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SVP of Legal Affairs Jobs in Orlando, FL at Children’s Home Society of Florida
Title: SVP of Legal Affairs
Company: Children’s Home Society of Florida
Location: Orlando, FL
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs
As our Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and trusted partner to the Chief Legal Officer while helping oversee the legal strategy for one of Florida's largest nonprofit organizations. You'll help negotiate complex, high-value agreements. You’ll guide enterprise risk. You’ll protect organizational integrity. You’ll influence strategic decisions. You’ll support innovation. And most importantly, you’ll help ensure that every legal decision advances our mission of creating brighter futures for children and families.
This position is charge of the following areas :
- Review and negotiation of government, nonprofit and vendor contracts and agreements
- Oversight and administration of the contract lifecycle management system and contracting process
- Strategic business initiatives, with significant emphasis on policy and practice development and enterprise risk management.
If you enjoy solving complex business challenges, partnering with executive leaders, and building legal strategies that enable organizations—not just protect them—you'll thrive here.
We're Looking for Someone Who…
·· Sees contracts as strategic partnerships with business lines.
· Can simplify complex legal issues for operational leaders.
· Knows how to balance innovation with sound risk management.
· Builds trust quickly with executives, board members, government partners, and outside counsel.
What You'll Bring
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
- Active member in good standing with The Florida Bar
- Progressive in-house or corporate legal leadership
- 5+ years of extensive experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated contracts and agreements
- Experience advising executive leadership
- Experience managing outside counsel and/or legal operations
Bonus points for experience in:
- Nonprofit organizations
- Healthcare or human services
- Government contracting
- Technology agreements
- Enterprise contract management systems
- Leasing and real estate transactions
Position is hybrid, however, in person interactions are for meetings only and average days in office are twice a month.
For more information, email our Talent Team at:
