Relief International
General Counsel (Legal)
Location: Preferred Washington DC or work remotely on east coast time
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Direct reports: Legal Operations Manager
Budget responsibility: Legal departmental budget
* This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks
About Relief International.
Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organization working in 15 countries globally to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and chronic poverty.
RI combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact and resilience. We focus on health/nutrition, education, economic opportunity, and water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) programming while integrating protection, environment/climate change, and conflict mitigation in partnership with the communities we serve. We empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe. Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.
RI is active in 15 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen
About the role.
The General Counsel provides legal support to all areas of Relief International, including executive and senior management, programs, ethics and investigations, resource development, finance, and human resources as well as corporate governance services to the Relief International Alliance Boards of Directors.
As General Counsel you will directs the legal affairs of Relief International's Corporate Alliance. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. The General Counsel is a member of the senior management team. You will provide counsel to the CEO, Boards of Directors, and leadership team members. As a member of the senior management team and is part of the corporate team that shapes and drives Relief International's strategic direction.
Key Responsibilities and Duties.
Safeguarding and conduct
Culture and leadership
Role requirements.
Experience and skills required for the role.
RI Values.
Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values:
How to apply.
To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button below
You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter. The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.
This role will require advanced pre hire checks and includes a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which include police and qualifications checks.
Timeline.
Closing Date: 16 February 2023
First Round Interviews w/c 20 February 2023.
Final Panel Interviews w/c 27 February 2023.
*These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.
Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Note to external agencies, we will not be accepting CVs from third parties.
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