Associate Environmental Law Specialist

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Head of the International Environmental Law Unit or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Associate Environmental Law Specialist will:

• Assist in performing UNEP’s roles and functions as Secretariat under the Montevideo Programme V – a global program on supporting countries to advance environmental rule of law – including the servicing of meetings, preparation of background documents, and preparing meeting reports;
• Keep the UNEP-Law and Environment Assistance Platform up to date with environmental law news and knowledge products, and perform relevant data analysis;
• Keep the UNEP Global Judicial Portal up to date with knowledge products, membership lists, case law, and other relevant information;
• Support the Law Division with legal research for the Second Global Environmental Rule of Law Report to be published in 2021;
• Support the Law Division with technical support and legal research relating to the intersection of trade and the environment;
• Support the Law Division with technical support and legal research relating to environmental impacts of marine litter and marine litter legislation;
• Assist in administering technical support and capacity building programmes for Member States on environmental law under the Montevideo Programme V;
• Assist in the review of legal documents, instruments, or other material on environmental law and related areas under the Montevideo Programme V;
• Assist in the preparation of legal opinions/advice on a wide range of environmental law issues under the Montevideo Programme V; and
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.