Human rights consultant, part-time

Location: Remote, with minimum quarterly in person meetings

Role Type: Part-time, 3 days per week, 12 month fixed contract

Salary: £55-65k FTE (plus discretionary bonus)

Start date: September 2026

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.

We are also the chosen training partner for a number of organisations, including the Ethical Trading Initiative and the Food Network for Ethical Trade. Our work varies from delivering training on-site, through to organising and financially administering whole training programmes.

Our team is small yet mighty. 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 a few days a month working alongside a team member (location permitting), as well as the opportunity for team days on a quarterly basis in different locations in or reachable from London.

About your role

As an IH Consultant, 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 taking a role in 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

• Supporting our team to deliver and contribute to global projects, ensuring value for clients and impact for relevant stakeholders.
• Work with Senior Consultants to deliver support to clients on business and human rights, including human rights due diligence for business’ own operations, service providers and supply chains.
• Supporting projects 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 the development, delivery and marketing of external training courses and client-focused human rights 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 five year’s experience working in a professional environment, using standard office systems and liaising with senior leaders.
• Have at least two years’ experience in a similar role – qualifications are less important to us than lived experience.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other relevant human rights frameworks and legislation.
• .Understand social audits including the Sedex system and SMETA.
• Have the ability to be agile and work across multiple projects at the same time.
• Be able to identify and manage projects independently, to a specified timeframe and budget.
• Connect effectively and communicate with colleagues and clients to ensure satisfactory project delivery.
• Be highly proficient in PowerPoint, Canva, Excel and Power BI
• Have a passion for human rights and business and the environment.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit a CV and cover letter by email to .

Please include” IH Human Rights Consultant role” in the subject line.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until 2nd July 2026.