Legal Advisor, International Legal Consortium

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the leading advocacy organization to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences around the world. Through strategic communications and policy advocacy campaigns, we promote the adoption of proven solutions that are most effective at reducing tobacco use and save the most lives.

Summary Description
As part of CTFK's International Legal Consortium (ILC), the Legal Advisor provides legal and policy support to advocates and lawyers in low- and middle-income countries, while engaging in legal capacity-building initiatives. This role analyzes existing policy measures, reviews draft legislation and regulations, and supports the ILC's overall work.

The Legal Advisor will collaborate closely with CTFK's country and regional teams and partners to ensure tobacco control measures align with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). A key responsibility will be the development and management of global legal and policy resources essential to the ILC's mission of providing expert technical assistance to tobacco control lawyers and advocates.

Reports to: Vice President, International Legal Consortium.

What You'll Accomplish
Working with other ILC lawyers and CTFK staff:

• Engage with all aspects of tobacco control law and policy supported by the ILC, including measures in the WHO FCTC, its Guidelines for Implementation, and decisions adopted by the WHO FCTC Conference of the Parties.
• Support one or more of CTFK's multi-disciplinary country or regional teams.
• Provide legal analyses of legislation, regulations, and tobacco control litigation, as well as other initiatives at the country level on an ongoing basis.
• Draft legislation or regulations and support revisions throughout the process.
• Review and analyze tobacco industry aligned proposals, identifying and addressing weak provisions or loopholes.
• Conduct legal and policy research and maintain a library of global regulations related to tobacco and nicotine products.
• Plan and participate in workshops and trainings to enhance in-country legal capacity for tobacco control law and policy.
• Contribute to the growth and maintenance of ILC's website Tobacco Control Laws (www.tobaccocontrollaws.org), which houses an analysis of countries' tobacco control-related legislation and litigation from around the world.
• Provide proactive and reactive legal and policy support and supervise the work of consultant lawyers, as needed.
• Provide input to CTFK reports to donors and other administrative tasks.

Skills You'll Bring to The Role:

• A Juris Doctor degree (or the equivalent first level legal degree awarded by a law school accredited by the national authority responsible for accreditation).
• Five+ years of legal, legislative, and/or international experience in tobacco control, public health, environmental, consumer, human rights, or related fields.
• Demonstrated legal, analytical and policy advocacy skills.
• Excellent writing and research abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong cross-cultural communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to balance/prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience with building capacity/training of government staff and advocates on public health, environmental, human rights, or consumer legal issues is a plus.
• Experience working with web-based platforms or applications is a plus.
• Litigation experience is a plus.
• Fluency in English is required; other UN languages and/or Portuguese is a plus.
• Experience living and/or working in a low- or middle-income country is a plus.
• Ability to travel internationally is required.