General Counsel

• Lead the organization's legal function, providing legal services across transactional agreements, employment law, corporate governance, tax compliance, government funding compliance, intellectual property, lobbying disclosure, corporate sponsorship, and charitable solicitation regulation.
• Serve as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, directing all aspects of legal services for a national nonprofit and affiliated organizations, including a 501(c)(4) and PAC.
• Advise the People and Culture Department on employment policies, benefits, insurance, and personnel matters; staff the Board Litigation Committee and serve as Board Assistant Secretary.
• Oversee a legal department of four and two to four summer law clerks, reporting to the Senior Vice President for Business Strategy & Operations.

This role ensures that American Rivers can effectively protect and restore rivers and clean water for people and wildlife by providing sound legal guidance, mitigating risks, and supporting the organization's mission-driven work.

• J.D. and at least 15 years of successful legal practice experience; bar admission and good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Prior experience as a senior attorney, preferably including General Counsel experience, with a broad legal portfolio and staff management responsibilities.
• Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating transactional agreements; knowledge of labor and employment law, OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, intellectual property, and charitable solicitation laws.
• Experience overseeing organizational risk assessment and management, cost-effective management of outside legal resources, and working knowledge of federal tax and election laws for 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and Section 527 organizations.

Salary range: $142,000 - $214,000 annually. Comprehensive Total Rewards package includes medical, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability, life insurance; 3% employer retirement contribution after one year (100% vested immediately); four weeks paid leave, eleven paid holidays, three floating holidays, sick leave; Focus Fridays (no internal meetings), professional development opportunities, home office stipend, sabbatical leave every seven years, paid parental leave (six weeks after one year of service).

American Rivers is a national conservation organization working to make every river clean and healthy for people and wildlife. For over 50 years, they have combined evidence-based solutions with partnerships to safeguard the nation's rivers and streams.