Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia-Pacific, dedicated to protecting our climate, communities and shared environment through groundbreaking litigation and law reform advocacy.
Our Values:
Commitment – We are committed to; a united organisation, to each other, to collaboration, to justice, to our communities and to creating a world where nature thrives.
Diversity – We are respectful of and welcome diversity of; staff, volunteers, offices, environmental regions, communities, stakeholders.
Integrity – We work effectively, efficiently, strategically, professionally and ethically; “justice is in our nature”.
Vision – We lead change and environmental empowerment using innovation, creativity, and courage.
Find out about volunteering for EDO, as a legal student, lawyer, scientist or office support.
Current Opportunities
Scientific Officer – Western Australia
We are currently hiring an in-house Scientific Officer to expand the range of advice we can provide to our team of solicitors and clients. This position will be integrating science and legal issues surrounding climate change and environmental protection to deliver systemic change in relation to proposed expansions of fossil fuel developments, particularly in the NT and WA. Applications close Sunday 16th April 2023. Find out more and apply here.
Legal Administrator, Safe Climate – Coal and Human Rights
We are currently hiring a skilled Legal Administrator to join our Safe Climate – Coal and Human Rights team. This position will play a key role in ensuring the effective and efficient management of advice and litigation files.
Applications close on Monday 17th April 2023. Find out more and apply here.
Legal Administrator, Safe Climate – Gas
We are currently hiring a skilled Legal Administrator to join our Safe Climate – Gas team. This position will play a key role in ensuring the effective and efficient management of advice and litigation files.
Applications close on Monday 3rd April 2023. Find out more and apply here.
Senior Solicitor/Solicitor – Safe Climate (Gas)
We are recruiting for a Senior Solicitor / Solicitor to join the Safe Climate (Gas) Practice Team within our Systemic Change Program. Applications close on Monday 3rd April 2023. Find out more and apply here.
The Sarah Flynne Memorial Scholarship
Applications are now open for the inaugural Sarah Flynne Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship is a joint scholarship between EDO and the Flynne family to honour the life and work of former EDO lawyer, Sarah Flynne.
Each year, one successful applicant will gain a place to undertake a Practical Legal Training placement for up to eight weeks in an EDO office, with a grant of $3000 to pay for travel and accommodation.
You will be placed in one of our legal practice teams, working every day with communities using the law to protect people, wildlife ecosystems and Country. The placement will be hosted in a Nature and Healthy Environment and Justice team and offers rotations through other legal teams.
You will train alongside some of the most experienced and dedicated environmental lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region, tackling the climate and extinction crises through powerful legal interventions. You will be a valued member of our supportive and diverse team, working towards a world where nature thrives.
The scholarship is open to young law graduates living in a rural, regional or remote area, and can be undertaken in our Meanjin/Brisbane, Gimuy/Cairns, Canberra, Garramilla/Darwin, nipaluna/Hobart, Boorloo/Perth and Gadi/Sydney offices.
Closes Monday 27th March. Find out more and apply here.
First Nations Strategic Advisory Committee Members
The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is seeking to establish a First Nations Strategic Advisory Committee and is looking for people who would like to join. The Committee is highly respected within EDO. There are six positions. All positions are paid.
Expressions of interest close by the close of business, WST on 17th October 2022 – however, EOIs can be provided at any time. EDO will keep a pool of those interested, and contact you when a place becomes available. Find out more and apply here.
Get email updates and job alerts
Sign up to receive our monthly Insight bulletin to get notified about new job opportunities, as well as developments on our groundbreaking cases.