Responsible for assisting the Chief Legal Officer with the overall management of legal and regulatory issues with a special emphasis on labor and employment matters, while providing guidance and direction to senior management and key business stakeholders that reflects sound judgment, strategic vision, and substantive legal knowledge and expertise. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, responsible for managing legal risks and providing guidance concerning employees. Additionally, oversee various business, legal, and compliance projects crucial to the organization's strategic objectives.

Provides guidance to senior management and key business stakeholders on a range of labor and employment issues, encompassing regulatory compliance, business development, strategic opportunities, human resources (HR), contractual matters, and other pertinent legal or business initiatives.
• Monitor legal developments on federal, state, and local laws applicable to labor and employment issues and help ensure the Company's policies and practices are consistent with such laws
• Regularly update HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws
• Serve as a resource and advise the HR and legal departments on labor and employment issues
• Facilitate internal investigations in partnership with the Deputy General Counsel, with an emphasis on employee complaints or conduct
• Coordinate and partner with outside counsel, as required, on significant legal matters with strategic impact to the business
• Establish and maintain excellent communication and positive relationships with stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes concerning legal matters
• Provide legal advice on a variety of legal, regulatory, and compliance matters with significant impact to the business, with an emphasis on applicable federal, state, and local labor and employment laws.
  • Support and advise key business stakeholders on strategic initiatives, including merger and acquisition, business development, and government relations efforts
  • Conduct legal review of HR policies and procedures, provides regulatory and compliance guidance to HR, legal, and other internal clients on employee issues to ensure compliance with applicable federal state, local, and accreditor requirements.
  • Advise on complaints and requests for information from federal and state agencies, as well as division accreditor(s)
  • Manage and oversee responses to subpoenas and other requests for information
  • Perform case management and assists in responses to requests relating to litigation and government investigations including assist in working with insurers
• Other duties as assigned

Education / Experience

• Juris Doctor required
• California employment law and litigation experience required
• Minimum of seven years' experience in a government, regulatory, corporate legal department or law firm environment required
• Experience with ADA, ADEA, COBRA, ERISA, FLSA, FMLA, GINA, NLRA, OSHA, Title VII, USERRA, and WARN (required)
• Experience working directly with/for internal business partners and executive management
• Experience working in legal department for public company (preferred)
• Subject-matter expertise in regulatory requirements relating to proprietary post-secondary educational institutions (preferred)
• Experience working with large organizations operating in multiple jurisdictions across the United States (preferred)

Skills

• Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy
• Strong administrative, detail-oriented project management and organizational skills
• Demonstrates strong self-awareness and ability to utilize feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses to effectively build relationships and to influence others
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Team oriented with ability to work in collaboration with stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written and verbal
• Precise, effective, error-free writing skills; Strong attention to detail
• Organize, plan, prioritize and follow through on work using basic time management skills
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated professional presence, warm and welcoming demeanor, customer-service focused, unwavering optimism and positive spirit
• Commitment to inclusion through a diversity and equity lens and an ability to engender a sense of belonging through developing rapport quickly

Abilities

• Able and willing to:
  • Communicate, think, learn, and reason
  • Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or perform assigned tasks
  • Safely ambulate and/or maneuver when on-site at Company locations
  • Demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning, information ordering and category flexibility
• Ability to use good judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to foster long-term relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to communicate complex regulatory information or provide legal guidance to a diverse audience in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to initiate and follow through on tasks with little direction; independently prioritize and manage heavy workflow to meet/exceed deadlines
• Ability to demonstrate the highest level of ethical behavior, integrity, initiative, and resilience

Work Environment

• Work is performed indoors in a climate-controlled environment when on site at assigned company location. Employees must be able to safely ambulate when on company premises.
• Remote worksites are available; Employees must meet minimum technical standards for eligibility and participation.
• Occasional travel (up to 20%)
• Salary range $165,000/yr - $180,000/yr depending on experience