Associate Director, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.  JD, LLM, JSD, or PhD preferred.  Professional experience in applied corporate law and/or governance or public company shareholder relations and/or equivalent legal and business experience, preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership of projects and to manage a wide range of professional tasks.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and to serve as a dynamic and capable representative of the Rock Center.
• Ability to routinely and independently exercise sound judgment in making decisions.
• Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a fast-paced team.
• Relevant subject matter knowledge.  General knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the international legal regimes that impact corporate governance.
• Ability to direct the work of others, for jobs requiring supervision.
• Knowledge of database concepts, MS Office, PowerPoint, Google Workspace, Excel, and basic legal/business on-line research tools required.

Preferred Experience:

• Proven ability to apply professional experience and judgment in the day-to-day management of complex information-intensive projects and research efforts with multiple stakeholders.
• Self-starter who can work collaboratively and independently; must be enthusiastic, flexible, graceful under pressure, discreet, and diplomatic.
• Familiarity with Stanford systems is a plus;

Ability to work some irregular hours to support programming needs, although work outside of regular business hours is relatively uncommon.

The expected pay range for this position is $66,560 to $120,000 per annum.
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