[Hiring] Legal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs @GiveDirectly

Role Description

GiveDirectly is seeking a Legal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs to build our Business Affairs capability and serve as a primary legal partner to our global functions. You will help GiveDirectly structure complex corporate, commercial, funding, and charitable relationships and navigate the legal and regulatory questions that arise as the organization grows.

You will advise teams including Partnerships and Fundraising, People, Finance, Communications, Technology, Product, Grants Management, and public affairs. Your portfolio will include:

• Complex partnerships and transactions
• Non-standard gifts and fundraising arrangements
• Nonprofit regulatory matters
• Organization-wide strategic initiatives

A major initial priority will be building the legal and regulatory foundation for Data Partnerships and remote enablement. Working with Global Data Partnerships, Product, Technology, and program teams, you will develop workable approaches to data privacy and MNO data that can be used across GiveDirectly and adapted by program-facing Counsel to local contexts.

This is a broad role for a corporate and commercial lawyer with strong data-privacy expertise who can understand what teams are trying to accomplish, structure a practical path forward, and bring in specialist expertise when needed.

Qualifications

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.
• Qualification as an attorney in at least one jurisdiction, with relevant post-qualification legal experience.
• Strong corporate, commercial, and transactional experience, including structuring and negotiating complex partnerships and agreements.
• Experience advising on complex funding arrangements, external partnerships, or other transactions involving significant legal and business considerations.
• Demonstrated expertise in data privacy and data protection, including data sharing, consent, and the use of personal or regulated data.
• Ability to understand unfamiliar legal and regulatory frameworks - including nonprofit and fundraising requirements - and develop practical approaches to novel questions.
• Strong legal and business judgment, with the ability to assess risk in context and recommend a clear path forward.
• Experience advising multiple functions and building trusted relationships with colleagues, counterparties, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to build new legal capabilities, manage a varied portfolio independently, and direct external or specialist advisors when needed.
• Excellent written, verbal, and negotiation skills; English fluency.

Requirements

• Experience engaging with data-protection authorities, telecom regulators, governments, or other public authorities.
• Experience negotiating data-sharing arrangements with MNOs or other holders of sensitive or regulated data.
• Experience advising on technology-enabled products or data-intensive operating models.
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions, particularly in emerging markets.
• Privacy or data-protection certification.
• Experience advising charitable organizations on fundraising, planned giving, bequests, donor restrictions, or non-cash gifts.
• Experience with tax-exempt organization law, charitable solicitation, cause marketing, lobbying, advocacy, or political-activity rules.
• Experience in international development, humanitarian response, or another mission-driven organization.

Benefits

• A supportive team that works hard and cares hard.
• A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country).
• Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take.
• Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development.