Success Academy Charter Schools
Senior Legal Counsel
New York · Senior
No sponsorship$155k-$165kDetected 2 days ago
NegotiationCorporate LawLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Success Academy is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join our Advisory Legal team.
- This role is ideal for a practical, detail-oriented attorney looking to move in-house and serve as a generalist, with a focus on school facilities, public and private real estate, financings, governance, and expansion efforts.
- The Senior Legal Counsel will play a key role in managing projects, advising cross-functional teams, engaging with public and private counterparties, and overseeing outside counsel in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Support financing transactions, including bond financings and related diligence and closings.
- Support Success Academy's expansion efforts, and related state-specific legal, governance, facilities, financing, and operational requirements.
- Manage outside counsel.
- Partner with Finance, Real Estate, Facilities, and Operations, and senior leadership to provide practical legal guidance, problem-solve, and keep complex projects moving.
- Ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize competing demands, escalate constructively, and translate legal analysis into practical next steps.
Requirements
- 5+ years of legal experience in a law firm, fast-paced nonprofit, private-sector organization, government-facing practice, or in-house legal department.
Nice to have
- New York admission or eligibility for in-house practice preferred.
- J.D. and admission to at least one U.S. state bar
Compensation
- $155,000 - $165,000 USD
- Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Benefits
- Demonstrated interest in public education, mission-driven work, and/or education reform.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: real estate transactions, financings, nonprofit or corporate governance, contracts, education law, government-facing work, or in-house counseling.
- Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Company info
- Thanks for your interest in Success Academy!
- Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike.
- We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community!
- We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status.
- When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.
- What We're Looking For:
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization.
- Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.
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