Hiring: Staff Attorney, Conservation Programs Company: Ocean Conservancy Location: Washington, DC Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:45:01 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Embedded Systems About the job Required Skills: •Collaboratively develop and deliver on legal strategies for OC's conservation priorities in partnership with program and GR staff •Advance OC’s regulatory and litigation challenges to produce measurable conservation wins •Meet advocacy filing deadlines — comment periods, testimony, amicus briefs, etc. •Become the conservation programs’ and Government Relations team's go-to legal partner for fast-turnaround position development, including cross-programmatic legal topics such as NEPA, ESA and MMPA, as well as program specific legal topics like fisheries management (Magnuson-Stevens Act) •Serve as a trusted, embedded legal partner to conservation program teams, with advocacy products cleared quickly and reliably •Research and analyze ocean conservation and management law, regulation and policy to support program work •Track, monitor and analyze administrative, legislative and judicial developments affecting ocean conservation and management •Work in concert with Ocean Conservancy's program and GR teams to formulate and advocate legally and scientifically sound conservation positions before federal and state regulators, legislators, the media and the public Compensation: •$105,000 - $120,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!