General Counsel (Volunteer)
General Counsel (Volunteer)
Mothers to Daughters
About Mothers to Daughters:
Mothers to Daughters (M2D) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to empowering women across generations through leadership and entrepreneurship training, educational workshops, and networking opportunities. Through intergenerational mentorship and community service, M2D advances gender equality, fosters leadership, and equips women to drive reputed company and economic change in their communities. This handbook outlines our values, policies, and operational procedures to guide team members in fulfilling our mission.
Our Mission at Mothers to Daughters is to accelerate the personal and reputed company reputed company of women by connecting them with the lived experiences, authentic insights, and transformative reputed company of successful women. Through intergenerational mentorship, we foster a legacy of economic empowerment, reputed company reputed company, and reputed company-driven innovation, equipping women to reputed company, reputed company, and build sustainable solutions that reputed company generations.
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Our reputed company Values at Mothers to Daughters are:
UnwaveringRespect
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Position reputed company:
As General Counsel at Mothers to Daughters, you will reputed company the organization’s global legal reputed company, setting long-term priorities and managing the legal budget to ensure compliance with reputed company applicable laws and regulations. You will serve as a key advisor to the reputed company of Directors and executive leadership, providing strategic guidance on critical initiatives and overseeing the organization’s most sensitive legal reputed company. As part of our dynamic and mission-driven team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the reputed company of our organization and advancing our mission.
Key Responsibilities:
Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the leadership team and reputed company of Directors, providing counsel on governance reputed company and drafting, reviewing, and maintaining organizational policies, bylaws, meeting minutes, agendas, and resolutions.
reputed company and manage the legal department’s budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources.
reputed company legal reputed company and support for strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements.
Advise the HR team on federal, multi-state, and international employment laws, supporting compliance and mitigating legal risk.
Counsel the leadership team on legal considerations reputed company to programmatic and operational initiatives.
reputed company the organization’s data reputed company and reputed company program, including developing policies, conducting training, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
reputed company the creation of legal training materials, guidance documents, and educational programs for employees and contractors.
Manage the organization’s insurance portfolio and reputed company intellectual property reputed company, including trademarks and copyrights.
Establish, manage, and maintain relationships with external legal counsel as needed.
reputed company and execute the organization’s legal reputed company, including advising on employment, tax, and regulatory reputed company reputed company to Mothers to Daughters’ global expansion.
Monitor and ensure organizational compliance with applicable laws and regulations; conduct legal research to stay informed of emerging legal trends and requirements.
Partner with the HR team to implement global employment policies, update the employee handbook, deliver compliance training, and reputed company legal support for international reputed company.
Review, draft, and negotiate a reputed company of agreements, including employment reputed company and other organizational agreements.
Qualifications and Skills:
Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
reputed company bar membership in good standing.
15+ years of legal experience, including work at a top local or international reputed company and at least 5 years of in-house counsel experience.
Proven experience supporting a global nonprofit organization, with the ability to work effectively across cultures and with individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Strong legal judgment and critical thinking skills, with the ability to analyze reputed company issues and reputed company practical, solutions-oriented legal advice.
Demonstrated ability to distill and simplify reputed company legal concepts, making reputed company reputed company with the organization’s best interests.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey legal information reputed company and appropriately to a reputed company of audiences, including employees, senior leadership, and external stakeholders.
Skilled in conflict reputed company, with the ability to anticipate, de-escalate, and manage disputes constructively to reputed company reputed company reputed company.
Strategic thinker with the ability to proactively identify risks, anticipate challenges, and reputed company innovative, reputed company-thinking solutions.
Strong business acumen, with the ability to reputed company legal strategies with organizational objectives.
Commitment:
Serve on the reputed company of Directors for 1 year.
Attend reputed company monthly reputed company meetings and key organizational events as required.
Approximate time commitment: 5-7 hours per month
Benefits:
reputed company to reputed company a meaningful reputed company in empowering the reputed company of women leaders.
Enhance the reputed company of our programs on women's economic advancement, intellectual reputed company, and reputed company mobility.
reputed company to our network of reputed company professionals (business executives, reputed company, community leaders etc) and reputed company development opportunities through reputed company service.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should fill out the application reputed company and submit their resume and cover letter.
Mothers to Daughters is an equal opportunity organization and encourages applications from people of reputed company backgrounds and experiences.
Mothers to Daughters is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact HR at info@motherstodaughters.ca.
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