# Legal Counsel and Special Projects

**Company**: Zeta
**Location**: New York City, NY
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $100,000 - $125,000
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

We are seeking a results-driven Legal Counsel with 4+ years of legal experience to join our team at Zeta, a start-up organisation dedicated to delivering excellent, free public education to children of all backgrounds and transforming the landscape of public education.

As a Legal Counsel, you will research and advise on a wide variety of schooling and legal matters and manage mission-critical special projects necessary to support our growth.

Responsibilities:

- Researching and advising on legal questions touching all aspects of our organisation (education law/regulations, special education, intellectual property, tax-exempt, litigation, employment, contract review, building code, facilities/real estate, etc.)

- Drafting charter applications and program descriptions

- Developing and drafting organisational policies and procedures

- Seeking grant opportunities and drafting grant applications

- Monitoring education-related policy and legislative developments and advancing policy strategies that increase access to high-quality public education

- Compliance reporting and oversight (regulatory and grant requirements)

- Supporting operations team on building short-term and long-term operational practices and systems to shape every aspect of our operations

- Overseeing and managing special projects at a high level

- Interfacing with and overseeing outside counsel, stewarding these relationships

- Proactively driving innovation, trying new approaches, and tackling problems from many angles to find creative solutions

- Identifying and spreading best practices and innovations that lead to excellent outcomes and processes

- Wearing multiple hats as a part of a lean start-up team, supporting the work of others on the team and taking on new projects and tasks as needed

We offer a salary range of $100,000 to $125,000, with an annual discretionary, merit-based performance bonus.

Benefits:

- Comprehensive and affordable medical, dental, and vision plans

- Flexible spending accounts for eligible medical purchases and commuter expenses

- 403(b) retirement plan with matching contributions

- Competitive compensation

- Monthly stipend for wellness and lifestyle expenses

- 4 live therapy sessions per month through Talkspace and free Headspace subscription

- MacBook Air and specified monthly reimbursement for use of a mobile phone

- Fully stocked teacher workrooms with favourite snacks and Nespresso machine

- Zeta swag, team outings, and NYC's finest sweet treats

- Books for professional development

We care deeply about your personal and professional growth, offering a clear pathway to professional growth, consistent feedback and support from managers and teammates, and interactive mindfulness and DEIJ programming.

## Skills

### Required
- education law
- regulations
- special education
- intellectual property
- tax-exempt
- litigation
- employment
- contract review
- building code
- facilities/real estate

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