About the Build Up Companies

The Build Up Companies (“BUC”) are a federated group of companies comprised of Build Up Advisory Group, The Campbell Law Firm, and Build Up, Inc. and focused on transforming life outcomes for vulnerable and marginalized communities. 

• Build Up Advisory Group is an advisory firm that specializes in strengthening governance, grant making, and organizational design for brave philanthropists, philanthropies, movements, and nonprofit organizations to provide them with the structural capacity to deliver on their missions to help effect socio-economic change. 

• The Campbell Law Firm is a boutique law firm that serves as a trusted in-house advisor to brave grant-making nonprofits, movements, philanthropies, and philanthropists to disrupt cycles of injustice and inequity. 

• Build Up, Inc. is a nonprofit capacity builder that supports the leadership of women and people of color and incubates and fiscally sponsors charitable projects and organizations that work with underresourced and invisibilized communities around the world. 

We work with start-ups that want to quickly and equitably build their infrastructure capacity and older organizations that are seeking innovative ways to equitably serve communities. We call what we do Brave Infrastructure Design®. 

We are not theorists or academics. We understand the theory, of course, but have done the work we advise on, and are practical and creative in our approach. Our Founder and CEO has advised two of the world’s most prominent philanthropists and has built the capacity of nonprofit organizations all over the world. All of our advisors are practicing attorneys with years of practical in-house nonprofit and operational experience. So, we do not just talk about infrastructure design; we live and breathe it. 

Learn more about BUC by visiting each of the companies: Build Up Advisory Group, The Campbell Law Firm, and Build Up, Inc.

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Our Core Values

Our core values are to be: 

• brave – we authentically show up according to our values, even if it means that doing so may be more challenging; 

• ever learning – we are focused on constant improvement and are always seeking new ways to do our work even better; 

• excellent – we are in relentless pursuit of excellence through meaningful work and cultivating an environment of “owners” who refuse to tolerate mediocrity; and 

• relational – we believe that true problem solving happens when there is real communication among the problem solvers; we endeavor to be thought partners with each other, our clients, and our partners. 

Our values guide and inspire everything we do and how we engage with our clients, partners, and each other. If any value does not resonate with you, The Build Up Companies is not the place for you.

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Responsibilities of the person in this role

This role will provide key administrative and project support and management to the BUC team, helping to build and maintain client and partner relationships and organize and streamline business operations. The role will also support the work of the TCLF attorneys, and partner with other staff within The Build Up Companies. 

Specifically, the role requires project management of client engagements; coordinating nonprofit formation and exemption processes and preparation of related filings; leading streamlined formation and exemption processes; leading certain internal infrastructure projects; and facilitating certain internal and external meetings. The role also requires liaising with potential and current clients, partners, and vendors; drafting emails, memos, and preparing communications on the attorneys’ behalf; organizing and scheduling meetings; note-taking for meetings; preparing and refining presentations; assisting with external communications management, and managing other tasks and projects delegated by the attorneys and other managers within BUC. 

This role is positioned within the administrative and project management career path, not the Attorney career path within TCLF. The successful candidate will focus on providing crucial support to our legal team and managing various projects, with potential career progression towards roles such as Paralegal and Manager of Legal Administration. 

As TCLF is a member of a group of companies, the person in this role may be asked to provide similar support to the other BUC entities.

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About the person in this role

You are extremely proactive and take initiative. You are comfortable leading in situations in which you have not been and enjoy creating paths where none exist. You are someone that people depend on, and you welcome taking on responsibility but are also willing to speak up or ask for help when you have too many matters to prioritize them well. 

You are creative, considerate, loyal, disciplined, hardworking, and are so organized that our favorite organizers consider you their favorite organizer. You are excited to take on any project that advances our goals. When someone raises an issue, your immediate reaction is to listen, and then work with others to find solutions. You are detail-oriented but also appreciate that the details live within a larger context. You move from task to task seamlessly and are a productivity aficionado. You also value accountability when you are on teams or when working independently. 

You have a sense of humor, are intellectually curious, love music, and have the ability to discuss two fundamental music principles: The Bridge is over, and Soca is a language everyone should know. 

You Must 

• have at least one year of experience working with and managing multiple clients, projects, or portfolios simultaneously (this may include internships, teaching assistant positions, or other experience obtained while in school); 

• have experience providing administrative support; 

• be comfortable learning and using new technology; 

• be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); 

• have values that completely align with ours; 

• maintain a very high level of confidentiality; 

• meet tight deadlines and follow up quickly; 

• manage competing priorities like a boss (well, a boss that manages competing priorities well); 

• be comfortable working in a fully remote work environment; 

• have excellent written and verbal communication skills; 

• have excellent analytical skills; 

• be able to thrive in high-pressure, fast-paced environments; 

• have a client and solution-oriented mindset; 

• be able to occasionally travel within the United States and internationally; 

• have a genuine interest in what is happening socially, politically, and philanthropically in the United States, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Though not required, it would be very nice if you also had: 

• Experience working within a start-up organization 

• Experience working with a Black-led organization 

• Experience working with nonprofit organizations

• Experience working with small businesses or organizations

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Compensation

The Legal Associate will receive a base salary of $55,000 with the potential for incentive compensation based on the individual’s and the BUC’s performance. 

We also offer the following benefits: 

• Dental and vision coverage 

• Health insurance package (BUC pays the employee’s premium) 

• Life insurance (BUC pays the employee’s premium) 

• 401(k) participation with a BUC match 

• Cellphone/WiFi allowance 

• Office allowance 

• Professional development allowance 

• Paid time off policy (sick, personal, and mental health days and all Federal Holidays) 

• Unlimited vacation policy (add value and take time off when you need it) 

• 4-day work week (BUC’s working hours are from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Thursday) • Fully remote work

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Our Hiring Process

If you are interested in applying for this role, here is our application procedure: 

• Please upload your resume and a cover letter about your interest in the role in the application. • If we are interested in learning more, you will receive an email from us asking you to provide a video response to some preliminary questions about your experience and interest in the role. 

• After reviewing the video responses, we will further narrow the applicant pool and invite a few applicants to talk with us via video. 

• After interviewing the finalists, we will invite the candidates to complete an assessment, which they will be compensated for, and we will then review and finalize our selection. 

We will acknowledge receipt of all applications and will let you know of our decision regarding your application.

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Work environment and physical requirements

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions 

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period. 

• Moderate noise (i.e., phone calls, online meetings, computer audio) 

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard. 

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work. 

• Regular, predictable attendance is required.

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Our Commitment

Our work centers historically marginalized and vulnerable communities, including people of color, those impacted by the criminal justice system, and women, especially Black women, so we strongly encourage applications from members of these communities who are committed to transforming life outcomes for those most invisibilized in society. 

BUC is an equal opportunity place of business, which means that we do not discriminate because of race, color, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, religion, age, where you are from, or disability. We believe in and live diversity, inclusion, and equity, and strive to ensure that every person we work with, including contractors, vendors, staff, and clients, feels considered and listened to. We do not allow any of the “isms” into where or how we work, and we believe Black lives matter and love is love. We have been treated as if we did not belong at various times throughout our careers and lives and understand how to be deliberate about never making others feel that way.