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Overview
We are looking for an experienced Legal Lead, reporting to the Legal Manager, to support our legal operations across governance, contracts, compliance, and records management. This is a builder role: you will create and maintain documentation systems from the ground up (templates, naming conventions, versioning, and clean archives). You will keep our legal work organized, auditable, and easy for leadership to act on, without slowing execution.
The Legal Lead will participate in a variety of projects, both internal (for example, agreements between the PMA and members) and external (for example, contracts with suppliers). We operate through private membership associations and faith- and ministry-aligned governance. This role supports private trust administration and records, so comfort working inside a private-association framework and an uncompromising standard for confidentiality are essential.
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cancun, Mexico time zone | With 30 minutes paid break (40 work hours per week)
Key Responsibilities
- 1. Contracts and Document Support
- Draft, format, and version-control common legal documents (MOUs, service agreements, contractor agreements, NDAs, policy acknowledgements) using approved templates
- Maintain a clean, searchable contract archive including executed versions, working drafts, redlines, and key obligations
- Create short, accurate summaries of agreements for internal alignment
- 2. Governance and Entity Records
- Maintain organized governance records (bylaws, membership agreements, resolutions, meeting notes, signoff records)
- Support preparation for governance events by drafting packets and assembling exhibits
- Keep entity documentation current and easy to retrieve
- 3. Compliance and Risk Hygiene (Operational)
- Maintain a living checklist of recurring legal admin and compliance tasks
- Flag gaps early and propose the fastest correction path
- Support adoption of tax-exempt compliance language standards where applicable
- Escalate any request that could violate legal or ethical standards immediately
- 4. Evidence, Research, and Case Support
- Conduct focused legal and regulatory research with clear citations and summaries
- Assemble evidence packets for disputes or escalations
- Maintain confidentiality and access hygiene for sensitive files at all times
- 5. Systems, Templates, and SOP Discipline
- Maintain and improve reusable templates and checklists for the legal workflow
- Own the legal work intake and triage pipeline
- Set and enforce operating standards for legal documentation
- Write or update SOPs for recurring legal operations
- Keep Notion pages clean and correctly labeled
Required Skills and Experience
- 3+ years of paralegal experience (or equivalent legal operations experience) in a fast-moving environment
- Excellent written English with strong command of grammar, formatting, and precision
- Comfort with strict confidentiality and sensitive information handling
- Strong organizational discipline and attention to detail
- Able to handle multiple concurrent requests with clear prioritization
- Comfortable working with lawyers and non-lawyers
Preferred Skills
- Experience supporting nonprofit, membership-based, or mission-driven organizations
- Familiarity with US entity governance and contract administration
- Experience with Mexico workflows is a plus
- Spanish fluency is a plus (written and spoken)
- Comfort working within private membership association and ministry or trust-based governance models
Tools and Tech Stack
- Notion: Document management, SOPs, decision logs, and request tracking
- Google Workspace: Docs, Sheets, Drive organization
- Communications: Telegram, email
- E-sign and PDFs: Preparing signature packets and clean PDF exports
KPIs You Will Own
- Turnaround time for document support requests
- Contract archive completeness and version control accuracy
- Reduction in time spent searching for legal records
- On-time completion of recurring legal admin tasks
Independent Contractor Perks
- Permanent work from home
- Immediate hiring
- Health Insurance Coverage for eligible locations
Job Category
Law/Legal Services
Job Type
Full Time (35 hours or more per week)
Work Schedule and Timezone
Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cancun EST, with 30 minutes paid break (40 hours per week)
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