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Project Director

Full time @Global Rights Compliance in Program & Project Management
  • Post Date : March 25, 2025
  • Apply Before : April 10, 2025
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  • Work Location  Remote Jobs
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About Us

Global Rights Compliance, founded in 2013, is an international human rights law foundation specialising in international humanitarian law, international criminal law and business human rights. Global Rights Compliance’s mission is to provide justice through the innovative application of international law. We operate in conflict-affected and high-risk areas around the world in over 45 countries. Business and Human Rights Compliance, is the Business and Human Rights arm of Global Rights Compliance. The Business and Human Rights Division of Global Rights Compliance works collaboratively with companies, investors and industry associations to identify and address potential adverse human rights impacts resulting from business operations, particularly in conflict-affected and high-risk areas.

We are seeking a Project Director to join our international team. The Forced Labour Project Director will focus on the delivery of our flagship forced labour project. This is a management role within an innovative team to work on impactful human and labour rights projects related to forced labour. The Project Director will be responsible for providing supervision and guidance to the team in the delivery of GRC’s project; ensuring activities are successfully delivered in accordance with timelines; the delegation of tasks to GRC’s team members; sign-off on GRC’s project activities and the delivery of the project in accordance with the agreed upon methodology.

Duty Station: Remote.

The Role

  • Provide subject matter expertise: Provide subject matter expertise on forced labour workstreams including meetings with external stakeholders, including representatives from government and companies.
  • Project Management: Coordinate the project including liaison with the Finance, HR, M&E and Communications Team and oversee the project for a smooth implementation.
  • Team management: Manage the project team to ensure efficient working streams and timely completion of project deliverables; provide mentorship and support to team members, offering guidance to enable them to perform to their full potential; actively participate in team brainstorming sessions on project implementation strategies; identify emerging talent and work with them to reach their full potential, ensuring they are developed and given new areas of responsibility.

Your Background

  • 7 or more years of experience, with in-depth knowledge in business and human rights and specific experience in addressing forced labour issues.
  • Demonstrable experience in promoting the elimination of state-imposed forced labour and upholding rights at work principles.
  • Experience managing and leading a US funded project.
  • Practical experience working with a variety of stakeholders including civil society organizations, and governmental and intergovernmental institutions.
  • Experience in conducting capacity building activities with civil society organizations, preferably in the workers’ rights context.
  • Able to work on their own initiative and with limited supervision, without requiring detailed guidance to get started but who can be given a desired outcome and figure out the action areas required to reach it.
  • Able to work as part of 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 & fast-moving environment, and capable to spontaneously support in project deliverables that are not in their remit where needed.
  • Proactive character, suggesting solutions and approaches, anticipating problems and foresees 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.
  • Fluent in English, written and verbal skills, additional language skills are an advantage.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a short cover letter (in English) to Application Form – Project Director by 10 April 2025.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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