Legal & Risk Management Intern

After School Matters; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

After School Matters in Chicago is seeking a part- or full-time staff member to support the Legal Department in risk management, compliance, and legal research. The role involves drafting policies, creating checklists, and preparing memos while providing administrative back-up support.

The ideal candidate writes well, is detail-oriented, and eager to learn not-for-profit risk management and introductory legal concepts. The position is hybrid and pays $20 per hour.

Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled as a college student or graduate/law school student.
• Excellent writing skills and detail orientation are essential.
• Analytical problem solving and ability to distill key issues from information.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications; intermediate Excel preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research legal topics and prepare reports or memos on findings.
• Assist with Privacy and Information Security issues.
• Develop compliance site visit forms and risk management checklists.
• Track insurance claims, background checks, and license renewal dates.
• Update and create policies and procedures; generate occasional reports.

Education

College student or law school student

Job description

Summary of Position:

This position will support the Legal Department with a wide range of projects related to risk management, compliance, and legal research, including developing compliance checklist, drafting policies and procedures and related memoranda/reports, providing administrative and back-up support and other related projects. This position is a good fit for someone who writes well and is detail oriented and interested in learning about not-for-profit risk management and introductory legal research and theory.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Research legal topics and provide a report/memo on the findings
• Assist with Privacy and Information Security issues
• Assist with the creation of compliance site visit forms and risk management checklists
• Assist with insurance claim inquiries (follow-up with emails, tracking claims, etc.)
• Legal tracking (incident reporting, saving background checks, renewal dates for licenses, garnishments, etc.)
• Update policies and procedures
• Create one pagers re: legal and/or risk management topics and/or guidance
• Generate reports (e.g., incident reports, etc.) on an as-needed basis
• Assist and/or conduct compliance assessments and other compliance site visits for community providers
• Complete manual data entry when required
• Support team with administrative tasks (e.g. copying, scanning)
• Act as a back-up for the Receptionist desk
• When needed, assist with teen application and other Program Quality and Compliance department assignments when the volume is high
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Physical Demands:

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to sit for long periods of time.

Work Environment:

This is a hybrid position. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent writing skills
• Detail-oriented and organized
• Analytical problem solver
• Customer service oriented
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Ability to research and distill facts and key issues
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills preferred

Compensation:

$20/hr

Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled as a college student or graduate/law school student

EEO:

After School Matters is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, military discharge status, age, marital status, parental status, or source of income.