Assistant General Counsel

Stride, Inc.

4d•Remote

About The Position

SUMMARY: The Assistant General Counsel advises the Company concerning legal rights, obligations, and privileges by performing the following duties. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. Review, advise and ensure compliance with state education, elementary and secondary education and charter school laws and regulations as well as company and school policies applicable to the public schools managed by the Company including the curriculum and operations of the schools; Anticipate and identify legal, scholastic, and business issues and counsel relevant administration of schools in order to develop legal and business strategies and solutions, in situations of political, public relations, or financial risk or significance; Interact with counsel for districts and charter board of schools; Draft and negotiate comprehensive school (K-12) management contracts, institutional sales contracts, and strategic alliances to provide educational products and/or services; Draft, review, assess, negotiate and develop, and verify accuracy of a variety of complex contracts, including but not limited to purchases, customer contracts, SOW, MSA, and other agreements; draft and negotiate vendor contracts with an emphasis on licensing contracts; Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations applicable to the Company; Engage and manage outside legal counsel where specific legal expertise is needed to advise on legal and policy issues; Act as agent of the Company in various transactions; may provide dispute management and support; Advise internal teams on various Company products. Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities. The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree
Seven (7) years of experience in education, corporate and contract law, with some exposure to administrative or securities law
Active State Bar License
Good interpersonal, leadership, negotiating, and consulting abilities
Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple, high priority projects with attention to detail
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency
Ability to travel 10% of the time
Ability to clear required background check

Responsibilities

Review, advise and ensure compliance with state education, elementary and secondary education and charter school laws and regulations as well as company and school policies applicable to the public schools managed by the Company including the curriculum and operations of the schools
Anticipate and identify legal, scholastic, and business issues and counsel relevant administration of schools in order to develop legal and business strategies and solutions, in situations of political, public relations, or financial risk or significance
Interact with counsel for districts and charter board of schools
Draft and negotiate comprehensive school (K-12) management contracts, institutional sales contracts, and strategic alliances to provide educational products and/or services
Draft, review, assess, negotiate and develop, and verify accuracy of a variety of complex contracts, including but not limited to purchases, customer contracts, SOW, MSA, and other agreements; draft and negotiate vendor contracts with an emphasis on licensing contracts
Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations applicable to the Company
Engage and manage outside legal counsel where specific legal expertise is needed to advise on legal and policy issues
Act as agent of the Company in various transactions; may provide dispute management and support
Advise internal teams on various Company products

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