Assistant General Counsel, Legal (GH & GMRI)

Tags: Global Health doctor Law Environment
  • Added Date: Friday, 06 June 2025
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The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, weโ€™re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team\"Guidance, Solutions, Integrity\" describes the Legal divisionโ€™s approach to providing responsive legal guidance supporting pursuit of the foundationโ€™s mission and implementation of the foundation's programmatic and operational strategies. The Legal team delivers comprehensive legal services by providing efficient and reliable legal guidance, managing legal risk, and supporting the development of solutions to achieve the mission of the foundation and its affiliated entities.

The Legal team partners with our colleagues across the foundation and its affiliated entities to enable mission-driven work by maintaining an efficient, well-run global organization where employees can thrive and make their best contributions. Doing this well requires effective collaboration, strong alignment, and thoughtful planning across both operational and programmatic teams โ€“ as well as shared accountability for mitigating risk and optimizing the foundationโ€™s operational resources.

Applications will be accepted until 5:00pm PST on June 20, 2025.

Your Role

We seek an individual to provide legal advice for the foundation and its affiliates, specifically the Global Health Division (GH) and Gates Medical Research Institute (GMRI). This includes legal support for grantmaking activities and global operational needs, requiring a demonstrated understanding of U.S. tax-exempt private foundation law. This role also supports the negotiation, drafting, and execution of contracts, complex transactions, and investments that align with our charitable activities and internal policies and practices. This includes providing legal advice related to procurement, technology transactions, consulting services, collaboration agreements, and other business and charitable arrangements. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your legal skills to some of the worldโ€™s most pressing challenges. You will be part of a dynamic legal team supporting high-impact work that improves lives across the globe.

What Youโ€™ll Do

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