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Children's Home Society of Florida · 3 days ago

Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs

Orlando, FL 32822, USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

Children's Home Society of Florida has been committed to providing services and solutions for children and families since 1902. The Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs will provide strategic guidance and direction to safeguard the organization's assets, oversee legal services, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations while contributing to CHS’s mission of supporting children and families.

ChildrenHealth CareNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provide strategic guidance and tactical direction necessary to safeguard CHS assets and mitigate organizational risk to ensure CHS remains best in class in terms of organizational impact, operational excellence and positive client outcomes

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements, including vendor contracts, funder agreements, grants, MOUs, leases, and partnership agreements

Provide legal advice to CHS leadership and staff on day-to-day operational, programmatic, and internal support matters

Assist in developing preventive legal strategies and organizational policy to minimize litigation, third party disputes or other challenges

Assist in the management and tracking of all legal expenditures of CHS’s outside counsels as directed by the CLO

Interpret statutes, regulations and case law pertaining to CHS business and provide counsel to team members and executive leadership

Review and coordinate responses to public records requests and subpoenas; handle adoption matters and requests for records

Support document preservation, discovery, and legal holds as needed for potential and active legal claims, actions or suits

Attend court appearances, mediation, arbitrations and settlement conferences as necessary or assigned by CLO

Act as legal advisor and counsel for the operations function for CHS. Respond to questions from CHS team members regarding program operations and work with team members to resolve issues

Handle legal matters and projects assigned by the CLO

Assume acting head of legal role when CLO is temporarily unavailable or as directed by CLO

Ensure CHS is in compliance with nonprofit, charitable, tax-exempt, organizational and applicable federal and state laws and regulations

Assist with development, implementation, and monitoring of CHS’ internal policies and practices

Identify areas of risk to the organization and recommend strategies or actions to mitigate those risks

Assist with conflict-of-interest, ethics, and document retention policies

Support responses to audits, investigations, and regulatory inquiries

Assist in the development, implementation and continuous improvement of CHS’s enterprise risk management program

Educate the organization on risk and compliance best practices. Provide periodic training as needed

Assist with insurance, liability claims and litigation; manage any investigations as necessary or assigned by the Chief Legal Officer

Participate in the Risk and Audit Committee, as well as the Policy and Practice Committee

Maintain, with the assistance of the Director of Contracts, all contracts and agreements as well as related documents and files of CHS

Maintain contract standards, templates, and approval processes

Conduct and provide assessments/reports for executed contracts and agreements to determine compliance, viability and performance

Manage and improve the contracting and contract management workflows between department functions, as well as within CHS

Participate in negotiations, renegotiations and resolution of contract disputes as needed by the organization

Provide oversight of the Contract Management function and the Contract Life Cycle Management system for CHS

Recruit, develop and lead a team capable of supporting CHS performance and growth strategies (complying with COA Standard T3, when appropriate), while fostering an engaging, positive work environment

Recruit and supervise team members, fostering their development, including the transfer of knowledge obtained through training

Establish annual team goals and objectives; track and report results

Coach, support and evaluate team member performance, taking corrective action if needed

Deliver timely communication through regular management and team meetings

Implement policies and practices designed to prevent, recognize and respond to work-related stress

Comply and confirm compliance with the CHS code of conduct, policies, practices and legal obligations

Participate in succession planning to build the bench strength necessary for future talent needs

Develop a strong knowledge base and stay current on job-related issues, best practices, and trends

Participate actively in departmental meetings, training and education, as well as the quality process

Pick up projects on the fly; perform other duties as assigned from time to time

Qualification

Juris DoctorateFlorida Bar AssociationLegal complianceContract negotiationRisk managementLitigation experienceLegal softwareStrategic foresightTeam leadershipCommunication skillsRelationship building

Required

Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school, required

Active member in good standing with the Florida Bar Association and licensed to practice in the state of Florida, required

Substantial (5+ years) of progressive legal experience working as in-house or corporate general counsel required, preferably in the health or human service field and/or nonprofit sector

Extensive experience in the review, drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts and agreements

Experience in management or oversight of a legal function or area including but not limited to oversight of external legal counsel and supervising senior level internal direct reports