Legal and Compliance Operations – Consultant

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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The Global Fund for a New Economy

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2024

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🤲 Charity

Consulting • Logistics • Charity

The Global Fund for a New Economy is a philanthropic organization dedicated to creating an economy that is equitable and sustainable. Founded in early 2024, it aims to mobilize financial resources and build leadership capacity while fostering collaboration across sectors. The Fund focuses on initiatives that intersect with technology, sustainability, and economic equity, launching pilot projects addressing the political economy of artificial intelligence and green industrial policy.

📋 Description

• Support the Chief Operating Officer on the organization's legal and compliance needs • Track and maintain compliance obligations across US and Swiss entities, including filing dates, renewals, and regulatory deadlines • Support adherence to US 501(c)(3) requirements and coordinate related disclosures • Coordinate statutory and regulatory filings across US and Swiss jurisdictions • Support data protection and privacy obligations, including GDPR-related coordination • Prepare and organize documentation for audits and regulatory information requests • Coordinate nonprofit grantmaking compliance, grantee due diligence, sanctions screening, and watchlist screening • Administer expenditure responsibility and equivalency determination processes • Prepare documentation for grant due diligence and funder information requests • Prepare board and committee materials, coordinate meeting logistics, and produce minutes and resolutions • Maintain the governance calendar and track statutory deadlines such as Form 990 and Swiss or European equivalents • Administer conflict-of-interest and disclosure processes • Maintain current, version-controlled governing documents, bylaws, and board-approved policies • Coordinate between GFNE and external legal counsel in the US, Europe, and other operating regions • Scope and brief legal questions, gather background information, and track matters through resolution • Help identify and engage counsel in new jurisdictions • Work approximately 80 hours per month across ongoing availability and defined monthly deliverables

🎯 Requirements

• Around 7 or more years of relevant experience across nonprofit compliance, paralegal, and legal operations work • Demonstrated experience in the nonprofit or philanthropy sector • Comfort working within a remote, globally distributed team across multiple time zones • Strong communication, coordination, and collaboration skills • Ability to navigate US and Swiss nonprofit and philanthropic environments • Direct familiarity with US 501(c)(3) and European nonprofit frameworks is an advantage, not a requirement • Exceptional attention to detail and disciplined follow-up and follow-through • Self-directed and well organized, able to manage varied tasks with minimal oversight • Comfort operating across cultures and time zones and with ambiguity in a young, growing organization • Sound judgment and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential legal and people matters • Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory guidance into clear, practical language for colleagues without a legal background • A legal qualification would be an added advantage, but is not required • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality throughout and after the engagement

🏖️ Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive workplace • Applications welcomed from all backgrounds and locations • Consideration regardless of nationality, background, age, beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, health, or disability • Encouragement for applications from under-represented and marginalized groups

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