Environment Lawyer at Client Earth

UK Environment Lawyer

We have an excellent opportunity for a talented UK Environment Lawyer with the experience, strategic nous and creativity to drive our newly established UK Environment team. The post-holder will play a central role in developing and delivering ClientEarth’s legal strategies to protect and enhance the environment and environmental law through the UK exit from the EU and beyond. The role will have a strong focus on external engagement and on developing and nurturing strategic partnerships and networks.

This exciting and challenging role is designed for an experienced lawyer who will lead and work closely with ClientEarth’s small dedicated UK environment team as well as extensive collaboration with lawyers from across ClientEarth’s programme areas eg air quality, wildlife, trade, justice.
Job description for UK Environment Lawyer
Please download the full UK Environment Lawyer job description.
Location
This position will be based in London and may involve some travel within Europe.
Salary
Salary for this role starts at £43,000 per annum depending on experience.
To apply
Please send us your CV and a cover letter explaining your interest in joining ClientEarth and the contribution you believe you could make to the organisation. Please make sure you demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria and competencies of the role.

We also ask that you complete the equality monitoring form, and return it along with your application. This form will be separated from your application and will only be used for monitoring purposes by ClientEarth’s HR team.

Please include ‘UK Environment Lawyer’ in the email subject line and identify the documents you are sending by including your name in all the file names.

Please send your application by email to: jobs@clientearth.org

Deadline for applications is Friday, 5 January 2018 at 12:00 noon.

Interviews are planned to take place mid-January 2018.
Further information
ClientEarth is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Please note that ClientEarth will only be able to offer positions to those who have the legal right to work in the country where this post is based.

If you have any questions about the roles advertised or recruitment process, please contact Jana Ezzaouche, Human Resources Officer on jezzaouche@clientearth.org

Applications close on Friday, January 5, 2018 at 12:00 pm

Read more and apply here.