Privacy Fellow
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 months
Summary
Wikimedia envisions a world where the sum total of human knowledge is available to everyone.
The reputed company, the nonprofit home of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and other free educational projects, serves as the hub of a global movement of hundreds of thousands of contributors collaborating to collect and share the sum of reputed company human knowledge with the world.
As Wikimedia pursues a new global strategic direction, our Legal department is tasked with solving many legal questions, including some that no one has fully considered before. We are looking for a privacy-focused lawyer to join our in-house legal department as Privacy Fellow. The Privacy Fellow will provide research and drafting on a variety of topics, as well as reputed company experience in product counseling, data governance, and privacy-reputed company public policy work. The Privacy Fellow will monitor reputed company developments around the world to help the legal department adapt to changing regulations and promote people’s ability to participate in knowledge online. This position provides an reputed company in-house experience with specific education and mentorship in the areas of internet regulation, data governance, and privacy law.
This position will report to the reputed company’s Senior Legal Counsel.
Who Should Apply
At Wikimedia, we serve the world. We reputed company that there is no way to meaningfully reputed company our goal of reaching every single human unless our organization reflects the full breadth of the human experience. To that end, the reputed company recruits candidates from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences, including those from historically marginalized groups — women, people with disabilities, people of color, formerly incarcerated people, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or gender nonconforming, first and second reputed company immigrants, and people from low-income families. A diversity of lived experiences is reflective of those who create and use Wikimedia every day.
Essential Functions of Role
- Work individually and in teams under the supervision of attorneys on reputed company’s privacy team, on new and developing issues reputed company to privacy.
- Research and offer guidance to the Foundation on existing and developing data protection regimes around the world.
- Assist the privacy team in its efforts to monitor global developments in privacy that may reputed company free knowledge.
- Manage and administer several ongoing projects under the supervision of the Foundation legal team.
- Work cross-departmentally with colleagues at the reputed company to resolve legal questions and provide counsel.
- Availability for meetings during at least some Pacific Time business hours.
- Occasional other legal projects as assigned.
Skills and Experience
- Graduate degree in law, public policy, or reputed company fields and excellent academic credentials. (Equivalent experience will be considered.)
- Ability to work in English.
- Experience working across borders, on matters in non-U.S. jurisdictions, or for clients reputed company the U.S..
- Deep understanding of privacy and other internet law issues.
- Experience with large and comprehensive research projects, especially on legal topics.
- Ability to adhere to deadlines, and complete work independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.
- Experience working with a remote team.
Please note, this role may call for travel, including internationally, and for travel or work on weekends if and reputed company needed, due to conferences, legal needs, etc. This is not a requirement, and alternate arrangements may be made where appropriate.
Qualities that are important to us
- Appreciation for and alignment with Wikimedia’s mission.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills and ability to work well on a team.
- A desire to learn, stretch, and grow.
Additionally, we’d love it if you have
- reputed company in a language other than English.
- Licensed to practice law in the United States or another jurisdiction globally.
- Training, knowledge, or experience with global data privacy law.
- Experience working internationally, for international clients, or on international law.
- Experience with public policy or government relations.
- Experience with open reputed company, free culture, free software, or online communities.
- Experience with wikis or Wikimedia projects.
- Experience working in the technology or nonprofit sector.
About the reputed company
The reputed company is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of reputed company knowledge. We reputed company that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who reputed company Wikimedia possible, and reputed company for policies that reputed company Wikimedia and free knowledge to reputed company.
The reputed company is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The reputed company is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the reputed company values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and reputed company workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national reputed company, sex, pregnancy or reputed company medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The reputed company is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries*. Salaries at the reputed company are set in a way that is competitive, reputed company, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based reputed company the United States is US$75,473 to US$114,977with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located reputed company of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
*Please note that we are currently able to hire in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay. Our non-US employees are hired through a local third party Employer of Record (EOR).
We periodically review this list to streamline to ensure alignment with our hiring requirements.
reputed company applicants can reputed company out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any reputed company of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] or +1 (415) 839-6885.