Job Description

Staff Position: Legal Director
Reports to: Executive Director
Status: Full Time
Location: Hybrid, based out of the Council’s Philadelphia office. Some work outside of regular business hours and occasional travel are expected.

Description of Responsibilities: Clean Air Council seeks a skilled litigator with environmental law experience to manage its team of public interest environmental attorneys and legal professionals and oversee and personally engage in its forward-thinking and impactful legal advocacy. The legal team that the Legal Director heads comprises about half a dozen lawyers executing a full range of cutting-edge environmental legal efforts, spanning litigation, policy, and regulatory work, in Pennsylvania, elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic region, and nationally.

The Legal Director’s responsibilities include:

• Supervise every member of the legal team in a collaborative and growth-oriented manner
• Facilitate professional development of legal team members
• Oversee and direct the work of the legal team
• Devise and run team-wide efforts, such as trainings and team meetings
• Identify new legal advocacy opportunities and grant proposals to pursue
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to have the legal team serve as a legal arm of movements and campaigns
• Using a campaign-oriented mindset, identify and execute legal strategies that amplify the impact of Council-wide goals
• Develop productive working relationships across the regional environmental movement
• Represent the Council in various public-facing communications
• Coordinate the provision of in-house counsel services, such as review of contracts and internal policies
• Retain and coordinate with outside counsel and experts
• Personally litigate matters from start to finish in administrative, municipal, state, and federal fora
• Personally work on regulatory and policy efforts
• Assist with fundraising efforts
• Ensure that the legal team is properly spending dedicated grants
• Coordinate with the management team on Council-wide efforts

The Council is a small organization, and as such, the Council may call on employees to assist in tasks that fall outside of the employee’s job description from time to time.

Qualifications:

• Extensive legal experience, including litigation and environmental law
• Management / supervisory experience
• Practicing attorney with PA bar admission or willingness to join the PA bar promptly

Core Competencies:

• A collaborative and growth-oriented approach to management
• A dedication to maintaining high team morale
• Strategic vision and skill to achieve high-impact results
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and communication skills
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain multiple varying deadlines
• Works well as part of a small team
• A strong commitment to public interest environmental law practice

About Clean Air Council:
Founded in 1967, Clean Air Council is the premier non-profit environmental advocacy
organization focused on Pennsylvania and the surrounding regions, dedicated to protecting everyone’s right to a healthy environment.
Clean Air Council strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, and those with disabilities to apply.

Compensation:
Salary $85,000-$100,000 commensurate with experience and qualifications. The Council offers competitive benefits as well.

How to Apply

To apply: Interested candidates should send a letter of interest with resume to Corinne Bishop at [email protected] (please include “Legal Director Application” in the email subject line). Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Interviews will begin immediately.

Job Categories: Air Quality. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 80,000 - 100,000.

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