[Hiring] Senior Legal Counsel @The Community Solution Education System

Role Description

At The Community Solution Education System, the Office of Legal Affairs serves as a trusted advisor to leadership across The Community Solution, providing strategic legal counsel on a broad range of matters affecting our System Office and partner institutions. Our attorneys work collaboratively with leaders across the organization to navigate complex legal and regulatory issues, support sound decision-making, and help advance our mission.

We're seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel with expertise in labor and employment law and experience in higher education to join our Office of Legal Affairs. Reporting to the Managing Counsel & Associate Vice President for Legal Affairs, this attorney will work alongside a collaborative team of in-house counsel, with primary responsibility for advising on employment and labor matters. In this role, you'll partner closely with Human Resources, institutional leaders, and other stakeholders to provide practical, strategic legal guidance across a broad spectrum of employment, labor, student-related, and other in-house legal matters, including:

• Regulatory compliance
• Internal investigations
• Dispute resolution
• Policy development
• Risk management

This position offers the opportunity to influence organizational decision-making, help shape policies and practices, and support a mission-driven higher education system. This role is part of a fully remote workforce, requires flexibility in working across time zones, involves a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and short deadlines, and may occasionally require work outside of standard business hours to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience practicing employment law as a litigator or within a higher education environment.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in California.
• Must be licensed to practice law in Illinois or eligible to become licensed upon starting work.
• Experience providing legal counsel and risk assessment on employment, labor, and workplace matters.
• Experience advising organizational leaders on complex employment issues, including workplace investigations, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state employment laws, including FLSA, ADA, FMLA, and California employment laws.

Requirements

• Experience in higher education, litigation, labor relations, and general corporate and/or regulatory law.
• Combined experience in both law firm and in-house legal environments.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and implementing policies and procedures within an organization.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, voluntary benefit options, employer-paid life and disability insurance, retirement plan contributions, and an employee assistance program.
• Strong work-life balance with 20 PTO days and 11 paid holidays annually.
• Distributed workforce model with remote work flexibility and a biweekly remote work stipend.
• Tuition reimbursement for eligible external degree programs, along with tuition waivers at participating colleges within the System.
• Opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven higher education system focused on student success, institutional excellence, and advancing equitable access to education.

Application Process

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