The International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) has established a Process and Search Committee to recommend suitable candidate/s to the Board of Governors for the next Executive President of ICEL. The aim is to select a successor Executive President as soon as possible, before the end of December 2024.

Job Description: The position is a voluntary one in which the individual serves without a salary.

The Executive President:

1. guides the program and work of ICEL;
2. recruits and coordinates the work of various ICEL Representatives to the United Nations and other international organizations;
3. oversees the work of the Chief Administrative Officer;
4. is responsible for relations with the host of the ICEL Secretariat at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; and
5. directs the implementation of the decisions of the ICEL Board of Governors.

Requirements: Candidates for the post of Executive President should:

1. have substantial experience in environmental law;
2. have available time for the full discharge of the Executive President’s duties;
3. be available to undertake this senior voluntary position for a period of 5 years;
4. have an adequate base of operations which can contribute to sustaining the individual’s work as Executive President;
5. have utmost integrity to avoid any conflict of interest; and
6. have the ability to work in English.

Responsibilities: Under ICEL Statutes, Article 13, the Executive President shall have the following responsibilities:

1. Represent ICEL in any legal matter before public or private entities;
2. Order payments and authorize with his/her signature all documents and correspondence;
3. Adopt any urgent matter required for the adequate operation of ICEL or its activities, notwithstanding the requirement to provide an account to the Board of Governors.

Expressions of interest: Please send a letter to the Chair of the Process and Search Committee Prof. Dr. Koh Kheng Lian accompanied by a C.V. and 2 letters of recommendation by 15 April 2024 to: lawkohkl@nus.edu.sg, copy vtafur@law.pace.edu. For more information, please contact Prof. Dr. Victor M. Tafur, ICEL’s Chief Administrative Officer, vtafur@law.pace.edu.