Legal Officer, P-3

Official UN Careers vacancy for a Legal Officer, P-3 in Nairobi with the United Nations Environment Programme. The official listing places the role in UNEP's Law Division, Environmental Governance section.

UNEP's Law Division works on environmental law and governance, including legal technical assistance, capacity building, advisory services, and support for the Montevideo Programme on the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law. The Legal Officer role is tied to environmental rule of law work, agreements and contracts with public or private partners, legal analysis for environmental governance, and support for sustainable development initiatives.

This LegalAlphabet listing is source-backed from the official UN Careers posting. Use the official UN Careers page for complete responsibilities, eligibility details, and application instructions.

Responsibilities include administering legal technical assistance and capacity-building initiatives in environmental law and governance, preparing agreements and contracts, supporting advisory services and thought leadership, and handling legal analysis connected to environmental governance and sustainable development.

The official listing requires an advanced university degree in international environmental law, or a related field with environmental law coursework, with a first-level degree plus qualifying experience accepted in lieu. It requires five years of relevant environmental law or governance experience, including legal analysis, research, writing or negotiation, plus experience in project or programme management and technical assistance or capacity building in environmental law.