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Church World Service is seeking a General Counsel to direct and advise on the legal affairs of CWS and its affiliates. Reporting directly to the President and CEO, the General Counsel is a member of the executive leadership team.
Position Title: General Counsel
Reports To: President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary range: $176,000 – $220,000
Location: New York City or Washington, DC hybrid
ABOUT CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
Church World Service (CWS) is a faith-based, non-profit organization transforming communities around the world through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. CWS’s programs are both international and domestic with headquarters support in New York City, Washington, DC and Elkhart, IN.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The General Counsel is a mission-driven and strategic individual whose principle responsibilities include providing legal and strategic advice to the President and CEO and the Executive Leadership Team; coordination of CWS’s enterprise risk management function; contract review; country and other corporate registrations; insurance; general corporate advice; advice and counsel to the Board of Directors; selection and supervision of outside counsel (domestic and international) as appropriate. The General Counsel does not lead the legal work related to personnel and employment matters.
The General Counsel reports to the President and Chief Executive Officer and shall have a dotted line reporting to the CWS Board’s Audit and Risk Committee. The General Counsel shall lead and/or participate in other CWS teams at the direction of the President and Chief Executive Officer.
CWS works in 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, as well as with refugee resettlement and assistance to immigrants in the United States. Given the complexity of CWS’s working environments, the General Counsel and team will directly provide many of the legal services CWS requires, while overseeing external counsel to supplement as necessary. For counsel in the countries where CWS works outside the US, the General Counsel will take into consideration the recommendations of the responsible field-based staff.
Overall, the General Counsel will provide leadership and timely, forward-thinking counsel on all legal and enterprise risk issues related to CWS.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
COMPETENCIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Education:
J.D. and a member in good standing of the State Bar of New York or a member in good standing of the Bar in a state with reciprocal privileges in New York.
Experience:
Service as General Counsel or Associate General Counsel of an international NGO or a voluntary agency is strongly preferred.
Minimum of 15 years of practical experience working in a global and cross-cultural setting and environment, preferably in the not-for-profit sector.
5-10 years of supervisory experience in the legal field, and experience managing and coaching staff across an organization.
COMPETENCIES:
Leadership: Provide leadership to CWS in a function that has heretofore been outsourced, and more recently used a wide range of legal advisors. Create a strategy and structure to coordinate and streamline legal services. Exemplify CWS values in representing the organization in all activities.
Job Knowledge: Apply legal knowledge and wisdom in managing CWS’s legal portfolio across multiple functions in the organization. Use concepts of enterprise risk management to support the definition of CWS’s risk appetite. In addition to directly managing CWS’s legal risk, coordinate enterprise risk management across all functions of the organization. Ensure the integration of CWS’s mission and vision, with risk levels as defined in the risk appetite. Use effective business management practices to ensure that the Office of General Counsel functions effectively. Extensive knowledge of and experience applying the principles, procedures and best practices in not-for-profit operations
Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving: Recognize both long-range and short-term challenges, including the organizational challenges in working in new ways in a new department. Develop strategies to address and minimize potential risks in meeting organizational challenges, with respect and care. Demonstrate wisdom and fairness in weighing recommended solutions to problems, considering core values, risk, opportunity, financial resources, and organizational impact. Assure that the Office of General Counsel has the resources necessary to support legal problem-solving. Promote an environment in which staff are empowered and supported in responsible problem-solving. Demonstrate the ability to balance, negotiate and work with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with impeccable attention to detail. Resourceful and strategic problem-solving ability; takes initiative and offers solutions.
Planning and Management: Proven track record as a team leader with an understanding of management practices. Demonstrated project and budget management skills. Demonstrated resourcefulness in legal strategies. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Consistently deliver on deadlines with the ability to take on multiple projects and tasks. Experience successfully building and scaling teams and systems. Support and hold the Office of General Counsel team responsible for developing, implementing, communicating, and evaluating their work and services.
Communications: Demonstrate leadership in communicating personal commitment to CWS values, and motivating others to share those values. Communicate organization-wide strategies, priorities, policies, programs and services to staff and stakeholders, as well as Office of General Counsel strategies, priorities, and services to staff. Be an active listener. Reinforce an organizational culture that values transparency, collaboration, nimbleness and mutual support. Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Collaboration and Teamwork: Build and maintain relationships with key staff colleagues to allow the early surfacing of legal risks. Build upon the contextual knowledge of staff to identify the best available legal strategy. Determine where teams are appropriate to meet strategic goals. Model collaboration and team values in personal and group interactions. Establish opportunities for cross-departmental, cross-functional, and problem-solving teams across CWS. Provide critical oversight and feedback to teams to ensure achievement of organizational goals. Hold teams accountable for producing results as assigned within CWS goals and annual plans. Recognize and communicate successes among teams and identify needs for team management training. Excellent people skills, with experience collaborating in a multidisciplinary, diverse and dynamic team.
Adaptability and Learning: Flexible and adaptable. Open to feedback, learning and improvement with a positive and humble attitude. Comfortable with and embraces organizational change. Establish a work environment that promotes learning and ensures opportunities for learning to occur.
Other Skills:
Skills in managing a department in a complex and diverse organization that often works under the pressure of responding to urgent human need or institutional requirements. Understanding of finance, contracts, compliance, procurement, best practice in not-for-profit policies. Visionary leadership to unite people in a common purpose. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, facilitate discussion and build a consensus in a complex, sometimes siloed, environment. Computer literacy, including word processing, database, spreadsheet, collaboration and internet applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
Physical Requirements:
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