charity: water

General Counsel

charity: water

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $165,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

About the role

  • Providing proactive legal counsel to support partnerships across revenue and program teams, including fundraising, brand partnerships, cause marketing, implementing partners, collaborations, sponsorships, and strategic alliances
  • Negotiating, reviewing, and developing contracts, MOUs, and agreements that support both revenue-generating and programmatic initiatives
  • Developing scalable legal templates, playbooks, and workflows that increase speed, consistency, and clarity across partnership-driven work
  • Advising senior leaders on legal considerations related to growth initiatives, new platforms, and evolving partnership models
  • Partnering with leaders to advise on data privacy and security
  • Drafting and maintaining privacy policies, terms of use, data processing agreements, and incident response protocols
  • Advising on legal considerations related to technology platforms, vendors, integrations, and data use
  • Leading or supporting legal response to crisis (including data) incidents, including investigation, escalation, notification decisions, and post-incident learning
  • Developing and maintaining structures, frameworks, and processes that help the Executive Team and Leadership Team identify enterprise-wide risks and opportunities to make informed decisions
  • Ensuring legal, data, and governance considerations are integrated into strategic planning, partnerships, and execution
  • Supporting strong corporate governance of the mission by partnering closely with Board leadership
  • Helping shape Board materials, agendas, and meeting execution related to legal, governance, data privacy, and strategic matters
  • Ensuring all entities (U.S., UK, and international) are compliant with applicable local, state, federal, and international laws and regulations
  • Partnering closely with People & Culture (HR) leadership on employee-related legal matters, including employment practices, performance management considerations, investigations, and employee relations issues
  • Advising on and supporting global employment structures, including working with Employer of Record (EOR) partners to ensure compliant international hiring, contracts, and workforce practices
  • Coordinating outside and pro bono counsel to extend internal capacity while maintaining consistency, judgment, and alignment with charity: water’s values
  • Assuring maintenance of all corporate records

Requirements

  • A law degree from an accredited university and be in good standing with a U.S. state bar
  • 8+ years of relevant legal experience, including significant in-house experience within a global nonprofit, mission-driven, or complex organization
  • Demonstrated experience enabling partnerships and growth through practical legal guidance
  • Strong experience advising on data privacy, data governance, and security
  • Required certifications in data privacy:
  • - CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe)
  • - CIPM (Certified Information Privacy Manager)
  • Experience partnering closely with executive leaders across revenue, program, finance, product, technology, and People & Culture
  • A collaborative, service-oriented approach with sound judgment and high integrity
Benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Summer Fridays
  • 6-week paid sabbatical leave after 5 years of employment
  • Annual bonus potential through The Pool
  • 401k plan + employer match
  • Medical covered at 85% + Dental/Vision contributions
  • FSA + dependent day care FSA
  • Employer-paid life insurance, STD, LTD
  • 16-week paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents
  • Stipends for Home office, Professional Development, and a You-do-You Perk
  • TSA Pre-check reimbursement
  • 2-4 annual travel requirements that foster team alignment, connection and in-person collaboration
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
contract negotiationlegal counseldata privacydata governancelegal templatesincident responsecorporate governanceemployment lawrisk managementcompliance
Soft Skills
collaborative approachservice-orientedsound judgmenthigh integrityadvisory skillsleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkinginterpersonal skills
Certifications
law degreeCIPP/ECIPM