Procurement Counsel
EQT Corporation
General Counsel
The Good Food Institute
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $191,411 - $200,982 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Overseeing legal guidance at GFI and supervising the Associate General Counsel.
- Advising the CEO, President and Founder, and Board on GFI’s legal risk across U.S. and international contexts.
- Ensuring nonprofit compliance, including corporate governance, charitable solicitation compliance, commercial co-ventures, international grantmaking, lobbying, and private benefit considerations.
- Providing direct legal support to the Collaborative Assistance Team (CAT), Development, and Executive departments.
- Managing the issuance of and compliance with affiliate agreements.
- Providing legal advice on GFI’s various programmatic activities in support of the Associate General Counsel.
- Serving as secretary to GFI’s and the Good Food Legislative Fund’s Board of Directors.
- Being an engaged and active member of the GFI Leadership Team.
- Developing and maintaining close professional working relationships with outside counsel.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A minimum of ten years of experience as a practicing attorney, with prior senior-level in-house counsel experience required.
- An active license in good standing to practice law in any state or the District of Columbia.
- A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school is preferred.
- Prior experience providing legal advice to leadership and a Board of Directors on complex legal, compliance, and governance issues.
- Demonstrated expertise in nonprofit law and compliance, corporate governance, contracts, employment law, and risk management.
- Prior supervisory experience mentoring, training, and developing at least one direct report.
- Legal experience working internationally and/or with international affiliates preferred.
- Highest ethical standards.
- Strong problem-solving, listening, and communication skills.
- Readiness to contribute within a small team to administrative and technical tasks as needed.
- A commitment to fostering a work environment that is respectful, supportive, fair, and welcoming to all.
- Comfort working remotely in a collaborative, caring, and high-performing culture that values inclusion and innovation.
- Strong support for GFI’s philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest in plant-based & other alternative proteins, public health, environmentalism, climate change, animal protection, or hunger relief.
- A commitment to GFI’s values: believe change is possible, do the most good we can, share knowledge freely, act on evidence, and invite everyone to the table.
Benefits
- Working from home
- Paid employee base medical coverage
- Dental, vision, and other medical insurance options
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- 14 paid holidays
- Personal, sick, and vacation time
- Paid family/parental and medical leave
- Lifestyle spending account
- Opportunity for advancement
- Respectful and collaborative culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
nonprofit lawcompliancecorporate governancecontractsemployment lawrisk managementlegal adviceinternational lawaffiliate agreementslegal support
Soft skills
problem-solvinglisteningcommunicationmentoringtrainingteam collaborationethical standardssupportive work environmentinclusioninnovation
Certifications
active law licenseJuris Doctor (J.D.)
