Descriptive Job Manager, Legal Operations (Washington)

Manager, Legal Operations

CHAI's Legal Team provides critical legal and regulatory guidance across the organization, supporting program and country teams as they deliver lifesaving work around the world. As part of CHAI's broader operational support function, the Legal Team ensures that CHAI's work is conducted with integrity, in compliance with relevant laws and standards.

We are seeking a Manager, Legal Operations to strengthen and enhance CHAI's global legal operations. Reporting to Senior Counsel, this role will work in close partnership with other Legal Team members and collaborate with colleagues across CHAI, including key functional teams such as Finance, Human Resources, and Information Technology. The Manager will also engage with CHAI Leadership to support strategic initiatives and ensure that legal processes enable CHAI's global mission.

This position is flexible to being based in one of CHAI's program countries pending country leadership approval and subject to the ability to obtain work authorization. See where we work here.

Responsibilities

Support of Corporate Entity Management & Business Licenses (50%)

• Proactively oversee and manage CHAI's domestic (United States) business licenses, including solicitation of funds registrations, foreign corporate registrations, etc. Direct and manage work done by third-party consultants as needed.
• Ensure CHAI has completed all corporate filings and registrations needed to maintain CHAI's status as an employer in multiple non-presence jurisdictions outside of the United States.
• Serve as Point of Contact across CHAI Operations (Finance, Payroll, Contracts, Human Resources, Compliance, etc.) to handle all legal correspondence, registration and other documentation requests (e.g., drafting and executing Power of Attorney documents, providing updates, tracking registrations, etc.)
• Maintain cloud-based file systems and compliance tracking systems set up by the office.

Training for Legal Office (20%)

Board of Directors Support (20%)

Other Responsibilities as Assigned by Manager (10%)

Qualifications

Required

Preferred :

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