{"id":3402938,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel","title":"Senior Counsel","company":{"id":1771045,"name":"Bezos Earth Fund","domain":"bezosearthfund.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/bezosearthfund","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Washington, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":265000,"max":330000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":330000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-28T13:46:51Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-28","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T03:26:12Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Major Function \nThe Senior Counsel serves as a trusted legal advisor to the Bezos Earth Fund and independently manages legal matters across a substantial portfolio. Reporting to the General Counsel, the Senior Counsel partners with Programs, Grants Management, Finance, Operations, Communications, Events, and People and Culture to provide clear, practical legal guidance. The role provides strategic counsel on complex organizational matters, develops actionable recommendations, and advances the Earth Fund's priorities while effectively managing legal risk. \nKey Responsibilities \nProgram and Strategic Counsel \nServe as the primary day-to-day legal advisor to designatedteams, initiatives, andorganizational functions.\nAdvise onlegal andtax considerationsrelating tograntmaking, charitable activities, private foundations, donor advisedfunds, fiscal sponsorship, regranting, and international funding.\nAdviseprograms while proposals, implementation plans,milestones, communications approaches, and partnership structures are being developed.\nManagematters from initialissue identification through recommendation, documentation, implementation, and appropriate follow-through.\nEscalate matters involving novel institutional positions, significant residual risk, Founder interests, affiliated entities, material reputational exposure, or other issues to the General Counsel. \nContracts and Transactions \nStructure, draft, review, and negotiate grant-related documents, service and consulting agreements, vendor arrangements, event agreements, partnerships, technology and licensing agreements, research collaborations, and other transactions. \nAdvise on intellectual property, data access and use, publication, confidentiality, commercialization, export controls, cybersecurity, and other issues arising in research and technology matters. \nSupport grant amendments, assignments, extensions, performancematters, and other post-award changes while preserving the approved charitable objective and decision rationale. \nEvaluate legal and contractual risks and recommend practical solutions that reflect the importance, reversibility, and implementation needs of the matter. \nCompliance and Risk \nAdvise onorganizational policies, regulatory compliance, employmentand consultant matters, outside engagements, sanctions, international activities, lobbying and ethics, privacy, and information sharing. \nHelp maintainand apply the organization's legal risk framework, including identification of mitigation measures, owners, escalation needs, and residual risk. \nMonitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and translate material changes into practical guidance. \nDeliver training and guidance that help employees recognize legal issues and engage the Legal Department appropriately. \nDepartment Development \nPartner with the General Counseland legal team colleagues to createtemplates, playbooks, approval standards, and guidance for recurring legal work. \nProvide the substantive legal standards for workflows and tools to be administered throughstandardized legal processes. \nContribute to organized legal records, decision precedents, and institutional knowledge. \nManage outside counsel on assigned matters, including scope, work product, responsiveness, and cost. \nLead strategic and cross-functional legal projects as needed. \nEducation and Experience \nJuris Doctor degree from an accredited law school. \nActive membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar. \nTypically 7 years of legal experience, including substantial responsibility for complex matters and client counseling. \nSubstantial experience drafting and negotiating commercial, grant-related, technology, research, licensing, or other complex agreements. \nExperience advising philanthropic, tax-exempt, research, technology, or mission-driven organizations strongly preferred. \nExperience with grantmaking, private foundation rules, corporate governance, compliance, intellectual property, data, or legal risk management preferred. \nRequired Skills and Abilities \nStrong legal judgment and demonstrated ability to manage a broad range of matters independently. \nSignificant experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex transactions. \nWorking knowledge of nonprofit and tax-exempt organization law, or the demonstrated ability to develop that knowledge quickly and use specialized counsel effectively. \nPractical, solutions-oriented approach to legal advice and risk management. \nExcellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal audiences. \nStrong relationship-building, project ownership, and cross-functional collaboration skills. \nWorking Approach \nExercise sound judgment, discretion, and care with sensitive and confidential matters. \nBuild trusted relationships and collaborate effectively across functions and levels of the organization. \nManage competing priorities, respond constructively to changing circumstances, and maintain high standards for accuracy and follow-through. \nDemonstrate integrity, curiosity, and a commitment to the Earth Fund's mission and team. \nPhysical Requirements and Working Conditions\nOccasional Domestic and international travel. \nMay require extended hours for urgent issues or to meet established deadlines. \nThis position is a hybrid role based in Washington, DC and requires working in the office a minimum of two days per week. \nThe salary range for this position is $265,000-$330,000 \nThis is a paid position. Bezos Earth Fund is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination. The Earth Fund recognizes diversity as an asset essential to accomplishing its work. We actively welcome all qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, gender identity or expression, genetic information, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, disability, military/veteran status, compensation history or any other basis prohibited by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6116,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Nonprofits & Foundations","ESG & Carbon Accounting Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-28T15:09:24Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1","filings_12m":1,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":427500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T04:47:48Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":330000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T04:47:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7464,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1771045},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1771045"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbezos-earth-fund-senior-counsel"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3402938}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"bezosearthfund.org","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3402938},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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