General Counsel, Animal Welfare Nonprofit

TITLE: Attorney / General Counsel

PAY: Unpaid position

TIME COMMITMENT: Average 2–4 hours per month with a min. commitment of one year

SHIFT & SCHEDULE: You decide / As needed

LOCATION: Remote/Work-from-Home

REPORTS TO: President & Executive Director, COO, BOD

DEPARTMENT OR TEAM: Legal / Compliance

STIPULATIONS: Applicants MUST reside in the U.S. and possess U.S. work authorization

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

As the General Counsel, you'll play a vital role in furthering Treasured Pets' mission to disrupt, combat, and alleviate Economic Euthanasia. You will serve as part of the organization’s Senior Leadership Team, ensure that the organization operates within the law, remains compliant with all fundraising efforts, offer counsel on legal issues, be an effective guardian of the organization, and facilitate programmatic and operational strategies ensuring legal compliance and limiting risk exposure.

We want you because you’re familiar with the accountabilities of a legal team in the nonprofit sector. You comprehend that there is more to lawyering than identifying risk, and you think creatively to generate solutions that allow for various levels of risk mitigation or exposure. You are comfortable exercising and utilizing strategic judgment to help navigate tricky situations. You believe that win-win solutions exist and have to be prioritized, particularly concerning employee and volunteer relations issues.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• • Serve as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, providing visionary thought leadership and strategic guidance organization-wide
  • Set long-term strategic vision and priorities for the Legal team
  • Nonprofit compliance, including corporate governance, finance and tax, charitable solicitation, commercial co-ventures, international grantmaking, and lobbying
  • Direct TPF's international legal portfolio, including international liability and international labor and employment
  • Support and advise the Board of Directors, including drafting and revising corporate policies, bylaws, minutes, agendas, and resolutions
  • Advise the team on federal, multistate, and international employment law, including employee handbook and policies, contingent workforce compliance, employee training, and investigations
  • Advise management and staff on legal issues related to programmatic initiatives
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of agreements for all aspects of the organization
  • Support the development of training materials, guidance documents, and relevant staff and volunteer training
  • Manage the organization’s insurance portfolio and intellectual property portfolio
  • Establish and manage relationships with pro bono attorneys and outside counsel.
  • Other duties as assigned or necessary