General Counsel

Enveritas, Inc. is seeking a legal expert to serve as General Counsel to help us drive impact and change for coffee and cocoa farmers around the world. We are looking for a creative, thoughtful and pro-active attorney who wants to apply their skills in the social impact sector. The right candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit and the energy and discipline to come in and be a builder in a start-up environment.

Enveritas builds solutions to improve the measure of sustainability in agricultural supply chains and include smallholder farmers in responsibly sourced agricultural products, in particular coffee and cocoa. A key component of this requires developing and financing projects that directly improve sustainability of production and benefit the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.

We are a dynamic non-profit organization working across 26 coffee and cocoa growing countries around the world, with a remote-first environment. We bring together tech and machine learning with rigorous field processes to collect and process data on supply chain sustainability and environmental impact. This is made possible by a hard working and diverse team that is dedicated to delivering impact to smallholder farmers and developing more sustainable coffee and cocoa supply chains.

What you will be doing: 

• Providing legal advice on all matters related to Enveritas' US and international operations

• Contract review: review, draft, and negotiate agreements between clients and Enveritas

• Providing policy and legal advice across departments: flag important issues and potential legal risks to leadership and department leads

• Strategic planning: contribute to programmatic priorities, be a thought partner with the leadership team  

• Management of foreign subsidiary registrations: engage, manage and communicate with local lawyers, including but not limited to issues around HR, Finance, local laws and regulations

• Data protection: overseeing new and changing data privacy laws on an international scope, translating laws into concrete action items as it relates to staff/clients/farmers' data protection

• Employment matters: provide advice on management of US and international PEO, EORs and independent contractors

• And other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience as a practicing attorney in the United States, preferably with in-house experience at a global company

• JD or LLM from an accredited US law school 

• Must be licensed to practice law in the United States and be able to work without a sponsorship 

• Demonstrated understanding of software and/or SaaS industry, intellectual property law, data privacy (including GDPR), tax law, employment law, contract law/compliance, ESG issues (including EUDR), and overall corporate compliance, preferably in a small organization with growth aspirations 

• Prior experience in global non-profits, multinational corporation, or law firm

• Prior experience managing international local counsel 

• Ability to think strategically and develop innovative legal strategies that align with the organization’s goals and objectives, while also anticipating and addressing potential legal challenges and risks

• Ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders, including senior management, as well as external partners, clients, regulators and legal counsel

• Someone at ease in a changing sector and able to excel by operating with a sense of urgency while remaining flexible, open-minded and resourceful 

This is a full-time remote position with flexible core work hours.

Compensation and benefits

Base salary for this position is between $120,000 to $165,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Benefits include:

• 401k with matching contributions

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Four weeks paid vacation, in addition to US standard holidays and personal/sick time

• Flexible work hours

• Stipend for professional development and remote work set-up

How to Apply

Please apply here, using Greenhouse. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us at jobs@enveritas.org. Questions about this opportunity or process will not reflect negatively on your application.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond what we list as qualifications. Your life experiences help build core competencies and knowledge that may be transferable to our openings. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.

Our work is complex and nuanced, so the more diversity we have in the voices working on our problems, the larger of an impact our work can have for the world. Enveritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer ​encouraging an inclusive and diverse workforce. We embrace and celebrate the unique experiences, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds that each individual brings to the workplace. We are dedicated to hiring employees who reflect the communities we serve and strongly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.​

A few notes about our communications: We are not able to reply to messages sent to staff outside of either our application process or our jobs email address, as this is unfair to other candidates. Also, Enveritas has been made aware of fake job postings by individuals pretending to hire persons seeking employment. These individuals are looking to collect personal information about you for fraudulent purposes. All legitimate Enveritas job openings are posted on our Greenhouse board at https://boards.greenhouse.io/enveritas. All recruiting emails from Enveritas team members will come through Greenhouse or from @enveritas.org. If you have any concerns about employment opportunities or contact from someone supposedly representing Enveritas, please reach out to us at jobs@enveritas.org