Overview
Develop advocacy briefs on tackling child labour and related child rights issues through responsible business conduct, and identify strategic opportunities for their dissemination to key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a series of advocacy briefs on tackling child labour and related child rights issues through responsible business conduct, grounded in gaps and needs in existing approaches.
- Identify and deliver strategic opportunities to position and disseminate these briefs to key stakeholder groups, including governments, private sector actors, industry platforms, and multi-stakeholder initiatives across high-risk sectors.
- Produce a stakeholder engagement plan built around tailored engagement approaches for relevant governments, companies, industry actors, investors, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Set out clear, actionable messages on how business practices, purchasing decisions, investments in social services including social protection, child protection, education, and engagement in community-level systems can reduce the drivers of child labour and help prevent adverse impacts across supply chains while reinforcing alignment with States’ obligations to realise children’s rights and companies’ responsibility to conduct human rights due diligence under the UNGPs.
- Integrate considerations for measuring and reporting results throughout.
Required Experience
- Minimum 7–10 years of professional experience working on child rights, child labour, business and human rights, responsible business conduct, or related areas.
- Demonstrated experience in developing advocacy briefs, policy papers, analytical reports, or guidance materials for international organizations, the private sector.
- Proven understanding of human rights due diligence frameworks, including the UNGPs, OECD Guidelines, and emerging mandatory HRDD legislation.
- Experience analyzing root causes of child labour, including socio‑economic vulnerabilities, child protection systems, access to services, and labour market dynamics.
- Prior work with UNICEF, ILO, or similar international agencies is an advantage.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Human Rights, International Development, Public Policy, Law, Social Sciences, or a related field.
