General Counsel

Office of the General Counsel Administrator

Job Locations

US-NY-New York | US-DC-Washington | US-IL-Chicago | US-CA-Santa Monica | US-CA-San Francisco

Job ID

2024-5648

# of Openings

1

Group

Office of the General Counsel

Overview

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet‘s wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America‘s bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.

NRDC is seeking a Office of General Counsel Administrator to work with the Office of the General Counsel team in our New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Chicago, or Santa Monica offices.

Position Summary

The Office of General Counsel Administrator manages critical operations and organizational compliance for General Counsel and NRDC. This role acts as a liaison for General Counsel to all other areas of the organization, and engages in research and compliance projects.

Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

General:

• Develop the General Counsel budget on an annual basis and monitor and manage spending throughout the year.
• Oversee the functioning of the contract review process, including monitoring the process for effectiveness and efficiency, resolving process-related issues, and making any necessary changes to the process. In Partnership with Office of General Counsel attorneys, track and implement litigation/document holds, respond to third party records requests, respond to internal records request for former employee files, and associated tasks.
• Manage agendas and calendar invitations for Office of General Counsel meetings and take and store/share meeting notes.
• Organize and maintain the Office of General Counsel SharePoint internal-facing and NRDC-facing SharePoint sites used for storage of organizational documents, board materials, notes and policies, and other important materials.
• Respond to inquiries from internal clients at NRDC and the Action Fund sent to the Office of General Counsel general Outlook email address and equivalents in Teams, etc.
• Perform legal research and other activities under the direction of a General Counsel attorney.
• Perform special projects as assigned.

Compliance:

• Arrange state charitable solicitation, business, and sales and use tax exemption registrations for both NRDC and the Action Fund.
• Oversee the annual conflict of interest disclosure process, as well as periodic disclosure/approval issues.
• Partner with the Finance and Accounting team in preparing materials for NRDC‘s annual audit, including retrieving pro bono/in-kind letters from law firms, updating NRDC‘s litigation schedule, and drafting an annual legal confirmation letter for the auditor.
• Collaborate with Office of General Counsel attorneys with other general compliance other than charitable solicitation and business registrations (e.g. commercial co-ventures, charitable gift annuity registrations, etc.), including working with outside counsel.
• Manage federal lobbying filings, as well as state and local lobbying filings for California and New York. Partner with Office of General Counsel attorneys on other lobby compliance matters (including technical management of the Replicon platform, communicating with Replicon account holders, reviewing and correcting Replicon entries, liaising with outside counsel, other periodic filings, financial reconciliations and data gathering).
• Collaborate with Office of General Counsel attorneys on the oversight and management of various institutional policies.
• Intake, research and resolve routine compliance matters for NRDC‘s international offices.

The above list of duties is not comprehensive but generally demonstrates the types of matters under this position‘s responsibility. Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Education & Experience:

Required

• Bachelor‘s degree
• 2-4 years of relevant experience

Preferred

• Non-profit or other relevant work experience

Skills, Abilities, Competencies

• Excellent research and written/oral communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical ability, sound judgment, strategic orientation, and interpersonal maturity.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills, including the ability to proactively identify obstacles and propose solutions or recommendations to overcome them.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines with strong attention to detail.
• Familiarity with cloud-based productivity, file storage and communication tools, including project management systems
• Familiarity with generative and non-generative artificial intelligence tools
• Competence with and commitment to diversity and inclusion; ability to be an effective partner with diverse colleagues, leaders and partners.
• Flexibility and ability to work well independently on multiple projects with a wide variety of people, at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and work discreetly with sensitive information.
• Interest in traveling to NRDC U.S. based offices, occasionally and as needed.
• Commitment to NRDC‘s mission, values, and DEI principles

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet‘s most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $90,000 to $98,000.

NRDC operates under a hybrid work model. Employees are required to come to the office 8 days per month.

As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law, new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state, and federal laws.

To apply, visit www.nrdc.org/careers and upload your resume and cover letter. Please mention where you saw this posting and upload any additional materials that showcase your abilities. Due to the high volume of applications, we will contact only those candidates we would like to interview. Please no phone calls, emails, or in-person resume drop-offs.

If you experience technical problems while applying or if you are a person with a disability and need assistance applying online, please reach out to iCIMS Customer Care at .

For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.

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