Remote opportunity at
GiveDirectlyLegal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs
GiveDirectly is recruiting a Legal Counsel for Corporate and Business Affairs to build its business affairs legal capacity and act as a principal legal adviser to…
Career Tools
About This Role
GiveDirectly is recruiting a Legal Counsel for Corporate and Business Affairs to build its business affairs legal capacity and act as a principal legal adviser to its worldwide teams. The lawyer helps shape complicated corporate, commercial, funding and charitable arrangements and works with product, technology, finance, people, communications, grants, fundraising, partnerships and public affairs colleagues. The work includes major partnerships and deals, unusual donations such as bequests, donor-directed funds, restricted…
Job Description
GiveDirectly is recruiting a Legal Counsel for Corporate and Business Affairs to build its business affairs legal capacity and act as a principal legal adviser to its worldwide teams. The lawyer helps shape complicated corporate, commercial, funding and charitable arrangements and works with product, technology, finance, people, communications, grants, fundraising, partnerships and public affairs colleagues.
The work includes major partnerships and deals, unusual donations such as bequests, donor-directed funds, restricted donations, securities and crypto, nonprofit compliance questions, and rules on charitable appeals, lobbying and political activity. The counsel prepares and negotiates gift terms, funding documents, technology and supplier agreements, and builds templates and playbooks so routine matters move faster.
An early top priority is designing the legal and regulatory framework for data partnerships, mobile network operator data and remote delivery. The counsel collaborates with the Global Data Partnerships group, Product and program teams to turn that framework into workable models for individual countries, drafting NDAs, data-sharing terms and memoranda of understanding, and supporting talks with regulators and government counterparts.
Candidates must be licensed attorneys with post-qualification corporate, commercial and deal-making experience, plus substantial data privacy knowledge covering consent, data exchange and sensitive personal information. The job calls for comfort with unfamiliar frameworks (including nonprofit and fundraising rules), independent management of a varied caseload, supervising outside experts, strong negotiating ability and fluent English. Experience with data protection regulators, telecom authorities, planned giving or tax-exempt law is preferred. The role is fully remote, requires at least three hours of East Africa overlap and involves about one to two trips a year. No visa sponsorship is available for US or UK roles. Pay is 134,400 dollars in the US, 91,900 pounds in the UK and 106,280 dollars in Kenya, plus a 10 percent target bonus and an annual benefits stipend.
Responsibilities
- Serve as lead lawyer for product, technology, finance, people, communications, grants, fundraising and public affairs teams
- Negotiate complex corporate deals, funding instruments and vendor contracts
- Advise on accepting and managing non-standard donations, including planned gifts and non-cash giving
- Guide charitable appeals, sponsorships and lobbying or political-activity limits
- Create the legal approach for data partnerships and mobile network operator data sharing
- Prepare NDAs, data-sharing arrangements and memoranda, and support regulator dialogue
- Produce templates, playbooks and escalation paths for recurring work
Requirements
- Licensed attorney with relevant post-qualification experience
- Solid corporate, commercial and transactional track record
- Experience structuring complex funding and partnership arrangements
- Substantive data privacy expertise on consent, sharing and regulated data
- Capacity to grasp unfamiliar rules, including nonprofit and fundraising requirements
- Ability to earn trust among colleagues, counterparties and senior leaders
- Excellent written, spoken and negotiation skills, with English fluency
Qualifications
- Work with privacy regulators, telecom authorities or other public bodies
- Negotiating data arrangements with mobile operators or other sensitive-data holders
- Advising technology-led products or data-heavy operating models
- Privacy or data-protection certification
- Advising charities on planned giving, restricted donor terms or in-kind gifts
Core Skills
Benefits
- Robust health benefits plan, with details varying by country
- Flexible paid time off
- Stipends for home office setup and skill development
- Annual benefits stipend, which may cover benefits or be taken as taxable income
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers are based only on the employer’s listing; where it doesn’t say, neither do we.
Where is the role based?
The role is fully remote and requires at least three hours of overlap with East Africa time. Applicants outside the US, UK or Kenya should flag eligibility early with the recruiter.
What are the base salaries?
The posting lists 134,400 dollars in the US, 91,900 pounds in the UK and 106,280 dollars in Kenya, each with a 10 percent target bonus.
What is the first priority of the role?
A major early priority is setting up the legal and regulatory framework for data partnerships, MNO work and remote delivery.
How much travel is involved?
Roughly one to two trips annually, plus extra travel when major deals or regulatory meetings require it.
Sample Interview Questions
AI-generated questions tailored to this specific role — a preview of the full practice set.