Greenpeace International is hiring a

Legal Counsel Campaigns

Remote

Permanent role* / full time

*offered on a 12 month contract basis initially, with possibility of extension and move to permanent contract, subject to local labour laws.


Location: The successful candidate should be based at Greenpeace International (GPI) in Amsterdam or at one of the locations where independent National/Regional Greenpeace organisations (NROs) are present (see the locations here). Please note that we are currently unable to support hosting in Africa, Colombia, Belgium, Germany, India, Italy, MED, MENA, Spain, UK and US. The recruitment team may reach out to you to provide an update as necessary, depending on your location.


Salary and benefits: We offer competitive NGO level salary and benefits, the specifics of which depend on the location where the successful candidate will be based. This information will be shared with candidates individually prior to interviews.

Are you an experienced lawyer who wants to use your skills to support environmental campaigns with defensive and proactive legal strategies? Are you ready to work for the planet rather than profit? Then this might be a role for you.


Greenpeace International (GPI) is seeking a Legal Counsel Campaigns to provide independent, campaign-related legal advice and support to GPI, and to advise the independent National and Regional Organisations (NROs) as requested. The role is likely to focus on a range of campaigns which may for example relate to food, forests, plastics, nuclear energy and peace.


Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsels Strategic Defence / Strategic Litigation, in this role you will:

  • Support or develop and implement strategic litigations for campaigns at the domestic, regional and international levels;

  • Conduct legal risk assessments of actions and investigations, advising on how to mitigate risk without compromising campaign impact, and communicating this advice to relevant stakeholders;

  • Provide legal support to the Programme Department and the relevant NROs during the unfolding of activities and find opportunities to turn threats into campaigning opportunities;

  • Handle campaign-related legal disputes involving GPI or its staff as defendants, including overseeing the development and implementation of legal strategies for defensive litigation;

  • Ensuring proper legal representation of GPI and NROs, their staff and volunteers, when facing campaign-related proceedings;

  • Support development of strategies that advance fundamental rights conducive to the functioning of a vibrant civil society and the protection of public watchdogs, including freedom of expression & assembly, freedom of association, transparency and accountability of governments and corporations at a systemic level.


For further information about this role, please see the full job description HERE.

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