Deputy CEO

Location: London or Bath, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

Contract type: Full-time, permanent.

Salary range: Competitive, dependent upon experience

Reporting to: CEO

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) exists to protect the natural world and uphold our fundamental human right to a secure environment. We work at the front lines of environmental injustice, alongside communities most affected by climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and exploitation - transforming evidence into action, and injustice into lasting change.

EJF is a global non-profit driven by a powerful belief: that environmental protection and human rights are inseparable. Through courageous field investigations, rigorous research, and strategic international advocacy, we expose environmental crime, challenge impunity, and catalyse systemic reform. Our work delivers real-world impact, shaping policy, strengthening governance, protecting vital ecosystems, and defending those who risk their lives to safeguard them.

Our campaigns span four deeply interconnected areas: oceans, climate, forests and wetlands, and the training, protection, and empowerment of environmental defenders and journalists. From illegal fishing and forced labour to deforestation, land grabs, and climate displacement, we confront some of the most complex and urgent crises of our time - always with a focus on accountability, equity, and durable solutions.

EJF is an international organisation with a diverse team working across four continents, united by a shared ambition: to protect people by protecting the planet. We are bold, evidence-led, and impact-driven. We speak truth to power - and we build pathways to a fairer, more resilient future. Join Us.

This is an extremely rare opportunity to help lead a globally respected organisation at a pivotal moment for people and planet.

As Deputy CEO, you will play a central role in shaping EJF’s strategic direction and operational excellence, working in close partnership with the CEO and senior leadership team to scale our impact, strengthen our global presence, generate new income and ensure the organisation continues to deliver courageous, evidence-led change.

You will help translate EJF’s mission, ethos and vision into action - providing leadership across programmes, operations, and partnerships, and supporting a diverse international team working across four continents. You will assume specific, designated areas of management, supervising and guiding EJF's campaign teams, providing a clear line of decision-making and direction.

From strengthening governance and organisational performance to driving innovation, growth, and collaboration, you will be instrumental in maintaining an agile, resilient organisation capable of confronting some of the world’s most urgent environmental and human rights challenges.

This role calls for a values-driven, experienced and confident manager and leader with strategic vision, operational rigour, communications acumen and a deep commitment to justice. You will bring people together across cultures and disciplines, empower emerging leaders, and foster a high-performance, inclusive organisational culture. Externally, you will help represent EJF with credibility and influence, building alliances with funders, policymakers, partners, and frontline communities to accelerate systemic change.

At EJF, leadership means courage, integrity, and impact. As Deputy CEO, you will help steer campaigns that expose environmental crime, defend those on the front lines, and secure lasting protections for ecosystems and communities alike. Together, we work to protect people by protecting the planet - and to build a fairer, more resilient future for all.

EJF strongly encourages applications from women and underrepresented communities.

Alongside the CEO and Founding Director, continuously reaffirm and embed EJF's Mission, Vision, and Values, ensuring they are deeply embedded across all programmes and teams to foster cohesion and strategic alignment globally.

Safeguard our core mission of environmental justice and building capacity in the…