Officer, Counsel

Legal Affairs DepartmentThe Pew Charitable Trusts is tackling some of the most pressing challenges we face today, including by addressing the impacts of climate change, conserving the natural environment, improving the efficiency of government services, promoting civic engagement, supporting the freedoms underpinning our democracy, or addressing health and welfare challenges affecting marginalized communities. Pew’s Legal Affairs team provides crucial legal guidance to diverse teams of experts who develop, support, and communicate research and analyses explaining critical emerging issues, inform public policy, and advocate for solutions to these and other important problems. Position OverviewPew is seeking a client-oriented and highly skilled attorney for the position of Officer, Legal Affairs and Counsel. In this role, you’ll be at the center of Pew’s efforts, supporting the organization as our work grows in volume and complexity. Your astute legal insights will be put to good use, as this position is responsible for a wide and growing array of legal matters. The primary responsibility of this position is to support Pew’s programmatic activities on a wide variety of legal issues. Day-to-day duties of this position may include advising on contracting, intellectual property, data sharing, lobbying and ethics compliance, sanctions, and defamation; drafting and reviewing agreements; conducting legal research and analysis on requirements applicable to Pew's expanding charitable activities; working with outside counsel as necessary; supporting complex nonprofit transactional projects and partnerships; and liaising between the Legal Affairs department and Pew staff.  This position is based in Pew’s Washington, DC office and will report to the Associate Director, Legal Affairs and Deputy Senior Counsel.  This position participates in Pew’s hybrid work program with core days in the office and the flexibility to telework the remaining days. Staff also enjoy four telework “flex weeks” per year. Responsibilities●      Assist internal clients in strategically planning projects, agreements, communications and ongoing programmatic work to assure compliance with all applicable domestic and international laws.●      Provide risk-calibrated, legally informed business advice in support of Pew’s existing, expanding and new lines of domestic and international work, including partnerships with domestic and international organizations.●      Advise on relevant developments in key areas of non-profit legal compliance, such as advocacy and lobbying, government ethics, prohibited campaign intervention, foreign corrupt practices, sanctions, anti-trust, defamation, and grants and contracts, among others.●      Conduct trainings of staff on topics as assigned.●      Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of agr...