Location
Nairobi•Kenya
Contract Type
About GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty across 15 countries since 2011. We believe cash transfers are one of the most scalable, cost-effective, and dignified forms of aid. Our culture is candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical. We support high ownership and real professional growth.
About this role
GiveDirectly is seeking a Legal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs to build our Business Affairs capability and serve as a primary legal partner to our global functions. You will help GiveDirectly structure complex corporate, commercial, funding, and charitable relationships and navigate the legal and regulatory questions that arise as the organization grows.
You will advise teams including Partnerships and Fundraising, People, Finance, Communications, Technology, Product, Grants Management, and public affairs. Your portfolio will include complex partnerships and transactions, non-standard gifts and fundraising arrangements, nonprofit regulatory matters, and organization-wide strategic initiatives.
A major initial priority will be building the legal and regulatory foundation for Data Partnerships and remote enablement. Working with Global Data Partnerships, Product, Technology, and program teams, you will develop workable approaches to data privacy and MNO data that can be used across GiveDirectly and adapted by program-facing Counsel to local contexts.
Responsibilities:
Serve as a primary legal partner to Partnerships and Fundraising, People, Finance, Communications, Technology, Product, Grants Management, and public affairs teams.
Structure, draft, and negotiate complex corporate partnerships, funding arrangements, technology and vendor agreements, and other strategic transactions.
Advise on corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, nonprofit, and operational matters arising within the teams you support.
Partner with teams early to understand their objectives, develop workable structures, and provide practical advice on legal and business risk.
Build templates, playbooks, and repeatable approaches that allow GiveDirectly to handle recurring work more consistently as the organization grows.
Minimum qualifications
Serve as a primary legal partner to Partnerships and Fundraising, People, Finance, Communications, Technology, Product, Grants Management, and public affairs teams.
Structure, draft, and negotiate complex corporate partnerships, funding arrangements, technology and vendor agreements, and other strategic transactions.
Advise on corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, nonprofit, and operational matters arising within the teams you support.
Partner with teams early to understand their objectives, develop workable structures, and provide practical advice on legal and business risk.
Build templates, playbooks, and repeatable approaches that allow GiveDirectly to handle recurring work more consistently as the organization grows.
Requirements
Serve as a primary legal partner to Partnerships and Fundraising, People, Finance, Communications, Technology, Product, Grants Management, and public affairs teams.
Structure, draft, and negotiate complex corporate partnerships, funding arrangements, technology and vendor agreements, and other strategic transactions.
Advise on corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, nonprofit, and operational matters arising within the teams you support.
Partner with teams early to understand their objectives, develop workable structures, and provide practical advice on legal and business risk.
Build templates, playbooks, and repeatable approaches that allow GiveDirectly to handle recurring work more consistently as the organization grows.
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