Associate General Counsel (Non-Profit)
Art and Wellness Enterprises (AWE) is a professional services organization supporting non-profits founded by Alice Walton, including the Alice L. Walton Foundation, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, Art Bridges Foundation, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Momentary, and Whole Health Institute.
**Job Description:
** Position: Associate General Counsel
Reporting to: Chief Legal Officer
Location: Bentonville, Arkansas or Remote (with travel as needed to Bentonville)
Art and Wellness Enterprises (AWE) is seeking a skilled, highly motivated, and entrepreneurial individual to join the team as Associate General Counsel focused on the laws pertaining to philanthropic and tax exempt organizations. AWE provides legal, finance, accounting, human resources and other services to non-profit foundations and public charities founded by Alice Walton, including the Alice L. Walton Foundation, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, Art Bridges, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Momentary, and Whole Health Institute.
**About the Position:
** This is a newly created position for an attorney who has a commitment to working in the nonprofit sector. The Associate General Counsel will be a strategic thought partner and legal advisor to the foundations and charities and will be the day-to-day legal point of contact with the Alice L. Walton Foundation. The position will provide legal oversight and advice on grantmaking activity and the legal rules and regulations that apply to tax-exempt organizations.
**What you will do:
** _Key Roles & Responsibilities
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- Advise senior executives and staff on laws applicable to public charities and private foundations, including tax laws, nonprofit corporate governance, IRS lobbying rules, self-dealing and excess benefit transactions, required minimum distributions, and others
- Advise on legal issues and review and negotiate agreements and other documents related to domestic and international grant making
- Advise on structuring foundation program-related investments and draft, review and negotiate investment documentation
- Develop and conduct educational opportunities on legal and compliance-related matters
- Provide support for corporate governance activities, such as drafting resolutions and preparing board reports
- Prepare, review and negotiate contracts, licenses, leases and other legal documents with foundation vendors, grantees and others
- Conduct legal research as needed
- Assist and advise as requested on special projects throughout the AWE nonprofit ecosystem
- Other duties as assigned
**Who we are looking for:
** Qualifications required for your success _:
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- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
- Licensed to practice law in at least one state
- 8+ years of US law firm and/or in-house experience (or equivalent) with not-for-profit and tax-exempt organizations experience
- Familiarity with grant making required
_Personal attributes that support your success:
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- Ability to act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to principals, senior executives, and colleagues while demonstrating expertise and integrity
- You are a team player and express servant-leadership when collaborating with others
- You are results oriented and exercise sound judgment in your work
- A lifelong learner, who is inquisitive and solves problems with bold thinking and innovation
- A visionary who plans for the future with imagination and wisdom
- Committed to building and modeling equitable systems, beginning with diversity, access, and inclusion
- Cultivate strong relationships through building trust and acting with integrity with colleagues and leaders.
- Comfortable in a fast-pace, innovative environment where change is constant
- Goal-setting individual with measured focus on operational excellence and results
- Empowers colleagues through servant-leadership, while keeping bias for action in mind
**Physical demands and work environment:
** The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical demands: Position requires utilizing a computer and telephone for prolonged periods of time, good eye/hand coordination, verbal, and written conversation with others, and lifting/carrying up to 10 lbs.
Work environment: Work will be performed in an office environment full-time (Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM.) The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. Flexibility in working hours, including weekends and evenings, may be necessary to support operational needs.
_All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement, background check, credit check and drug screen. AWE requires all employees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, or meet Arkansas state requirements, subject to accommodations. In addition, you will need to provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States on your first day of work.
_ _AWE is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building and maintaining a culturally diverse workplace. We encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status of protected veteran, among other things or status as a qualified individual with a disability.
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