Lawyer, Forest Governance

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🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

💵 ₱1.8M / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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ClientEarth

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2007

🤲 Charity

⚖️ Legal

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Legal • Social Impact

ClientEarth is one of the world's most ambitious environmental organisations. It is an international environmental law charity and NGO that uses legal action, policy advice, research, training and enforcement to protect people and the planet. Working across more than 35 countries with 300+ staff and 160+ active cases, ClientEarth brings litigation, law reform, and capacity-building to tackle issues such as air pollution, oceans, plastic pollution, chemicals, fossil fuels, finance and forest protection. It is registered as a charity and non-profit entity in multiple jurisdictions (UK, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Spain, US, China, Japan, Australia) and focuses on using the law to inform, implement and enforce environmental protections and hold governments and companies accountable.

📋 Description

• Conduct in-depth policy and legal research and analysis on forest governance, Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) rights, biodiversity conservation, and watershed management • Work with the line manager to develop, plan, and support implementation of ClientEarth’s strategic priorities in the Philippines • Provide country-level insights, risks, and lessons learned while ensuring alignment with regional and global strategies • Build and maintain relationships with government agencies, industry leaders, civil society organisations, and donors in the Philippines • Contribute to ClientEarth’s Food, Ocean, and Land Use (FOLU) programme in Japan and Southeast Asia • Advance forest governance work, particularly on social forestry, community-based natural resources management, and biodiversity protection • Increase engagement among government, CSOs, and IPLCs through research, legal and policy analysis, stakeholder engagement, and capacity enhancement • Support IPLCs in achieving sustainable livelihoods while protecting natural ecosystems and biodiversity • Engage with ASEAN at regional level to strengthen forest governance

🎯 Requirements

• Lawyer qualified in the Philippines • Fluent (CEFR level C2) in Filipino and English • Relevant legal professional qualification in the Philippines • Working knowledge of community-based natural resources management, forest governance, IPLC rights, environmental protection, and related watershed management issues • Experience developing legal research and analysis on the Philippines’ forest and natural resources governance regulation • Knowledge of formal and informal relationships and working practices with policymakers, regulators, CSOs and networks, and traditional knowledge holders in the Philippines • Pre-existing legal right to work in the countries listed at the top of the job advert

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working; ClientEarth is a Flexa accredited Employer • Diversity and inclusion commitment • Employment for candidates with pre-existing legal right to work in listed countries • Access to Careers site advice, FAQs, Benefits page, flexible working FAQ, and equity, diversity and inclusion journey information