University counsel for loyola schoolsAteneo de Manila University

Summary of Work Activities and Responsibilities:
The University Counsel for Loyola Schools (LS) shall be responsible for providing legal support specifically to the LS administration (but concomitantly to University management as well) in order to mitigate legal risks and ensure legal compliance. The holder of the position shall report directly to the Director of the University Legal Counsel Office (ULCO).
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Governance
Enable the key administrators of the LS to make strategic decisions by providing legal know-how to mitigate potential legal problems and ensure compliance with relevant laws
Draft and recommend policies, programs, and protocols to manage the legal risks of LS
Prepare a wide variety of written materials for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written references, conveying information, and/or supporting presentations concerning policy and procedure changes
Collaborate with external stakeholders in providing input to national or local legislation that impacts LS'/University's operations
Provide guidance to the University in effecting policy changes in the LS/schools that may impact other units of the University
Advocate and collaborate with internal stakeholders in introducing and adopting policy changes to address legal issues
Legal advise on operational and transactional matters
Evaluate complex and volatile situations with legal implications, and recommend the best option available for LS/University administration
Research and evaluate different risk factors pertaining to legal exposures in transactional and operational matters
Provide accurate and timely legal advise to key administrators of LS on a variety of legal concerns, including labor law, administrative proceedings, torts and damages, education law, and data privacy
Provide the LS administration with information or updates on laws and issuances that require compliance by the LS/schools
Documents drafting and review
Prepare legal communications on behalf of the LS administration
Draft and/or review agreements, contracts, and other legal documents entered into by the LS/schools to ensure the University's legal compliance and protect the University's rights and interests
Review external and internal communications of LS to ensure that information is conveyed in a legally-compliant manner
Legal representation
Represent the LS/schools in internal and external activities requiring legal representation (e.g., consultations, workshops, conferences, etc.).
Represent the LS administration in negotiations with internal and external constituents
Where circumstances warrant, represent the LS/schools (therefore the University) in the direct handling of certain legal proceedings
Dispute management
Manage a range of legal disputes involving a variety of internal and external stakeholders
Review complaints involving acts of misconduct or disciplinary offenses by LS employees and students, and provide legal guidance on handling the investigative processes
Identify disputes that are appropriate for mediation and recommend referral to the alternative dispute settlement
Identify critical disputes that have a high potential for litigation and determine the necessity for referral to external counsel in preparation for possible lawsuits
Legal empowerment
Initiate programs and activities to promote a corporate culture that maintains the highest possible standards of legal compliance
Identify and train key personnel to perform paralegal services
Design and implement training and information sessions to raise awareness and compliance with laws, other governmental issuances, and school policies, rules, and regulations
Develop information, education, and communication tools to communicate the legal responsibilities of a variety of constituents
Administrative functions
Manage external legal services
Establish and implement protocols for identifying and vetting external counsels and referring legal matters involving the LS/schools to external counsels, including matters that require legal advise or intervention from experts in specialized areas of law
Design and implement a monitoring and evaluation system to ensure quality and cost-efficient services of external counsels with regard to legal matters involving the LS /schools
Review and monitor the LS budget for engaging services of external legal counsels
Coordinate, whenever necessary, with LS administrators and with LS schools and Central Administration offices on legal matters
Attend various meetings for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform job functions
Develop and implement a case/legal intervention management system to document the legal requirements of the LS/schools and ensure responsiveness to LS needs for legal services
Communication
Represent the VP for LS and other LS key administrators in communicating sensitive, controversial and complex messages of a legal nature to internal stakeholders, and coordinate the exchange of information on such matters within the unit
Provide input to the University Marketing and Communication Office on the legal aspects of communications with external stakeholders
Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in good standing
At least ten years in the practice of law, preferably with experience as legal counsel in a school environment
At least two years of litigation experience
Experience in contract law, labor and employment law, torts and damages, and education law is desirable
Work from Home
Mid-Senior Level / Manager Administration and Coordination Higher Education / Academia 1 opening Master's degree graduate
The Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo) is one of the leading universities in the Philippines. More than 150 years in existence, the Ateneo has grown into a major Jesuit institution. Officially it became a university in 1959. It offers over 100 academic degree programmes. Ateneo offers Basic Education (Grade School, Junior and Senior High School). In addition, the Loyola Schools (college) is made up of four schools (Social Sciences; Humanities; Science and Engineering; and Management) that offer graduate and undergraduate degrees, with a total enrolment of about 10,000 students per year. The Ateneo has 4 professional schools located in 3 campuses in Quezon City, Makati City and Pasig City (Business; Government; Law; and Medicine and Public Health), with about 4,000 professional postgraduate students. It has an array of research centres, 11 of which are recognized as Centres of Excellence by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education. In addition to a European Studies Programme, it has a Centre for Asian Studies that fosters comparative research on East and Southeast Asia. The Ateneo has 207 partnerships with universities around the world (82 in Europe, 87 in Asia, 11 in Australia and New Zealand, and 27 in North and South America) and is a member of the ASEAN Universities Network and 3 other international university networks. The Ateneo's Rizal Library is the most advanced in the Philippines with over 307,000 titles in its collection and online access to most major academic journals.
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Quezon City, Metro Manila
Permanent
Full-time