Legal Officer, Asia Program
| Organisation Name | Oil Change International |
| Location | Tokyo, Seoul, or Asia (remote) |
| Date Posted | 2024-11-11 |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
| Job Number | 1280260 |
- Support the ongoing regional transition to clean energy across Asia
- Work with international partners in a legal strategy and advocacy role
- Asia-based, remote, Japan/Korea preferred, native-level Asian language ideal
The Organisation
Oil Change International (OCI) is a research, communications, and advocacy organisation focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the ongoing transition to clean energy. Rooted in community solidarity and principled policy analysis, OCI works within larger movements to build a fossil free future. OCI has a growing international team on five continents, backed by hundreds of thousands of supporters and works with a global network of allies. OCI is data driven; people powered.
Japan is driving gas and LNG expansion internationally and its signature initiative, the Asia Zero Emissions Community, threatens to derail the energy transition by encouraging governments in Asia to expand LNG/gas reliance, and adopt other fossil-based technologies that will prolong the use of gas and coal. Ranked second only to Canada, South Korea invests an average of USD$10 billion per year in overseas fossil projects and is the world's largest provider of fossil finance, that has not committed to end fossil fuel financing and is a laggard in renewable energy investment.
Benefits & Culture
The Role
This newly created role reports to the Asia Program Manager and works in collaboration with international partners to support the use of legal interventions to speed a just and equitable transition to renewables. You will increase pressure on the Japanese and South Korean governments, and their public finance institutions, to end their international public financing of fossil fuels.
You will build strategic relationships, lead a working group, and conduct a review of legal actions targeting Japanese and Korean financiers, mapping opportunities for potential legal interventions. The role will also do preparatory work to develop and support interventions to stop Japanese finance for gas/LNG projects. You will be responsible for coordinating and supporting a working group, campaign strategy and advocacy, and supporting the development of communications and press materials.
Skills Required
You’re an excellent listener and communicator, with English language skills, and ideally you speak native level Japanese or Korean. Ideally you have rights-based advocacy experience with the ability to digest complex information and translate it into accessible and compelling materials. You have legal qualifications and four to five years’ legal work experience, but you are not necessarily a qualified lawyer. Ideally you have a background in climate change policy and law, energy policy and law, or public finance policy and law, or a related field.
Based in Asia, ideally Japan or Korea, you have developed your career across a variety of geographies, and institutions, and are skilled in project and time management, strategy development, networking, and relationship building. You work well independently and as part of a team in a remote work setting and you are willing to work collaboratively across time zones with international partners. You feel a strong commitment to OCI’s mission, social justice, collaboration, and equity, and you are eager to leverage your legal expertise to help drive strong, meaningful climate action in Asia. Lastly, you are a creative strategist with the tenaciousness and ambition to pursue new pathways towards a just energy transition.
If you share OCI’s mission to expose the true costs of fossil fuels and achieve climate justice, please apply by submitting your resume and cover letter responding to the skills required above quoting # 1280260 or call Lois Freeke or Aya Long at NGO Recruitment in Melbourne, Australia on +61 (0)3 8080 8978.
Work rights for your country of residence required, visas are not provided.
Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.
OCI encourages applications from interested persons of any race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
Oil Change International (OCI) is a research, communications, and advocacy organisation focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the ongoing transition to clean energy. Rooted in community solidarity and principled policy analysis, OCI works within larger movements to build a fossil free future. OCI has a growing international team on five continents, backed by hundreds of thousands of supporters and works with a global network of allies. OCI is data driven; people powered.
Japan is driving gas and LNG expansion internationally and its signature initiative, the Asia Zero Emissions Community, threatens to derail the energy transition by encouraging governments in Asia to expand LNG/gas reliance, and adopt other fossil-based technologies that will prolong the use of gas and coal. Ranked second only to Canada, South Korea invests an average of USD$10 billion per year in overseas fossil projects and is the world's largest provider of fossil finance, that has not committed to end fossil fuel financing and is a laggard in renewable energy investment.
Benefits & Culture
- Generous salary and benefits package including professional development allowance
- Flexible working arrangements and nine-day fortnights, plus 5 weeks’ holiday p.a.
- Full-time position - 36 hours per week
- Collaborative values-centred culture; committed to justice, equity and sustainability
- Remote Asia based, flexible location with working/residency rights. International travel
The Role
This newly created role reports to the Asia Program Manager and works in collaboration with international partners to support the use of legal interventions to speed a just and equitable transition to renewables. You will increase pressure on the Japanese and South Korean governments, and their public finance institutions, to end their international public financing of fossil fuels.
You will build strategic relationships, lead a working group, and conduct a review of legal actions targeting Japanese and Korean financiers, mapping opportunities for potential legal interventions. The role will also do preparatory work to develop and support interventions to stop Japanese finance for gas/LNG projects. You will be responsible for coordinating and supporting a working group, campaign strategy and advocacy, and supporting the development of communications and press materials.
Skills Required
You’re an excellent listener and communicator, with English language skills, and ideally you speak native level Japanese or Korean. Ideally you have rights-based advocacy experience with the ability to digest complex information and translate it into accessible and compelling materials. You have legal qualifications and four to five years’ legal work experience, but you are not necessarily a qualified lawyer. Ideally you have a background in climate change policy and law, energy policy and law, or public finance policy and law, or a related field.
Based in Asia, ideally Japan or Korea, you have developed your career across a variety of geographies, and institutions, and are skilled in project and time management, strategy development, networking, and relationship building. You work well independently and as part of a team in a remote work setting and you are willing to work collaboratively across time zones with international partners. You feel a strong commitment to OCI’s mission, social justice, collaboration, and equity, and you are eager to leverage your legal expertise to help drive strong, meaningful climate action in Asia. Lastly, you are a creative strategist with the tenaciousness and ambition to pursue new pathways towards a just energy transition.
If you share OCI’s mission to expose the true costs of fossil fuels and achieve climate justice, please apply by submitting your resume and cover letter responding to the skills required above quoting # 1280260 or call Lois Freeke or Aya Long at NGO Recruitment in Melbourne, Australia on +61 (0)3 8080 8978.
Work rights for your country of residence required, visas are not provided.
Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.
OCI encourages applications from interested persons of any race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
Please be advised you can upload two attachments, including your resume and covering letter when submitting your application.