Client Earth – Social Impact Jobs

Lawyer / Law and Policy Advisor* (parental leave cover), Resources, Energy and Mobility

We have an opportunity to join ClientEarth’s Resources, Energy and Mobility (REM) System Group as a lawyer or law and policy advisor, as parental leave cover. The REM System Group in Europe works to support a sustainability transition that allows present and future generations to live well within planetary boundaries, by enabling a high quality of life for all people without exceeding the Earth’s ecological limits. This role is expected to focus on supporting our growing body of work related …

Lawyer, Fundamental Rights Europe

The Fundamental Rights team works at the nexus of human rights and environmental law to strengthen legal protection of communities affected by climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss and promote the justiciable right to a healthy environment in Europe. The post holder will play a leading role in bringing strategic litigation in national courts and before international and regional human rights fora, developing new and innovative rights-based legal interventions to establish stronger protections for communities and the environment. This will …

Lawyer, Fundamental Rights Europe

Lawyer / Law and Policy Advisor* (parental leave cover), Resources, Energy and Mobility

Programme Manager

This role is based in ClientEarth’s China Office, where we leverage law and policy to advance environmental and climate rule of law. The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Law and Policy Advisor to manage and expand a pivotal multi-stakeholder cooperation portfolio. Key responsibilities include developing strategic partnerships with diverse stakeholders and managing sub-grants to NGOs. The objective is to foster an enabling ecosystem and mobilize collective action to drive the green transition both domestically and internationally. This …

Lawyer, Forest Governance

This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer qualified in the Philippines with experience in forest governance to contribute to ClientEarth’s new programme on Food, Ocean, and Land Use (FOLU) in Japan and Southeast Asia. The successful candidate will contribute to advancing our work on forest governance, particularly on social forestry, leveraging their expertise in community-based natural resources management and biodiversity protection in the Philippines. Through this work, we aim to reduce deforestation and forest degradation by increasing engagements between …

Senior Programme Officer – African Partnerships

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Programme Officer to contribute to ClientEarth’s work to protect the world’s forests and strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ (IPLC) rights in land and forest governance. The postholder will draw on their experience in programme coordination, partner engagement, and monitoring, evaluation and learning to support the effective delivery of a diverse portfolio of projects. ClientEarth works to achieve systemic change at scale. We aim to drive systems change through legal reform, …

Senior Lawyer*, Energy Regulations (Regional Focus)

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior lawyer with a strong energy law, policy and regulatory background and an in-depth knowledge of climate and environmental policies in Southeast Asia and Japan to make a key contribution to the work of ClientEarth’s in the region. You will use advanced legal and regulatory expertise to identify priorities for improving and strengthening laws and legal systems that better protect people and nature in Southeast Asia and Japan. Working with the Acting Associate …

Senior Lawyer*, Energy Regulations (Regional Focus)

Lawyer, Energy and Nature

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified lawyer with experience in energy transition and nature conservation law and policy in Southeast Asia, preferably Indonesia or the Philippines, to contribute to the work of ClientEarth’s work programmes in Japan and Southeast Asia on Resources, Energy, & Mobility (REM) and Food, Ocean, and Land Use (FOLU). The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing the low-carbon transition and conserving biodiversity in the region, leveraging their expertise in energy transition …