Job Summary
- SCHADS Level 8: 1 FTE $127,140 - $141,668 per annum
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 12th Apr 2024
Reporting to: Managing Lawyer – Safe Climate
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia Pacific, dedicated to protecting our climate, communities and shared environment by providing access to justice, running ground-breaking litigation and leading law reform advocacy.
As the region’s legal experts in our field, we aim to be a brave, unified, and focused team, committed to inclusion and excellence in all that we do. We strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace supporting a highly skilled, engaged, and effective team, where everyone can feel that they belong.
We are recruiting for a Special Counsel to join the WA Practice Team within our Safe Climate Program.
The Special Counsel Safe Climate (Gas) will engage with legal issues surrounding climate change and environmental protection in Western Australia.
The role will focus on the proposed expansion of onshore and offshore gas developments in Western Australia.
You will have an unrestricted practising certificate, and strong PAE working as a lawyer with demonstrated strong litigation experience. This position represents an opportunity to engage with legal issues surrounding climate change and environmental protection in Western Australia, The role offers a high level of autonomy. Lawyers who want a chance to think creatively about delivering systemic change in relation to fossil fuel developments and climate change are strongly encouraged to apply.
EDO is a diverse and inclusive workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and members of the Global Majority* are particularly encouraged to apply.
Essential
Core skills
Substantive experience
Personal qualities and cultural competency
We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected, and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or life stage.
*Global Majority is a collective term that first and foremost speaks to and encourages those so-called, to think of themselves as belonging to the majority on planet earth. It refers to people who are Black, African, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities.
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Applications must include a CV and a letter that clearly addresses each of the key selection criteria.
All offers of employment may be subject to satisfactory background checks including a National Police Check, disclosure of previous or current disciplinary action, referee checks, proof of eligibility to work in Australia and qualification checks.
Please note: Your application may be considered for future roles at the EDO within the next 12 months without additional advertising.
Please notify us in your application if you would not like to be considered for similar roles beyond this recruitment.
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