Position Title: Legal and Regulatory Assistant
Salary: $56,250 – $93,750 annually DOE
Comprehensive health benefits include – medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.
Company Background:
Everyone deserves the best internet possible and that’s the refreshingly great experience we’re creating at Ziply Fiber. We’re bringing fiber to more than one million homes and businesses across the broader Northwest. By pairing brilliantly fast internet with customer choice and control, we’re making it simple and easy for you to connect to the things that matter most to you. Ziply Fiber is based in Kirkland, Washington, providing communities across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana with fiber internet in addition to streaming TV, privacy products and phone service as well.
Job Summary:
The Legal/Regulatory Assistant will work with Ziply Fiber’s Legal and Regulatory team consisting of General Counsel, two Assistant General Counsels, VP-Regulatory & External Affairs, Regulatory & External Affairs Manager and two Local Partnerships Managers. This role will help manage the legal and regulatory affairs of the company.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed:
• Corporate and regulatory maintenance such corporation and subsidiary management, business license management, FCC license management and intellectual property database management.
• Regulatory compliance support such as assist in research and applications related to telecommunications franchises and other right of way issues as well as assist in preparation and filing of regulatory matters and reports.
• Litigation management such as project intake and triage, review and collection of information related to legal issues and claims and management of subpoena compliance.
• Manage contract database.
• Proactively support department with special projects, high-level meetings (both internal/external) and preparation of meeting materials.
• Conduct outreach and follow-up with internal and external persons, including Senior Leadership Team, law firms and customers (daily and with shifting priorities responding to needs of organization).
• Perform factual research as needed.
• Must be available to work regular business hours Pacific Standard Time.
• Must also be available to work on-call, evenings and weekends as needed.
• Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.
Qualifications:
• Minimum of two year degree, paralegal training certificate a plus.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in a corporate setting, concentrating in corporate or regulatory law (or equivalent experience).
• Highly proficient in MS Office (i.e., Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word).
• Must be organized, detail-oriented, flexible, and focused on completing tasks under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Team player willing to support other members of the Legal and Regulatory Department.
• Ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive material with discretion.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills
• Ability to work within critical deadlines
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret contracts, legislation, statutes, regulations, agency notices, and public filings
• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules
• Ability to plan, prioritize and manage workload across different subject areas
Work Authorization:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment and Additional Information:
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.
At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.
Diverse Workforce / EEO:
Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.
Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.
Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.