Legal and Business Affairs Support Associate
EAB

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About EAB

At EAB , our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We harness the collective power of more than 2,100 schools, colleges, and universities to uncover and apply proven practices and transformative insights. And since complex problems require multifaceted solutions, we work with each school differently to apply these insights through a customized blend of research, technology, and services. From kindergarten to college and beyond, EAB partners with education leaders, practitioners, and staff to accelerate progress and drive results across three key areas: enrollment management, student success, and institutional operations and strategy.

At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other-that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their community. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards .

For more information, visit our Careers page.

The Role in Brief:

Legal and Business Affairs Support Associate

As an integral team member, the Associate will gain experience in working with the fast-paced Legal and Business Affairs team, which oversees the drafting, negotiating and monitoring of contracts with customers and vendors, and aiding the Company with legal and business affairs issues in general. The Associate will serve an important role as a coordinator, liaison, and information resource.

This role is based in Washington, D.C.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage the full candidate life cycle: attract, select, schedule, interview, and negotiate offers Monitor intake of new customer- and vendor-related matters, triage and assign new matters within the team and generate reports based on intake metrics
• Review, track and upload vendor, customer, non-disclosure, and regulatory agreements
• Draft and negotiate various types of contracts under the direction of one or more attorneys
• Aid customer-driven vendor requirements and processes
• Manage Company's corporate reporting and compliance functions with various local, state, and federal agencies
• Draft, file, and track Company's product-based regulatory paperwork in compliance with various state regulations
• Manage confidential documents and communications with absolute discretion
• Assist team with tracking key performance metrics
• Engage in special projects as necessary and appropriate, including researching employment law and corporate reporting changes
• Manage additional administrative duties as needed

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Excellent academic record

Ideal Qualifications:

• Prior administrative or customer service experience
• Ability to communicate by e-mail and phone with internal and external clients, and to define and understand new matters
• Attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative, provide recommendations to team and effectively carry out recommendations to ensure results

Benefits:

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service or fitness activities (up to 10 hours a month each)
• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Phase Back to Work program for employees returning from parental leave
• Infertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
• Wellness programs including gym discounts and incentives to promote healthy living
• Dynamic growth opportunities with merit-based promotion philosophy
• Benefits kick in day one, see the full details here.

At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to "make education smarter and our communities stronger" we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.

To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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