POSITION SUMMARY:

The Corporate Counsel will lead and assist the General Counsel and other Corporate Counsel at Ocean State Job Lot (the “Company”) in the provision of all legal work for the Company. Familiarity with corporate law and/or litigation is preferred, but not required. The Corporate Counsel will also work closely with the Company’s outside counsel in all legal matters that are outsourced.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Corporate Counsel will provide legal advice to the Company on a variety of matters, including, but not limited to:

• Negotiate, review and enforce contracts for the Company
• Advise the Company on other regulatory, licensing and permitting matters
• Advise the Company on general liability and workers’ compensation matters, and work with the Company’s risk management department and outside counsel in determining strategy for cases and settlement possibilities
• Advise the Company on intellectual property, product and advertising issues
• Advise the Company on all labor and employment matters, including, but not limited to, Company policies and procedures, FMLA, ADA, workers’ compensation, and discrimination and sexual harassment issues
• Advise the Company on benefit matters, including ERISA, wellness programs and 401k plans
• Advise the Company on real estate matters, including purchase and sale agreements, due diligence and closings for new store locations and investment real estate, drafting tenant leases, tenant defaults, collections and evictions. Advise the Company on issues with its landlords, including CAM issues, landlord maintenance issues and landlord disputes
• Manage outside counsel on outsourced litigation matters
• Effectively utilize virtual means to communicate efficiently and work independently under remote conditions as applicable

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Admission in one or more bars of the States of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and/or Connecticut is required and willingness to take additional bar exams as desired by the Company is encouraged, including the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and/or Vermont
• 3-5 years of experience in a legal environment required
• Proficiency in drafting and editing contracts required
• Experience with general liability and workers compensation matters preferred
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment, as a member of a team, and ability to effectively manage multiple projects and priorities required
• Willingness to expand knowledge base to additional legal areas required
• Proficient with Google platform (i.e. sites, slides, drive, docs, sheets)

ATTRIBUTES:

• Effective Communicator: You possess strong communication skills and have the ability to build and maintain a culture of trust and respect.
• Team Oriented: You are capable of embracing the ideas of others (even if they conflict with your own) for the sake of the Company and client.
• Time Management: You are able to handle multiple projects at once, and can organize multiple projects around given deadlines.
• Self-motivated: You can work with a minimum amount of supervision and be capable of strategically prioritizing multiple tasks in a proactive manner. You understand the tools and processes needed to meet larger strategic initiatives.
• Passionate: You must be passionate about online collaboration and ensuring our clients are successful; we love seeing hunger and ambition.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work primarily in the company locations, in a climate controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard
  potential. Sedentary, and frequent near vision use for reading and computer use.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
  perform essential functions.
• Remote: some work may be completed outside of the company locations. The role is responsible to set up a professional and ergonomically safe work environment and to be available during working hours. The role may also bring their own device/s to complete all work (e.g. all computer hardware and software, including audio and video capabilities for virtual meetings; and reliable Internet connection with ability to access the Google platform for virtual meetings and applications used for work).

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by supervisors or managers to perform other job duties and tasks, some of which may be essential to the position. Leadership has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract, either express or implied. You are an at-will employee, meaning either you or the Company may terminate your employment at any time, with or without notice.