Vice President of Legal and Human Resources

About this role

Job Title: Vice President of Legal and Human Resources

Department: Headquarters

Location: Hybrid, Washington, D.C.

Reports to: President

Direct Reports: Yes

Classification: Exempt

Position type: Full Time Employee

Anticipated Pay Range at Commencement of Employment:: $128,000 - $177,000

Blue Star Families

Blue Star Families is the largest nonprofit dedicated to making military life better for families. Each year, we support over 1.5 million military- and veteran-connected family members through a national network of 300,000+ members and local chapters in communities across the country.

Our mission is simple and bold: We make military life awesome for families.

We listen, share, partner, and act to deliver evidence-based, data-driven solutions that work for real people. We’re a lifestyle organization, a friend and neighbor, and a trusted partner. Our approach is collaborative, human-centered, and designed with the whole family in mind.

A Blue Star Family is one with an immediate family member — a spouse, parent, or child — actively serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, including the Guard and Reserves. These families face unique challenges: frequent relocations, deployments, career disruption, and isolation. We respond with research-informed programs that create connection, build resilience, and foster a true sense of belonging.

We serve with urgency but build trust over time — because change happens at the speed of trust. Whether we’re driving spouse employment, supporting caregivers, or helping communities welcome military families, we strive for upstream solutions.

Who We’re Looking For:

• Bold thinkers. Fast movers. Smart collaborators. People who want to build, lead, and drive measurable change — and who care deeply about making an impact that matters.

What You’ll Do Here:

• Solve complex challenges with data, heart, and humility

• Build cross-sector partnerships that get things done

• Help military families feel at home wherever they live

If you're ready to work in a high-performance, mission-driven environment — and to make life better for those who serve — Blue Star Families is where you belong.

General Description

Reporting to the President and serving as a member of the executive leadership team, the Vice President of Legal and Human Resources is a trusted advisor to organizational leadership and the Board of Directors. This position provides strategic leadership for the Human Resources function while also serving as the organization's primary legal resource.

This role combines leadership with significant hands-on legal practice. As the sole in-house attorney, the Vice President of Legal and Human Resources personally manages a broad range of legal matters, including contract review and negotiation, employment law counseling, governance, compliance, investigations, intellectual property, privacy, fundraising, and operational legal issues. The role requires a practical and solutions-oriented leader who can balance legal risk with organizational objectives, build strong partnerships across departments, and help move initiatives forward in a thoughtful and compliant manner.

The Vice President of Legal and Human Resources also oversees the Human Resources function, providing leadership on workforce strategy, employee relations, organizational change, policy development, talent management, and employment compliance. This role ensures that legal, compliance, and people strategies work together to support organizational effectiveness, mission impact, and long-term sustainability.

This is a hybrid position requiring regular on-site presence in a Blue Star Families office in addition to remote work. In-person attendance in a Blue Star Families office is an essential function of the role and is necessary to support collaboration, communication, and the successful performance of essential job responsibilities.

Periodic overnight travel is an essential function of the role. Team members are required to travel several times per year to attend meetings, trainings, offsites, and organization-wide events. Attendance and participation in these in-person gatherings are necessary to support collaboration, organizational alignment, and the successful performance of essential job responsibilities.

Key Job Functions

Legal Leadership and Counsel

• Serve as the organization's primary legal advisor on a broad range of matters, including contracts, employment law, governance, compliance, privacy, intellectual property, fundraising, and nonprofit operations.

• Personally draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of agreements, including vendor agreements, software and technology contracts, partnership agreements, memoranda of understanding, grant agreements, sponsorship agreements, and federal grant subaward agreements.

• Independently manage the organization's contract portfolio and contract review process, ensuring agreements appropriately protect organizational interests while supporting business objectives.

• Partner with organizational leaders to structure initiatives, relationships, and transactions that advance strategic priorities while appropriately managing legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk.

• Provide practical legal guidance and day-to-day support to staff and leadership across all departments.

• Advise leadership on legal issues affecting charitable programs, fundraising activities, marketing initiatives, advocacy efforts, and emerging organizational opportunities.

• Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting nonprofit organizations and advise leadership regarding potential impacts and required actions.

• Develop, implement, and maintain legal policies, procedures, and internal controls to support organizational compliance and operational effectiveness.

• Coordinate and manage relationships with outside counsel and specialized legal advisors, serving as the primary internal point of contact and business lead.

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