Tides Network - Senior Counsel (Employment & Labor Focus)
Requirements
• As a Senior Leader, the Senior Counsel is responsible for modeling and demonstrating Tides’ core competencies https://usc-word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/wordeditorframe.aspx?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&wopisrc=https%3A%2F%2Ftides667-my.sharepoint.com%2Fpersonal%2Fagrundy_tides_org%2F_vti_bin%2Fwopi.ashx%2Ffiles%2Fcf951c4cd288429b8e17a6c3de26e2ae&wdenableroaming=1&mscc=1&wdodb=1&hid=CCDF01A2-A0F4-C000-3A77-0C4AF62793F6.0&uih=sharepointcom&wdlcid=en-US&jsapi=1&jsapiver=v2&corrid=3d418389-a02e-a831-54a0-7257e845e36f&usid=3d418389-a02e-a831-54a0-7257e845e36f&newsession=1&sftc=1&uihit=docaspx&muv=1&ats=PairwiseBroker&cac=1&sams=1&mtf=1&sfp=1&sdp=1&hch=1&hwfh=1&dchat=1&sc=%7B%22pmo%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Ftides667-my.sharepoint.com%22%2C%22pmshare%22%3Atrue%7D&ctp=LeastProtected&rct=Normal&wdorigin=Other&afdflight=18&csiro=1&instantedit=1&wopicomplete=1&wdredirectionreason=Unified_SingleFlush of Leading Self, Leading People and Leading Results. • Juris Doctor and active California law license or eligibility for registered in-house counsel admission is required. (Note that in-house registration requires residency in California.) • At least 8-10 years of relevant legal experience as a practicing attorney. • Significant experience representing nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and familiarity with the laws and regulations affecting nonprofit organizations. • Experience advising organizations on employment and labor matters, handling litigation, and transactional experience. • APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS • Please submit your resume and a cover letter expressing why you are well-qualified for this role and your motivation for joining the team at Tides. For best consideration, apply by Monday, October 5th at 11:59pm ET. • EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY • We look forward to reviewing applications from all qualified job seekers. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ communities. No applicant will be discriminated against because of their race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage and will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Where required by state law, we utilize E-Verify as a part of our employment authorization process. • APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES • Reasonable accommodation will be made so that all who are interested may participate in our interview process. If you are in need of an accommodation, please advise in writing at the time you apply.
Responsibilities
• Serve as a point of contact and trusted legal advisor to Tides staff, including executive leadership, senior staff, and members of the Legal, Risk & Compliance team. • Advise Tides on nonprofit and corporate matters, including organizational policies and procedures. • Advise Tides on a broad range of employment and labor law matters and assist in the navigation of sensitive workplace and personnel issues; conduct and advise on workplace and other internal investigations including developing investigation strategies and ensuring they are efficient, effective and lawful. • Interpret and provide advice regarding the CBA, as well as disputes arising from its provisions. • Handle corporate litigation and disputes, including employee-related legal disputes, arbitrations and litigation such as matters arising out of performance management, termination and violation of policies; includes responding to subpoenas, liaising with insurance carriers on claims and engaging and overseeing outside counsel when engagement is required. • Review, draft, revise and negotiate a wide range of contracts and other transactions and agreements. • Lead legal projects and initiatives with cross-departmental scope, including the design and delivery of staff training on relevant legal topics within the assigned portfolio. • Monitor legislative, regulatory, and enforcement developments affecting employment and labor practices; translate developments into strategic advice. • Mentor and share advanced technical knowledge with LRC team members; support legal team education and management of resources. • Experience advising organizations on labor and employment laws, preferably including organizations with a union-represented workforce. • Significant experience representing nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and familiarity with the laws and regulations affecting nonprofit organizations, including among others, nonprofit corporate law and federal tax-exemption law. • Willingness to learn and develop expertise in additional areas of nonprofit law, and interest in staying current on legal developments and trends affecting nonprofit organizations • Leads by example and stewards commitment to Tides’ mission, impact goals, and JEDI principles. • Holds self and others accountable for high-quality, timely, and effective results. • Adapts easily to working with a variety of stakeholders and to the varying needs of the organization, while maintaining a strong voice for legal compliance. • Sound, well-calibrated risk judgment — able to distinguish material risk from theoretical risk and advise accordingly. • Exercises excellent judgment in handling confidential information and other potentially sensitive matters. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to counsel executives and make legal concepts accessible to non-lawyers across fields of expertise.
Benefits
• National GeoTier (Most of the United States)Starting Salary $132.6K – $165.8K • Moderate GeoTier (Major metropolitan areas)Starting Salary $144.7K – $180.9K • High GeoTier (New York City and San Francisco metro areas)Starting Salary $159.2K – $199K • Tides is committed to providing a competitive compensation package. We value pay equity and account for factors including location within the United States, skills and relevant experience. We will not ask for your salary history. Starting salaries will fall into one of the three GeoTiers shown above. • Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and confirm your placement within this structure with you at the beginning of the interview process. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Please enter your legal first and last name • Please enter your personal email address • Please upload your resume (preferably as a PDF file) • or drag and drop here • Please upload a cover letter expressing why you are well-qualified for this role and your motivation for joining the team at Tides. • Providing your home zipcode will help us to confirm your placement within our compensation structure • Tides uses a carefully developed salary structure to determine offers based on skills, years of experience, location and equity across our staff. We make our best offer first so that we reward people for their skills and experience rather than their willingness or ability to negotiate. In some cases, compensation may exceed the posted range based on qualifications and experience. We do not negotiate salary offers. Please review our compensation philosophy to learn more. • Please let us know where you first learned about this role. If answered 'Other', then please specify where in the question below, 'Is there any additional relevant experience you have that is not listed on your resume?' • Yes, I have a Juris Doctor degree. • Yes, I have an active California law license or I live in California and am eligible to register for in-house counsel admission. • Yes, I have at least 8 years of relevant legal experience as a practicing attorney • No, I do not one or more of the qualifications listed above. • Please give an example of your experience representing or advising nonprofit organizations in a professional capacity. • If you have no relevant years of experience, please enter '0' as your answer. • Do you have any additional relevant experience that is not listed on your resume? • I prefer not to answer • Another Gender Identity • Heterosexual / straight • Person with disability • Refugee or immigrant • None of the above • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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