Director of Legal Services

Our Vision | Nokomis Energy is a Minneapolis based provider of clean energy solutions helping communities, corporate, industrial and utilities take advantage of the Energy Transition. We're on a journey to become the Preferred Developer of the North and we are excited to grow our team with a Director of Legal Services to support our continued development of 1MW to 20MW solar and storage solutions across the Upper Midwest.

How You’re Helping the Transition | At Nokomis, we recognize that with increasing frequency, communities, businesses and organizations are seeking to become active participants in transitioning our energy system to cleaner, cheaper, and localized energy sources. In support of our vision to become The Preferred Developer of the North, the legal service plays a critical role in delivering value to all customers and ensuring an exceptional service experience. This position offers an excellent opportunity for a senior legal professional with a broad skill set to contribute to the company’s strategic growth and success and bring influential leadership to our legal service.

Why We’re a Good Fit | We’re committed to investing in long-term partnerships with our community, stakeholders, and our employees. We’re value-driven, strategic-thinkers with national-level expertise who use our systematic approach to provide flexible solutions toward the clean energy goals of our communities. Our vision is accelerated by our remarkable human-powered teams who show up with their own unique set of skills, expertise, and personality each day; ready to execute the objectives of the Company. Over time, this has naturally created an aura of trust, collaboration, and determination that sets us apart from the others.

Why You’re a Good Fit | You’re passionate about your work and strive to continuously seek feedback from the team on how to provide exceptional service and improve our legal service. You can navigate a multitude of projects and tasks simultaneously while collaborating with internal customers to prioritize and allocate resources. You showcase the ability to effectively communicate while listening closely, asking questions and raising issues. You have demonstrated success interfacing with all levels of the organization, including executive leadership. In other words, you share in our organization core values - We Put the Team First, We Tackle Problems Head On, We Embrace Growth, and We Work Hard and Have Fun. If you’re looking to put your service and leadership skills to work supporting the development of clean energy opportunities, we’re ready for you!

Essential job functions include:

• Manage legal counsel resources (internal and external) and identify need for additional resources.
• Manage internal legal work requests and gather required information to provide to legal counsel.
• Create and manage corporate documentation, including creating limited liability companies, obtaining certificates of good standing, updating org charts, and making yearly renewals.
• Manage full life-cycle of contract from creating draft from template, reviewing, preparing signature packets, organizing for closings, filing.
• Maintain contract management software including administering training and resources.
• Hold team members accountable according to Company policy and role responsibility. 
• Motivate and drive accountability of the legal team.
• Interfacing with executive leadership on all legal matters.

Minimum Qualifications & Skills: 

• Minimum of 4 years experience in law related roles such as senior paralegal, contract administration, closing agent or corporate counsel.
• Demonstrated experience with cross-functional teams and holding others accountable.
• Experience as the administrator of software such as Ironclad, DocuSign or others that include workflows.
• Demonstrated service-forward approach; continuously looking for ways to improve legal service by seeking feedback from internal customers.
• Experience effectively presenting complex information to audiences of all levels, including executives.
• Ability to identify discrepancies, follow procedures precisely, and ensure accuracy in documentation, data, or contract execution.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks, manage time effectively, and keep projects or workflows on track.

Compensation & Benefits

• Total Annual Compensation (Salary Bonus) of $150,000 - $250,000 based on experience and qualifications
• Company Awarded Equity
• On-Site (4-5 days in office per week)*
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Employer Contributed 401k
• Flexible PTO
• 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

EEO | Nokomis Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. If you are good at what you do, come as you are! 

Next Steps | To apply, visit https://nokomisenergy.com/careers. We can’t wait to hear your story!

*While we are open to hybrid candidates, Nokomis Energy prefers that this candidate is local to the Twin Cities or within a daily commutable distance to continue our work building meaningful connections to our community and with our internal teams.