Human Rights Analyst, Full-Time

About Inherently Human Inherently Human (IH) works on human rights in businesses and supply chains. We partner with leading retailers, small and large businesses across a range of sectors in the UK and Europe to understand the gaps in their approaches to identifying and managing human rights issues in their own operations and supply chains. We work alongside our clients to develop their approach to human rights and support practical implementation through mentoring, training and coaching. We take a bespoke and pragmatic approach according to an organisation’s capacity and ambition and the supply base they are working with. Our team is a small yet mighty one. We offer a fast-moving and flexible environment for the right candidate and we trust our team to develop a schedule that works for them and us. This role will be remote, with one day per week working alongside a team member and the opportunity for team working days on a quarterly basis in different locations near to London. About you As a Human Rights Analyst, you will join a fast-growing business dedicated to making human rights matter. You will work on a wide range of strategic and practical projects for businesses and organisations, supporting other consultants and driving your own projects. Recent projects we have worked on with clients include: developing human rights strategies and approaches to due diligence, cross-organisational human rights risk assessments, cross-functional human rights training and remediation of recruitment fees. Ensuring our brand maintains a strong reputation and delivers value to our clients and impact to rightsholders is key to our work. You will be a self-starter, who can motivate yourself, and drive your own agenda and workplan. Key duties · Working alongside our team of four to contribute to global projects, ensuring value for clients and impact for relevant stakeholders · Providing expert guidance on business and human rights, including support on human rights due diligence for business’ own operations, service providers and supply chains · Working with clients to help them meet the expectations of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and global human rights legislation · Developing accessible, standardised tools, frameworks, training and guidance for deployment to clients · Supporting clients to review and assess supplier audit performance, following up with suppliers to support ethical improvements and liaising with clients to report on progress · Supporting the development and delivering of external training courses and client-focused training courses · Providing ad hoc support to IH clients as required on human rights issues and ethical improvements. Qualifications and Experience: The ideal candidate will: · Have at least three years’ experience in a similar role – qualifications are less important to us than lived experience · Demonstrate knowledge of the UNGPs and other relevant human rights frameworks and of legislation including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, Modern Slavery Act, German Supply Chain Act etc · Understand social audits including the Sedex system and SMETA · Be able to identify and manage projects independently, to a specified timeframe and budget · Connect effectively and communicate with clients to ensure satisfactory project delivery · Be highly proficient in Excel and Power BI · Have a passion for human rights and business and the environment · Have proficient working English. How to Apply: Interested candidates should submit a CV and cover letter by email to louise@inherentlyhuman.co.uk. Please include” IH Human Rights Analyst role” in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until January 21st 2025.