Strategic Litigation Programme – London
This is an exciting opportunity for a Pensions Lawyer to make a key contribution to the work of our Company and Financial Project, within the established Strategic Litigation programme. The project uses corporate and financial laws to drive greater integration of climate-related financial risks into the management decisions of influential actors in the financial sector. You will be responsible for supporting and developing our work on the pensions industry, and in particular, shaping legal strategies to encourage trustees (and others) to consider the financial risks associated with climate change when making investment decisions on behalf of pension fund members.
The successful candidate will be a versatile lawyer with relevant legal experience in a financial services setting and experience of the formal and informal relationships, working practices etc. which pertain to City institutions, financial markets and transactions. You will be required to analyse the relevant legal, policy and political terrain which governs the obligations of pension fund trustees (and others in the investment chain) in order to identify legal interventions to assist the aims of the Company and Financial Project.
More generally, you will be highly organised, a strategic thinker, able to apply legal skills creatively, an excellent communicator and comfortable conveying complex ideas to a wide variety of audiences. You are committed to environmental issues, social justice and to urgent action on climate change.
Job description for Pensions Lawyer
Please download the full Pensions Lawyer job description and person specification.
Location
This position will be based in London and might involve some occasional travel within the EU.
Salary
The salary bracket for this role starts at £40,000 per annum depending on experience.
To apply
Please send us your CV and a cover letter explaining your interest in joining ClientEarth and the contribution you believe you could make to the organisation. Please make sure you demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria and competencies of the role.
We also ask that you complete the equality monitoring form, and return it along with your application. This form will be separated from your application and will only be used for monitoring purposes by ClientEarth’s HR team.
Please include ‘Pensions Lawyer’ in the email subject line and identify the documents you are sending by including your name in the file names.
Please send your application by email to: jobs@clientearth.org
Applications close on Monday, 31 October 2016 at midnight.
Further information
ClientEarth is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Please note that ClientEarth will only be able to offer positions to those who have the legal right to work in the country where this post is based.
If you have any questions about the roles advertised or recruitment process, please contact Jana Ezzaouche, Human Resources Officer on jezzaouche@clientearth.org
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