Staff Counsel Corporate Legal (Hybrid Preferred in Washington DC; Chicago IL; Durham NC; New York NY; San Francisco CA or Remote)
Arabella Advisors seeks an organized detailoriented and highly motivated attorney to work in the General Counsels office. The General Counsels Office is responsible for providing timely coordinated and thoughtful legal advice to internal clients on a wide variety of regulatory compliance and riskmanagement matters tailored to Arabellas business needs. The General Counsels office also provides legal support to a variety of client nonprofit organizations.
This position provides substantive advice to Arabella staff on legal matters related to corporate and compliance areas including contracts employment insurance intellectual property and data privacy. The successful candidate will be able to navigate a broad array of stakeholders in a corporate environment that serves nonprofit and philanthropic clients and will provide practical legal information and guidance in a fastpaced setting.
Essential Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary lawyer on a broad range of contracting matters working in coordination with the legal and compliance teams. This work will involve leading the evaluation drafting and negotiating process for a broad range of agreements including independent contractor agreements vendor contracts and nondisclosure agreements.
- Advise clients on a variety of transactional and operational corporate matters including intellectual property data privacy and employment law.
- Work with the legal and compliance teams to identify legal risks and ensure corporate compliance with state and federal laws and regulations and legal policies.
- Work with the legal and compliance teams to streamline develop and manage corporate policies systems operations and processes.
- Liaise with outside counsel as necessary on specific projects and to develop additional inhouse expertise.
- Develop and conduct trainings for staff on legal rules and compliance procedures.
- Support on an asneeded basis on federal and state charitable laws especially as they may relate to contracting.
- Provide general support to the legal and compliance teams to resolve routine legal or regulatoryrelated issues or questions.
- Conduct research and perform other duties as assigned.
To Be Successful in This Role Youll Need
- License to practice law in a jurisdiction with an Arabella office.
- J.D. and at least five years of experience in a legal or related role.
- Experience with negotiation drafting analyzing and advising on contracts.
- Experience in 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 nonprofit law is preferred.
- Experience working inhouse at a nonprofit or with a corporate compliance department is a plus.
- Knowledge of employment privacy general corporate or intellectual property law is a plus.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work on broad topics and balance multiple projects at once.
- Ability to establish and manage effective relationships with legal and compliance colleagues as well as diverse stakeholders across the firm.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and a strong client service orientation.
- Ability to work independently and proactively identify and prioritize needs.
Our Core Competencies
- The ability to provide excellent service including being able to address complex service matters implement and communicate service changes to everyone involved and to coach teammates on how to apply the firms service standards
- The ability to manage largescale and crossfirm projects including delegating and managing all resources identifying and implementing improved processes monitoring consistency across project teams and providing direction and support to teammates
- The ability to facilitate and negotiate among stakeholders with conflicting needs and to generate consensus among decision makers
- The ability to help effectively communicate difficult messages; to adapt style tone and content to meet various needs; and to coach teammates on crafting content.
- The ability to work cooperatively and inclusively with others to achieve shared goals including encouraging and facilitating effective compromise drawing on the capabilities of all team members and leading teamlevel knowledge sharing
- The ability to use available resources and feedback to continually develop mastery in your role and facilitate team and projectlevel learning including coaching others
- The ability to solve complex challenges by identifying innovative solutions and facilitating coordination with others
- The ability to elevate the voices of marginalized colleagues and mitigate power dynamics with staff with less formal authority
Working With Us
While this position can be hybrid in Washington DC Chicago IL Durham NC New York NY San Francisco CA or Remote from the following states/district: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington State or Wisconsin; the preferred locations for this position are Hybrid in Washington DC Chicago IL Durham NC New York NY San Francisco CA.
Please note that all Arabella Advisors offices are open and we work with a hybrid workplace strategy to ensure continued flexibility for our staff while deepening our strong culture rooted in collaboration and inperson interactions between colleagues. We expect that after their initial onboarding all Arabellans will have the choice of two hybrid schedules. Our hybrid schedule options include: Flex with 12 days per week in the office or Officebased with 3 days per week in the office (or more if preferred). The remaining days are worked at home/remotely. We will make reasonable accommodations under the guidelines of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Please note that all Arabella Advisors offices are open and we work with a hybrid workplace strategy to ensure continued flexibility for our staff while deepening our strong culture rooted in collaboration and inperson interactions between colleagues. We expect that after their initial onboarding all Arabellans will have the choice of two hybrid schedules. Our hybrid schedule options include: Flex with 12 days per week in the office or Officebased with 3 days per week in the office (or more if preferred). The remaining days are worked at home/remotely. We will make reasonable accommodations under the guidelines of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
We are committed to having a passiondriven inclusive transparent collaborative healthy and fun culture. We invite you to visit our careers page to learn more.
About Arabella Advisors
Arabella Advisors helps foundations philanthropists and investors who are serious about impact achieve the greatest good with their resources. We work together across geographies on issues ranging from the social and economic advancement of women and girls and conservation of our climate and planet to reducing poverty and inequity in the United States and around the world. Our staff members are missiondriven and actionoriented and have a unique combination of experience in philanthropy business nonprofits government finance law and other fields. We combine creative strategic thinking with knowledge and networks developed through decades of handson experience. The fastestgrowing philanthropic advisory firm in the nation Arabella is also a certified B Corporation.
Our Commitment to Equity and Belonging
Advancing equity and belonging within our firm and in our work with partners is critical to our mission. To be effective partners to philanthropists nonprofits and communities impacted by philanthropic dollars we need to have a highly diverse staff a workplace where individuals are encouraged to retain their uniqueness and can feel a sense of belonging and a nuanced understanding of the racial ethnic gender identity sexual orientation disability status and other disparities that undergird the issues we engage in and the interactions we have with one another. For us equity means that our staff members our clients and the people they serve can experience the same level of success no matter their starting place. We expect all our employees to share this commitment and always seek ways to improve how well we live these values.
About Arabella Advisors
Arabella Advisors helps foundations philanthropists and investors who are serious about impact achieve the greatest good with their resources. We work together across geographies on issues ranging from the social and economic advancement of women and girls and conservation of our climate and planet to reducing poverty and inequity in the United States and around the world. Our staff members are missiondriven and actionoriented and have a unique combination of experience in philanthropy business nonprofits government finance law and other fields. We combine creative strategic thinking with knowledge and networks developed through decades of handson experience. The fastestgrowing philanthropic advisory firm in the nation Arabella is also a certified B Corporation.
Our Commitment to Equity and Belonging
Advancing equity and belonging within our firm and in our work with partners is critical to our mission. To be effective partners to philanthropists nonprofits and communities impacted by philanthropic dollars we need to have a highly diverse staff a workplace where individuals are encouraged to retain their uniqueness and can feel a sense of belonging and a nuanced understanding of the racial ethnic gender identity sexual orientation disability status and other disparities that undergird the issues we engage in and the interactions we have with one another. For us equity means that our staff members our clients and the people they serve can experience the same level of success no matter their starting place. We expect all our employees to share this commitment and always seek ways to improve how well we live these values.
Total Rewards (compensation and benefits)
This is a fulltime position. We offer a competitive and holistic total rewards package that includes salary bonus and benefits. Our compensation ranges are based on national compensation benchmarks for similar organizations.
The annual salary range for this position is $115000 $140000 and this position has an annual bonus potential of 10.
We consider national benchmark indicators along with job related skills experience and relevant education and training to determine compensation that is fair and competitive.
All fulltime staff are eligible for our generous benefits package on their first day of employment:
- Health insurance On average Arabella pays 86 of the medical premium 80 of the dental premium and 100 of the vision premium
- Paid time off 16days vacation 10 personal days 11 company holidays 7 federal and 4 more from a list of inclusivecultural andreligious holidays and your birthday) 20 hours volunteer leave 8 weeks parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan We offer a 4 employer match on a dollarperdollar basis and there is no waiting or vesting period; all funds contributed by you and Arabella are yours to keep on day 1
- Reimbursements for your personal cell phone plan and fitness
- Pretax withholding for transportation and parking
- Bonus incentive opportunities
- Access to professional development opportunities
How to Apply
Submit a resume and a onepage cover letter online. The cover letter should address why youre excited to work at Arabella and why youre qualified for this specific job.
Arabella Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to racial equity. We make a particular effort to recruit people of color and members of marginalized groups to apply for open positions. Once you have applied we welcome your feedback on how you have experienced our values around DEI in the recruitment process.
Arabella Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to racial equity. We make a particular effort to recruit people of color and members of marginalized groups to apply for open positions. Once you have applied we welcome your feedback on how you have experienced our values around DEI in the recruitment process.
While Arabella is open to individuals from various locations applying to join our team please note that we generally are unable to pay for relocation expenses and all applicants must already be legally eligible to work in the United States at the time of application to be considered for this position. If you need accommodation in the recruitment process please let us know.
We will review applications as they are received and look forward to hearing from you.
We will review applications as they are received and look forward to hearing from you.
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