Chief Legal Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic leadership and enhance the development of the legal department.

• Structure, build, and strategically develop a growing legal team, including law students, paralegals, and fully qualified attorneys, while managing the internal law office connection.

• Establish legally effective association structures and resolutions, while mitigating liability risks.

• Serve as internal legal counsel, ensuring compliance and governance.

• Manage all internal legal matters responsibly, including strategic evaluations.

• Assist the executive board, department heads, and working groups on issues related to labor and contract law, association law and bylaws, compliance and governance, as well as data protection.

• Oversee operational legal management and process design.

• Create and implement efficient processes for systematically handling legal matters.

• Professionally manage and prioritize consumer legal inquiries, ensuring standardized legal classification and clear protection mechanisms are in place (comprehensive coverage through directors & officers, liability, legal expenses, and VSHP insurance).

• Handle contract management and external legal enforcement.

• Coordinate the external operational implementation of legal actions, enforcement, and determinations in consumer and corporate law matters.

• Administer, review, and legally assess contracts with external partners, service providers, and funding institutions.

• Draft contracts for projects, collaborations, and memberships.

• Apply under § 4d UKlaG and § 8 UWG to the lists of qualified institutions, and develop a partnership structure with attorneys and law firms for outsourcing litigation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Fully qualified lawyer with a completed Second State Examination (2. Staatsexamen) and a strong grasp of civil, consumer, and corporate law issues.

• Proven experience in leading, building, or strategically developing legal structures, ideally in a responsible role within a law firm, organization, or legal department.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and design skills to navigate complex legal and organizational challenges and transform them into sustainable solutions.

• Ability to present complex issues in a clear, understandable, and practical manner.

• A sense of responsibility, leadership qualities, and a structured approach to work.

• A strong desire to rethink consumer protection in Germany and promote sustainable, public-interest-oriented initiatives.

• Willingness to volunteer in a remotely organized association.

🏝️ Benefits

• Enhanced visibility and credibility through contributions to a recognized consumer organization.

• Flexible working hours, adaptable time commitments, and options for remote work.

• Collaborative and equitable engagement with executive management and all departments.

• A prominent role with significant impact, serving an initiative that redefines responsibility.

• A qualified reference letter or certificate of service detailing your responsibilities, tasks, and achievements.

• A volunteer position that not only opens professional avenues but also provides recognition and responsibility within an association officially registered in the Bundestag lobby register, as part of a democratic organization.

• Potential for permanent employment in the future, as positions in subsidiary companies are primarily filled by dedicated volunteers.

• Our motto: Together rather than against each other.