Leads regional strategy and delivery for ClientEarth’s Resources, Energy and Mobility programme across Japan and Southeast Asia. Manages multidisciplinary teams, lawyers, representatives, programmes, finances, and cross-border initiatives. Drives systemic environmental change through legal interventions, advocacy, partnership building, and strategic engagement. Contributes to regional and global organisational strategy while coordinating work across multiple time zones.
The Head of Resources, Energy, Mobility (REM) Japan and Southeast Asia is accountable for delivering transformational change against Resources, Energy and Mobility and its intersections with three other systems: Food, Oceans, and Land Use (FOLU); Financial and Economic Systems; and Environmental Rights and Rule of Law. As a Regional System Head, this position leads a multi-disciplinary team across London, Brussels, Tokyo, Manila, Jakarta, Sydney, and the US, drawing expertise from across ClientEarth’s deep legal and jurisdictional expertise to create transformational change and impact.
This position operates under the wider mandate of the Acting Associate Director for Japan and Southeast Asia. As such, the post-holder leads initiatives that are primarily focused on Japan and Southeast Asia, while continuing to collaborate globally and embody the principles of “One ClientEarth”, driving global-level systemic change.
This position also has an important role in role-modelling ClientEarth’s values, rallying colleagues around a unified global strategy, and making a substantial contribution to regional and global programme strategy and decision-making, ensuring insights from Japan and Southeast Asia inform wider organisational priorities.
This role is a 6 month's contract role.
This role is a 6 month's contract role.
Important dates to note:
- Deadline to submit an initial application: 5th of October
- If your profile passes initial screening, you will be asked to submit additional information in the form of 3 additional questions.
- The deadline to submit your answers to these questions is 11th October
- If we do not receive a response to these questions by the deadline we will assume you are no longer interested in the role.
- Interviews will take place the week beginning by the 21st of October
Please also review the "Our Hiring Process" section at the bottom of this advert to learn more about the stages involved for this specific role.
Main duties
- Define Regional System Strategy - Leads annual strategy implementation development during annual planning with respect to their system for their region
- Regional System Delivery - Line manages the Japan Representative, Lead Lawyers, Senior Lawyers and Programme Manager in the REM team to ensure delivery of REM workstreams, projects and activities in Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines and broader Southeast Asia employing the full range of ClientEarth’s tools, including advocacy and other legal interventions, building the field, and supporting partners local and regional partners
See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.
Role requirements
- Law degree focussing on Japanese or a Southeast Asian law
- Strategic leadership and management experience
- Experience of designing and managing programmatic work in the not-for-profit sector including project, team and financial management across different time zones
See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.
Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
Further Information
Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.
Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based See our Benefits page for more as well as our flexible working FAQ.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. See our equity, diversity and inclusion journey page for more.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the countries listed at the top of this job advert.
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.
About
We are a non-profit using the power of the law to bring about end-to-end systemic change: informing, implementing and enforcing the law, drafting and advising decision-makers on policy, building legal expertise, and ensuring citizens’ access to the laws that defend them.We take governments to court – and win. We force polluting industries to shut down. We protect irreplaceable forests and vulnerable species. We empower people and NGOs with the legal rights to bring forward environmental battles of their own. Using the law means that we create real, long-lasting and embedded change.We’re working to secure a lasting civilisation in which people and nature thrive together. We work in partnership across borders, systems and sectors, ingeniously using the law to protect life on Earth.
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