Vice President of Legal Affairs

Job Details

Vice President of Legal Affairs

Job ID: 295835
Location: Statesboro, Georgia
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Georgia Southern University is the state's largest and most comprehensive center of higher education south of Atlanta. ...

Job Summary

Provide legal counsel and administrative services to a comprehensive University which serves over 30,000 students and employs 6,000 individuals across four campuses and an instructional site in Wexford, Ireland. ...

Responsibilities

• Identify and investigate legal issues and conduct research and studies to provide recommendations and proposals
• Advise University regarding transactions, such as real estate purchases, ground lease agreements, management and development agreements, lease agreements, and contracts
• Oversee University's Legal Affairs team comprised of attorneys and support staff whose responsibilities include addressing legal issues that impact the institution
• Serve as: Legal liaison to University System Office and State of Georgia; Secretary of Georgia Southern University Housing Foundation; Custodian of Records in compliance with Georgia Open Records Act
• Liaise with external counsel as needed
• Manage legal issues related to labor & employment, including Title VII, Title IX, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, & OSHA
• Provide support and advisement to administrators for compliance with affirmative action statutes for all employment categories
• Oversee Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX to manage issues related to equal opportunity statutes and regulations for academic employment and student matters
• Provide and manage legal oversight, advisement, and review on research contracts and services in alignment with USG/BOR, Federal, and/or grant source requirements
• Handle litigation as needed in cooperation with Office of the Attorney General
• Oversee Athletic Compliance
• Perform other legal affairs special projects/duties as assigned by President

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Earned J.D. from an ABA accredited law school

Other Required Qualifications
Member of or eligible to become (within one year of hire) a member of State Bar of Georgia and in good standing

Required Experience
Six or more years of legal work experience with increasing responsibility, practicing law as a licensed attorney