International Program Leader

4 weeks ago

San Francisco, California, United States Earthjustice Full time
Job Description

Earthjustice seeks a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead its International Program, which focuses on using law to protect the global environment.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in environmental law, litigation, and advocacy, with experience working in international contexts. They will be responsible for leading the program's advocacy efforts, developing and implementing strategies, and working with partners and stakeholders around the world.

The Managing Attorney/Director will provide collaborative leadership for the program's advocacy, strategy development, partnership building, and other work. They will oversee the day-to-day operations of the program, develop and maintain relationships with clients, partners, and funders, and serve as a primary public face for Earthjustice's international work.

The successful candidate will have excellent management skills, including the ability to promote the career development of staff and foster effective communication, collaboration, decision-making, and mutual respect. They will also have a strong understanding of global environmental threats and priorities, as well as international tools, forums, and processes that seek to address these.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead all aspects of the International Program's advocacy from setting its strategic direction to implementing its advocacy.
  • Provide support, guidance, thought partnership, and mentorship to team members in connection with programmatic advocacy.
  • Build and maintain effective, trust-based working relationships with clients and partners, relevant government authorities, and coalitions around the world.
  • Work collaboratively with other Earthjustice departments, such as our regional and program offices and our General Counsel, Communications, Development and Policy and Legislation teams, to advance programmatic and institutional goals.
  • Cultivate and maintain relationships with key funders to support the work of the International Program, working in partnership with our Development Department.
  • Work in partnership with our General Counsel to ensure compliance of Earthjustice International Program activities with laws in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Serve as a primary public face for Earthjustice's international work, including by working effectively with national and international news media, donors, and government authorities, with support from our Policy and Legislation, Communications, and Development teams.
  • Actively collaborate with Earthjustice leadership on vision, strategy, goals, priority setting, metrics, management, and administrative matters.
  • Ensure the excellence of the International Program's advocacy and consistency with the values, policies, and priorities of Earthjustice.
  • Work actively with other leaders within Earthjustice to maximize collaboration across the organization's domestic and international work and to ensure strategic alignment of Earthjustice's advocacy inside and outside the United States.

Requirements:

  • Attorney with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or equivalent non-U.S. law degree, with at least ten years of litigation or other relevant experience in a non-U.S. country or in international law; or equivalent training in another highly relevant professional field with at least 10 years of advocacy experience in an international context.
  • Ability to effectively manage and lead a diverse and international team, applying emotional intelligence (self-awareness and understanding of the impact of one's behavior) and cultural humility (an understanding of the need for additional learning about different cultures, backgrounds and orientations, and implementation of that learning in daily management practices).
  • Understanding of and experience with advocacy and litigation in both common law and civil law frameworks and with the conditions and challenges related to environmental and human rights protection in the Global South.
  • Understanding of global environmental threats and priorities, and of international tools, forums, and processes that seek to address these.
  • Excellent management skills, including the ability to promote the career development of staff and foster effective communication, collaboration, decision-making, and mutual respect.
  • Ability and willingness to travel.
  • Commitment to, and experience in, developing team skills and talents to meet evolving needs and goals.
  • Ability to give and receive regular feedback – formal and informal, positive and constructive – in a timely, constructive, respectful, and consistent manner, and to incorporate debriefing into the team's work.
  • Experience and interest in coaching, guiding, and mentoring staff.
  • Strong capacity for strategic thinking, including in designing and implementing effective litigation and legal advocacy.
  • Ability to manage effectively a program of legal advocacy strategies, lead a litigation team, and work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organizations.
  • Demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds and orientations.
  • Ability to contribute to the creation of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work culture that encourages and celebrates differences.
  • Commitment to and experience in fundraising and developing ongoing relationships with donors, including individual donors and foundation representatives.
  • Proven ability to manage operations, including budgets and programs.
  • Familiarity or experience working with technical issues related to climate change, fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure, and/or energy policy and law is desirable.
  • The ideal candidate will have substantial experience working and managing teams outside the United States, along with a preferred professional fluency in at least one language in addition to English.

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