Position Overview

Greenwatch is seeking a staff advocate/project manager to play a central role in our Environmental Law Clinic. As the operational and coordination hub, you will manage caseloads, research projects, and partnerships, ensuring our legal team works effectively and efficiently. This position is ideal for a highly organized, detail-oriented professional with a passion for environmental law, strong project management skills, and the ability to bridge legal strategy with community engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Case & Project Management

• Track case milestones, deadlines, and deliverables across the clinic’s docket.
• Maintain and organize case files, legal documents, evidence archives, and research materials.
• Coordinate legal intake processes for communities and partners.
• Draft, proofread, format, and file legal documents and correspondence.

Research & Knowledge Management

• Conduct preliminary legal and policy research under the guidance of clinic advocates.
• Summarize legislation, case law, regulatory notices, and scientific reports.
• Maintain internal knowledge systems, including databases of experts, precedents, and resources.
• Prepare briefs and presentation materials for legal strategy meetings, court proceedings, and stakeholder engagements.

Partnerships & Community Engagement

• Serve as liaison between the legal team, community partners, clients, and external experts.
• Coordinate consultations, client meetings, and witness interviews.
• Develop accessible legal education materials for outreach and advocacy.

Clinic Operations & Grant Support

• Manage the clinic’s calendar, meetings, and logistics for hearings, depositions, and site visits.
• Support grant management by tracking deliverables, assisting with reporting, and maintaining compliance documentation.
• Oversee relationships with vendors such as court reporters, translators, and process servers.

Compliance & Administration

• Ensure adherence to professional legal standards, confidentiality, and internal protocols.
• Assist with onboarding and supervision of interns and volunteers.
• Handle administrative tasks to keep clinic operations running smoothly.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a legal, regulatory, or policy-focused environment (law firm, NGO, government agency, or corporate legal department).
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency in legal research tools (ULII, Westlaw, LexisNexis etc, MS Office Suite, and document management systems.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in document preparation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated passion for environmental justice and the role of law in advancing social change.

Desirable

• Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center (LDC).
• Enrolled as an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all subordinate courts.
• Formal legal assistant training.
• Experience in environmental law, administrative law, or non-profit legal work.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations and policy frameworks.
• Experience supporting grant-funded projects.
• Proficiency in a second language relevant to Greenwatch’s regions of work.

What We Offer

• Competitive non-profit salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on groundbreaking environmental justice cases.
• Collaborative, mission-driven, and intellectually stimulating environment.
• Professional development and mentoring from experienced environmental advocates.
• Flexible work arrangements with commitment to work-life balance.

About Us (Greenwatch)

Greenwatch is more than an organization—we are a movement of legal advocates, community partners, and environmental defenders committed to securing Uganda’s right to a clean and healthy environment.

Founded on the conviction that a thriving planet is both a constitutional promise and a collective responsibility, we harness the power of the law to turn justice into action.

Through informed advocacy, meaningful community empowerment and strategic litigation, we confront environmental injustice at its roots—challenging deforestation, pollution, climate negligence, and the silencing of civic voices. We don’t just witness environmental harm; we contest it in courtrooms, shape it in policy halls, and resist it alongside communities.

Every case we take, every law we influence, and every voice we amplify is a step toward achieving our vision a Uganda where all citizens enjoy a clean and healthy environment as their fundamental right.

• Track case milestones, deadlines, and deliverables across the clinic’s docket.
• Maintain and organize case files, legal documents, evidence archives, and research materials.
• Coordinate legal intake processes for communities and partners.
• Draft, proofread, format, and file legal documents and correspondence.
• Conduct preliminary legal and policy research under the guidance of clinic advocates.
• Summarize legislation, case law, regulatory notices, and scientific reports.
• Maintain internal knowledge systems, including databases of experts, precedents, and resources.
• Prepare briefs and presentation materials for legal strategy meetings, court proceedings, and stakeholder engagements.
• Serve as liaison between the legal team, community partners, clients, and external experts.
• Coordinate consultations, client meetings, and witness interviews.
• Develop accessible legal education materials for outreach and advocacy.
• Manage the clinic’s calendar, meetings, and logistics for hearings, depositions, and site visits.
• Support grant management by tracking deliverables, assisting with reporting, and maintaining compliance documentation.
• Oversee relationships with vendors such as court reporters, translators, and process servers.
• Ensure adherence to professional legal standards, confidentiality, and internal protocols.
• Assist with onboarding and supervision of interns and volunteers.
• Handle administrative tasks to keep clinic operations running smoothly.

• Strong organizational and project coordination skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency in legal research tools (ULII, Westlaw, LexisNexis etc, MS Office Suite, and document management systems.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in document preparation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated passion for environmental justice and the role of law in advancing social change.
• Proficiency in a second language relevant to Greenwatch’s regions of work.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a legal, regulatory, or policy-focused environment (law firm, NGO, government agency, or corporate legal department).
• Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center (LDC).
• Enrolled as an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all subordinate courts.
• Formal legal assistant training.
• Experience in environmental law, administrative law, or non-profit legal work.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations and policy frameworks.
• Experience supporting grant-funded projects.