Deputy General Counsel - Temporary (6 weeks) (R...

Description:

Department Summary:
The Legal Department provides legal counsel and assistance to all areas of the organization (its subsidiaries and affiliates) including headquarter departments, country programs, executive and senior management, and the Board of Directors.

General Position Summary
The Deputy General Counsel is responsible for assisting the General Counsel in ensuring that the Agency's legal risks and opportunities are appropriately managed in the most expeditious, efficient, and practical way possible.  

Essential Job Functions:

• Draft, review and/or revise contracts and agreements for clients throughout the Agency.
• In collaboration with the General Counsel, advise on legal, regulatory and policy issues for the organization
• Provide legal support and services to headquarters, regional and country teams on registration, legal compliance, litigation. This includes
• Sanctions, export controls, counterterrorism and anti-money laundering compliance;
• Safety and security, in coordination with the Global Security team;
• IRS non-profit law compliance;
• Compliance with host country laws; and
• Donor compliance, in coordination with Grants & Contracts Support Unit and A Global Non-Governmental, Humanitarian Aid Organization Europe Compliance Department.
• Oversee protection of A Global Non-Governmental, Humanitarian Aid Organization intellectual property rights.
• Advise on a variety of complex corporate transactions.
• Other legal tasks that may be assigned from time to time in order to perform the functions of the Legal Department

Supervisory Responsibility:
None

Accountability:
The General Counsel is the Primary Supervisor. The Deputy General Counsel will also be accountable to internal clients throughout the Agency, both at HQ and in the field. The Deputy General Counsel will be supported by Legal Department Administrator.

Reports Directly To: General Counsel
Works Directly With: Associate General Counsel & Legal Department members; HQ departments including People, Ethics & Compliance, Finance, Operations and Security; Regional & Country teams

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
A Global Non-Governmental, Humanitarian Aid Organization team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Minimum Qualifications & Transferable Skills

• Juris Doctor degree or its international equivalent and licensed to practice law in one or more jurisdictions within the United States
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or organization working in or advising at an international level, including experience working cross-culturally
• Non-profit experience strongly preferred
• Experience with corporate transactions, grants and contracts, litigation, employment matters, intellectual property, and sanctions compliance is a plus

Success Factors:
Ability to see a wide swaths of perspectives and to develop common sense and ethically sound solutions to difficult legal challenges, creativity, adaptability and flexibility; ability to work collaboratively; common sense; and ability to absorb and apply new information rapidly.

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