[Remote] Director of Legal, The States Project

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Future Now is an organization focused on achieving the American Promise through effective government and representative democracy. The Director of Legal for The States Project will manage legal operations, ensuring compliance with laws relevant to TSP's work, and will provide legal guidance and training to support the organization's mission.

Responsibilities

• Manage codification and creation of legal guidance and trainings for The States Project
• In collaboration with General Counsel, other Legal Team members, and TSP leaders, responsible for generating and maintaining user-friendly, actionable materials codifying legal rules to provide non-legal staff with guidelines and answers to commonly asked questions in areas including campaign finance, nonprofit tax, ethics and gift laws, and lobbying
• Develop, design, and deliver trainings for TSP on legal topics related to TSP’s electoral and governance work
• Develop and manage process to expand guidance materials on an ongoing basis to cover new legal questions that arise as work expands, and ensure guidance reaches those executing the work
• Using existing legal guidance from Counsel and outside counsel, answer legal questions for TSP
• In collaboration with TSP team and Counsel, evaluate campaign finance questions related to outgoing electoral spending and programs
• In collaboration with TSP team and Counsel, evaluate programmatic materials for compliance with gift, ethics and related laws
• Provide legal input to programmatic materials and proposals such as campaign spending plans and governance materials to ensure such materials align with policies and legal positions
• Raise new, novel legal and/or compliance questions to General Counsel and collaborate to resolve using outside counsel as needed
• Review TSP contracts, as appropriate
• Manage other legal matters related to The States Project, as appropriate
• In collaboration with the General Counsel and team members responsible for internal policies, contribute legal input and perspective to ensure internal policies and practices at TSP comply with all relevant laws
• Analyze risks for prioritization of mitigation strategies at TSP
• Analyze needs to improve legal compliance and offer policy and process solutions and improvements at TSP
• Use surveys, meetings or other tools to ensure legal work is meeting TSP’s needs to achieve its mission and vision
• Stay up-to-speed on best practices for in-house legal operations and make recommendations for improvement
• Participate in ensuring that legal team’s activities and processes are implemented in an equitable, inclusive, and values-aligned ways
• Stay up to date on strategic priorities and evolving internal and external trends, to appropriately incorporate into principal activities
• Stay up to speed on and implement team participation and collaboration best practices, attend internal and external trainings and contribute to internal conversations about team systems, processes, and norms as appropriate

Skills

• Juris Doctorate Degree
• At least 3-5 years of experience with campaign finance and state gift and ethics laws
• Current bar admission(s) in good standing
• Self-starter with a drive to make things happen
• Highly collaborative approach
• Capable of independently managing time and tasks associated with a fast-paced organization
• Demonstrated ability to make legal guidance understandable to non-lawyers
• Innovative thinker, with a track record for translating strategic thinking into action plans and output
• Proven ability to listen deeply to what people are saying (while understanding what they aren't) to identify and resolve challenges
• Proven track record of project management and research excellence and high standards for success
• Demonstrated good judgment and creative problem solving skills

Benefits

• 75% paid coverage of medical, dental, and vision for individuals and dependents
• Basic life insurance
• An employee assistance program
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) matching
• Annual professional development
• Wellness
• Work-from-home stipends
• Paid family leave

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