General Counsel

Job description

Unite America seeks a General Counsel to serve as the organization’s legal strategist and compliance leader across a multi-entity structure that includes 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC activities. This role safeguards the organization’s legal integrity while enabling bold, mission-aligned action in pursuit of nonpartisan election reform. The General Counsel position requires expertise in IRS non-profit and political activity regulations, FEC regulations, and fluency in state-level campaign finance, lobbying, and charitable solicitation laws. This leader must be able to assess complex regulatory environments across multiple jurisdictions, anticipate risk, and translate legal nuance into clear, practical guidance for the organizations’ political, programmatic, and operational leaders. The General Counsel reports to the Head of Strategy & Operations and partners closely with Finance, Program, Fundraising, Communications, People & Culture, and Executive leadership. The General Counsel also oversees and manages outside counsel relationships and will be responsible for building internal legal capacity, including hiring and supervising an Assistant General Counsel. While Denver-based candi...