Human Rights Due Diligence Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Transform Winrock's expertise in Human Rights into effective business service instruments for human rights due diligence, responsible sourcing, and risk management.

• Propose integrated joint services that encompass human rights, resilient agriculture, environmental and human rights evaluations, responsible supply chains, and just-transition strategies.

• Collaborate with the Human Rights team to confirm key sectors, geographies, target audiences, relationships, success criteria, and work plans.

• Analyze Winrock's strategies, tools, capability materials, project examples, and insights; conduct approved consultations.

• Create an inception note detailing methodology, schedule, and a comprehensive inventory of tools and communication assets.

• Evaluate current Human Rights and cross-Winrock tools for business applicability, readiness, evidence robustness, ownership/licensing, and necessary adaptations.

• Design an editable and adaptable Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) toolkit that includes risk screening, grievance reporting, value-chain and stakeholder mapping, integrated risk/impact assessment, grievance mechanism diagnostics, remedy and corrective-action templates, supplier engagement diagnostics, and monitoring indicators.

• Develop user guidance that addresses evidence requirements, limitations, safeguarding, confidentiality, retaliation risks, and the need for specialist or legal advice.

• Create client-facing service packages along with a packaging strategy.

• Identify tools or templates that need to be developed, revised, simplified, digitized, or tested.

• Prepare a one-page outreach document on HRDD and the broader ESG offerings from Winrock.

• Present the final tools to the Winrock team and refine deliverables based on their feedback.

• Identify priority business audiences and potential entry points.

• Prepare a prioritized shortlist of prospects and an editable pipeline tracker.

• Facilitate at least 5 qualified introductions to private-sector companies and maintain an introduction and follow-up log.

• Deliver an inception note, HRDD toolkit and packaging plan, communications sheet, introductions and validation, working sessions, and training package within 15 days of effort.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of pertinent experience in business and human rights, responsible business practices, HRDD, grievance mechanisms, remedy, responsible sourcing, or social performance.

• An advanced relevant degree or equivalent experience.

• Proven experience in translating international standards into practical corporate tools and their implementation.

• Experience in engaging business functions, fostering partnerships, and securing qualified introductions.

• Background with private companies in relevant sectors such as agriculture/food, extractives/critical minerals, energy/infrastructure, forestry/natural resources, manufacturing, or migration-intensive supply chains.

• Experience in integrating human rights with environmental, climate, land, livelihood, or ecosystem issues.

• Strong skills in facilitation, analysis, writing, presentation, and proficiency in English.

• Experience working with affected workers, communities, civil society, or local implementation partners is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment and consideration without regard to protected characteristics.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.