Senior Business & Human Rights Adviser

About Us

Beyond Human Rights Compliance work at the intersection of business, law, and human rights, helping organisations navigate the complexities of operating in challenging contexts going beyond baseline compliance to develop strategic, risk-aware, and rights-driven approaches that enable companies to act responsibly while sustaining commercial success.

Full / Part-time: Full-time

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Head of BHR

Purpose & Objective

The Senior Business & Human Rights adviser leads a growing team working on a variety of impactful human and labor rights projects across all business areas in a number of different countries.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overseeing the coordination and implementation of projects with corporate clients.
• Deliver workshops, multi-stakeholder events, and training courses.
• Lead and review legal briefs on business-related human rights violations and investigations.
• Ensure the smooth delivery of all project-related advocacy work, including launch events, roundtable discussions and briefing sessions.
• Review reports, policies, guidance, and other material created by the team.
• Provide guidance on related international law and regulatory frameworks on business and human rights and associated legislation.
• Align with other team members to ensure efficient working streams and timely completion of project deliverables.
• Provide mentorship and support to other team members, offering guidance to enable them to perform to their full potential.
• Actively participate in team brainstorming sessions on project implementation strategies.
• Support the expansion of BHRC’s strategy for work advising corporate clients in this sector.

Your Background

• 6+ years of experience in business and human rights, ideally with knowledge in international human rights, criminal and/or humanitarian law.
• Theoretical and/or practical knowledge on international labour rights and how they apply in real-world scenarios.
• Qualified in law (LLM mandatory; LLB preferred), with sufficient knowledge of business and human rights laws and regulations on national and regional level.
• Practical experience working with a variety of clients including businesses, civil society organisations, and governmental institutions.
• Capable of working independently with minimal supervision, taking initiative to achieve a given outcome by identifying and acting on the necessary steps without needing detailed instructions.
• Able to lead a multicultural team, working towards a common goal and respectful of differentiating working approaches.
• Flexible, versatile, and creative and able to work in a changeable and fast-moving environment.
• Proactive character, suggesting solutions and approaches, anticipating problems, and foreseeing potential challenges.
• Able to think practically, to break down and pursue the elements required to operationalise a strategy.
• Administratively competent; able to manage competing urgent demands.
• Fluency in English - both written and verbal skills. Advantageous to have other languages.