| The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), with offices in Arlington, VA and Lincoln, NE is the trade association for over 900 consumer-owned electric cooperatives serving more than 42 million people. NRECA is committed to harnessing the strength of America's electric cooperatives into a single powerful voice. NRECA has won the following awards over the past few years: * Top Workplace by the Washington Post
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Assistant General Counsel I P.2
Position Summary:
Provides legal and policy advice to NRECA voting members; provides legal advice to NRECA and NRECA owned and affiliated entities; monitors, participates in, and educates NRECA and NRECA voting members regarding legal proceedings impacting, or potentially impacting, NRECA voting members; Works independently with appropriate guidance; acts as a resource for NRECA employees and members.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - With appropriate guidance, researches, analyzes, and advises NRECA and NRECA voting members regarding complex legal and policy issues impacting, or potentially impacting, NRECA voting member operations, including state electric cooperative act, corporate governance, intellectual property, tort, easement, electronic commerce, privacy, and other legal issues.
- Functions as a subject matter expert on one or more complex legal issues impacting NRECA and NRECA voting members, and continues to maintain and expand that expertise; as new complex legal issues arise for which there is no internal expertise, develops subject matter expertise with appropriate guidance regarding the issues and acts as a resource for NRECA employees and members.
- With appropriate guidance, monitors, participates in, and educates NRECA and NRECA voting members regarding legal proceedings impacting, or potentially impacting, NRECA voting member operations, primarily through NRECA's Legal Reporting Service, Legal Seminars, and conferences, and the Electric Cooperative Bar Association Discussion List.
- With appropriate guidance, researches, analyzes, and advises NRECA and NRECA owned and affiliated entities regarding legal issues impacting, or potentially impacting, their operations, including contracts, intellectual property, corporate governance, tort, litigation, federal election and lobbying law, and other legal issues.
- Supports other Office of General Counsel attorneys in providing legal advice and services to NRECA, NRECA voting members, and NRECA owned and affiliated entities.
- With appropriate guidance and oversight, engages and manages outside legal counsel where specific legal expertise is needed to advise on legal and policy issues impacting, or potentially impacting, NRECA or NRECA voting members, and independently act as a resource for NRECA employees and members regarding the issues.
- Supports member resolutions process, production of monthly NRECA Legal Reporting Service and NRECA Personnel Practice Pointers, maintenance of record repositories.
- Responsible for the proper security and disposal of any confidential information that they may possess in the course of performing this position's job duties, in accordance with NRECA's Personnel & Administrative Policy and HIPAA Privacy and Security Policies & Procedures Manuals.
Direct Reports to this Position:
N/A
Requirements and Qualifications
Experience and Certifications Required:
Up to 3 years of experience with electric cooperative or similar legal issues.
Must possess, or pass the next available bar examination to obtain, a license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, or in another state or the District of Columbia. If licensed to practice law in another state or the District of Columbia, will be required to obtain a Virginia corporate counsel certificate to maintain employment.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required (as demonstrated by prior work experience): - Ability to define issues, establish facts and draw valid conclusions and apply to work environment.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and multiple projects at various stages of development using effective organization skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to define issues, establish facts and draw valid conclusions and apply to work environment.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and multiple projects at various stages of development using effective organization skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, with board of directors, senior management, a diverse membership, employees and/or vendors in a clear and precise manner, including in public speaking situations.
- Ability to work with a wide variety of people to foster cooperation in sharing information and materials.
- Ability to effectively interact with others and work in a team environment and providing follow-up when needed.
Ability to be persuasive, negotiate, and collaborate with individuals at all levels inside and outside of the organization. - Ability to define issues, establish facts and draw valid conclusions and apply to work environment.
- Ability and willingness to travel.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point) in the day-to-day essential duties of the job.
- Ability to operate various office equipment such as personal computer, copier, printer, fax machine or other job-related equipment.
- Ability to provide service excellence by building relationships, being resourceful, responsive and respectful.
Essential Physical Requirements: - The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal and extensive reading.
- Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.
Disclaimer Statement: The preceding job description has been written to reflect management's assignment of essential functions. It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. |
