Legal Case Specialist

Summary

Join the Wikimedia Foundation as a Legal Case Specialist and contribute to our dynamic Legal Department. This non-attorney position involves analyzing, responding to, and triaging diverse legal requests globally, encompassing defamation, free expression, privacy, and intellectual property issues. You will collaborate with attorneys, Trust & Safety, and volunteer editors to resolve legal matters. Your responsibilities include data gathering, drafting, and publishing bi-annual Transparency Reports. You will also support compliance with technology regulations, such as the EU Digital Services Act, including annual audits and implementing audit recommendations. This role requires communication with external parties, including attorneys, volunteers, vendors, and the public.

Requirements

• Ability to categorize and prioritize multiple projects and tasks including legal cases and regulatory obligations
• Willingness and ability to craft clear, thoughtful, and timely communications with attorneys, members of the Wikimedia communities, and the general public
• Data analysis, report generation, and content writing skills
• Strategic thinking
• Project management
• High level of collaboration

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and responding to legal requests and demands received by the Wikimedia Foundation
• Tracking, prioritizing, and escalating relevant cases to Wikimedia Foundation attorneys or Trust & Safety Specialists
• Thinking holistically about legal workflows and identifying areas for improvement
• Running reports, analyzing data, and drafting content for bi-annual Transparency Reports
• Assisting with technology regulatory compliance; including liaising across departments to gather information and documentation for annual audits, and assisting with the implementation of audit recommendations
• Cross training on and assisting with other legal affairs workflows as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Wikimedia community structures and editorial processes
• Skill and familiarity with Zendesk or similar customer support software
• Skill and familiarity with Asana or similar project management software
• Experience with legal and/or compliance workflows
• Proficiency or fluency in languages in addition to English. German would be particularly helpful
• Skill and familiarity with wikitext writing and markup

Benefits

• Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture
• The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$72,702–$112,081 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay
• For applicants located outside 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