Counsel and Advice: Provides advice and counsel on personnel and employment matters, employee benefits, federal and state labor and workplace laws and regulations and intellectual property matters including trademark and copyright matters. Supervises and manages the work of outside counsel on these matters. Provides legal advice regarding contract issues and issues related to the National Academies’ ownership, licensing, or leasing of property. Provides advice and counsel to the Office of Contracts and Grants and the Procurement Office on public contract law and negotiation and interpretation of government contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements and on other public and private awards. Provides legal advice and counsel to program and financial managers on a variety of institutional issues, including tax reporting, intellectual property, insurance, and security issues. Responsible for numerous areas of administrative law, including compliance with Section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and restrictions on the handling of classified and sensitive but unclassified information.
Legal Research and Representation: Assists in negotiating, drafting, and reviewing leases, subleases, contracts, and license and permissions related to intellectual property. Analyzes contracts and other legal documents in order to protect the interests of the institution. Develops uniform templates for certain contract and grant matters. Performs legal research and analysis. Reviews and prepares legal reports. Responsible for the oversight and management of the annual charitable solicitation registrations.
Collaboration: Develops and sustains ongoing working relationships and collaborates effectively with colleagues across the organization and with constituents outside of the organization (e.g., volunteers and sponsors) to share ideas and expertise in areas requiring interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. Fosters an environment that emphasizes and values sharing knowledge across program and administrative organizational groups.
Confidentiality: When handling secure, privileged, sensitive, or confidential information and matters, maintains strict confidence and exercises care to prevent disclosure to others. Accesses privileged and confidential information for work-related reasons only, following the policies and procedures of the organization. Ensures that any privileged, sensitive, or confidential information is securely stored, disposed of, and transmitted according to the Institutional guidance. Ensures procedures are in place to maintain and protect confidentiality and to prevent disclosure. Trains and updates staff/ members on these issues periodically.