WHY CHOOSE US?
As one of the nation's premier humanitarian organizations, the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. When you join our team, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission, and you can help save lives every day. If you share our passion for helping people, join us in this excellent career opportunity. Work where your career is a force for good.

We are committed to the diversity of our workforce and to delivering our programs and services in a culturally competent manner reflecting the communities we serve. Our work environment is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive with a focus on building allyship and a culture of belonging that empowers all team members. Come to learn, grow, and succeed while sharing your passion for making a difference.

The Red Cross supports a variety of cultural and community resource groups for employees and volunteers. From the Ability Network, our Asian American & Pacific Islander Resource Group, the Latino Resource Group, and Red Cross PRIDE, to the Umoja African American Resource Group, our Veterans+ Resource Group, and the Women's Resource Group, these networks provide connections, mentoring and help give voice to important concerns and opinions.

At the American Red Cross, your uniqueness can shine!

The work location 100% remote. Residents of DC, Maryland and Virginia are preferred, as attendance at occasional meetings in DC will be required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview):

Under close supervision of the legal operations manager, provide administrative and operational support to improve the day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness of the legal department business operations, supporting areas such as financial management, data analytics and reporting, onboarding, information governance, process improvement and other administrative and analytical tasks as assigned. Provides support to a full range of projects to drive strategic and operational initiatives and streamline new and existing processes and assists in developing information to help support decisions. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including finance, IT, HR and other business stakeholders, to achieve OGC operational objectives. This is an excellent opportunity for a legal professional who wishes to join a dynamic in-house team and contribute to the humanitarian mission of one of the nation's leading nonprofit organizations.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD:

• Coordinate operational support activities such as business development, administration, budget management, business information systems, logistics and contracts.

• Contribute to the development of department metrics for performance of business unit, organization, initiatives, project and/or business operations.

• Assist in management of vendor relationships, including enforcement of outside counsel policies and vendor e-billing processes.

• Conduct risk, resource, cost-benefit, variance, impact and/or other analyses of basic complexity.

• Support data analytics and reporting capabilities & initiatives, responsible for gathering data, data cleansing and generating reports and dashboards.

• Help to identify and implement legal department tools to streamline new or existing practices, as well as supporting design, rollout, and training for new processes and systems.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including finance, IT, human resources, to achieve OGC operational objectives.

• Support the hiring and onboarding process for OGC personnel, including temporary support and volunteers.

• Coordinate and support knowledge management activities, serving as a manager of department internal sites and content manager for both internal and external resources.

• Support the administration of new client engagements and legal matters.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education: Bachelor's degree required.