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Annual Governance Calendar (Excel)

Manager · Corporate Secretary & Governance · Hybrid · Chicago

$106–$117/ hour About $330–$670 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so nothing comes out of your rate.
Company
Environmental nonprofit in climate · 5,000+ employeesCL-41048 · based in Aberdeen
Where
Hybrid · Chicago
Format
One-off task
Time needed
about 4 h in total
Start
Starts within 7 days
Level
Manager · 7-12 years
When you work
Flexible hours, async2 h a week overlap with CT

33 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

About this task

This environmental nonprofit in climate (5,000+ employees) is looking for a manager Corporate Secretary & Governance for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Calendar of meetings, filings and approvals.

It is a self-contained job: scope, checklist and price are agreed before you start. It is a nonprofit, so budgets are tight and grant reporting dates are fixed.

The team sits in Chicago. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (CT).

What you deliver

  • Create a 12-month governance calendar for a Delaware parent and two subsidiaries.
  • A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer
  • The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed
  • A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope

How the work runs

  • Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared
  • Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback
  • Last day: final version and handover note

Duration: 1 to 2 weeks. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.

Tools

ExcelNotion

Who fits

  • 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Corporate Secretary & Governance, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in Excel and Notion
  • Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

Nice to have

  • A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
  • Has worked with a distributed team across time zones

Not included

  • Travel or work at a fixed location
  • On-call availability outside the agreed window
  • Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so

How you get paid

  • The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
  • Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
  • You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
  • You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

What happens after you say you're interested

  1. Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
AlexManager Corporate Secretary & Governance
Experience
7-12 years in legal
Tools
Excel, Notion
Offers
4 hours in total, weekday evenings
Rate
$112 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $112 an hour, is above the median manager Corporate Secretary & Governance rate in Illinois ($110). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Corporate Secretary & Governance jobs in United States · Corporate Secretary & Governance rates in Illinois · Legal jobs

Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-41048 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

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