Opportunity Green
About us
Established in 2021, Opportunity Green is a fast-growing not-for-profit organisation that helps to identify and unlock opportunities to tackle climate change. We build ambitious coalitions, support climate vulnerable countries in international negotiations and find innovative legal pathways to fight climate change. Our legal team works on climate legal actions relating to the aviation, shipping, buildings and steel sectors in the UK, EU and internationally. We provide strategic legal analysis to support decarbonisation in these sectors; undertake legal interventions, including legal challenges and litigation; and undertake legal advocacy, including submissions to international courts, states and the United Nations.
Legal Manager, Agriculture and Land Use
Deadline for submission of applications: 15th July 2024
Salary: £50,000 plus 10% employer-contribution pension
Contract Type: Permanent
Work pattern: 4 day full-time work week (Monday - Thursday)
Location: London-based or remote, as long as travel to the office in London for two consecutive days per month is feasible
Job Description
We are now looking for a Legal Manager to help scope the potential to use legal levers to drive decarbonisation in the agriculture and land use sector. Reporting to Opportunity Green's Legal Director, you will be responsible for leading our new work on agriculture and land use, including strategic legal analysis and interventions. you will be undertaking initial legal research to identify and develop legal strategies for driving decarbonisation in the agriculture and land use sectors. You will then use your legal skills to lead the implementation of such strategies, with the support of the wider legal team. You will be working at the cutting edge of climate law in new and emerging areas, and will help identify and develop strategic legal action ideas that aim to drive system change in these sectors. You will use your legal skills to think outside of the box and develop innovative legal pathways for change in these sectors, with a view to taking forward the most promising actions. You will work closely with a wide range of NGOs across Europe to obtain technical and policy insight on your ideas to help you develop them into actionable concepts. Our legal team is already achieving outsized impact with a great team spirit. We are looking for someone who is analytical and organised, but who is also a people person with great communication skills, a collaborative approach and a passion for fighting climate change. Opportunity Green is a growing organisation so you will also be involved in supporting other aspects of work, such as contributing to funding proposals, developing campaign strategy, providing legal input into communications, and taking part in our committees.
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How to apply
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Closing date: 15th July 2024
Interviews: online interview are likely to take place w/c 29 July. In person interviews will likely be shortly after this (w/c 12 August).
If you have any questions, or you need additional requirements and/or reasonable adjustments at the application stage, please contact [email protected]
Environment Agency
Lawyer - Environmental Regulation (Job Ref: 29228)
Deadline for submission of applications: 4 August 2024; 23:55hrs
Grade: Staff Grade 5
Salary: £39,635
Contract Type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Peterborough, Reading, Warrington.
About us
Environment Agency Legal Services is recruiting a Lawyer to work on environmental law, planning and environmental regulation. This is an opportunity to work at the cutting edge of environmental law and regulation, doing work that is challenging, rewarding, interesting and fast paced. We provide advice and litigation services to help the Environment Agency to protect and improve the environment, create better places for people and wildlife and support sustainable development, within the rule of law. Our work includes:
- legal advice on policy and legislative development;
- legal advice on interpretation of current laws, Environment Agency decision-making and legal risk management;
- legal advice on regulatory notices and compliance by operators;
- civil litigation including Judicial Review;
- civil appeals including PINS, First Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal; and
- training colleagues on application of relevant law.
Job Description
We are recruiting this Lawyer role in our team covering environmental regulation including waste, water and industrial regulation. You will handle complex legal issues and be able to demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of relevant regulatory and public law principles. You will use your organisational skills, good legal judgement and appreciation of legal risk to handle a complex and demanding workload with a high degree of autonomy, and have a proven track record of delivering high quality work on time. You will provide high quality legal advice to colleagues in client teams on legislative, policy or operational regulatory issues. You will work closely with colleagues, stakeholders and government departments and, where required, you will advise senior management.
Please refer to the candidate pack for full details of the role and the benefits offered including a career average pension scheme.
How to apply
For a copy of the full job description and to apply click HERE
Closing date: 4 August 2024
For further information: please contact Raymond Howard
Environment Agency
Senior Lawyers - Environmental Law & Regulation (Job Ref: 29227)
Deadline for submission of applications: 4 August 2024; 23:55hrs
Grade: Staff Grade6
Salary: £50,409
Contract Type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Peterborough, Reading, Warrington.
About us
Environment Agency Legal Services is recruiting a Lawyer to work on environmental law, planning and environmental regulation. This is an opportunity to work at the cutting edge of environmental law and regulation, doing work that is challenging, rewarding, interesting and fast paced. We provide advice and litigation services to help the Environment Agency to protect and improve the environment, create better places for people and wildlife and support sustainable development, within the rule of law. Our work includes:
- legal advice on policy and legislative development;
- legal advice on interpretation of current laws, Environment Agency decision-making and legal risk management;
- legal advice on regulatory notices and compliance by operators;
- civil litigation including Judicial Review;
- civil appeals including PINS, First Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal; and
- training colleagues on application of relevant law.
Job Description
We are recruiting to roles in teams covering: waste law and regulation; industrial emissions regulation; contaminated land; climate change trading and regulation; chemicals regulation; water and environmental permitting; and flood risk planning.
You will handle complex legal issues and be able to demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of relevant regulatory and public law principles. You will use your organisational skills, good legal judgement and appreciation of legal risk to handle a complex and demanding workload with a high degree of autonomy, and have a proven track record of delivering high quality work on time. You will provide high quality legal advice to colleagues in client teams on legislative, policy or operational regulatory issues. You will work closely with colleagues, stakeholders and government departments and, where required, you will advise senior management sometimes up to Chief Executive level. Some roles will, after inducation, have the opportunity to undertake advocacy defending statutory appeals before the First Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal.
Please refer to the candidate pack for full details of the role and the benefits offered including a career average pension scheme.
How to apply
For a copy of the full job description and to apply click HERE
Closing date: 4 August 2024
For further information: please contact Raymond Howard or Julia Farthing