Human Rights Specialist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

Human Rights Specialist - Your next role?

As a Human Rights Specialist, you will sit in the Global Sustainability Department of Givaudan and be part of the wider Responsible Sourcing & Social Sustainability Team under the guidance of the Social Sustainability and Human Rights Manager. The Social Sustainability programs are focusing on social, management systems, human rights, and ethics & compliance aspects at Givaudan sites & Joint Ventures and in our supply chains. The Human Rights specialist supports the implementation of the Social Sustainability and Human Rights strategy and program globally, focusing on internal and external Human Rights aspects and contributing to strategic initiatives.

You will work in close collaboration with key internal stakeholders including RS managers (naturals, synthetics, indirect materials & services), procurement, global and site operations, EHS and HR teams.

Multiple location: Argenteuil (France), Ashford (UK), Naarden (Netherlands), Dortmund (Germany), Sant Celoni (Spain), Vernier (Switzerland), Kemptthal (Switzerland)

Your main responsibilities will include:

You will support the daily management of the social compliance program for Givaudan sites and will contribute to the social sustainability program management, monitoring of KPIs, and disclosure. Furthermore, the HR specialist will manage dedicated supply chain projects, represent Givaudan in supply chain initiatives and work on key topics such as child and forced labour, working conditions, living income, and grievance mechanism.

• Support Givaudan's Social compliance assurance audits programme by working with our Global Sustainability Solutions team, site teams, and audit houses

• Develop human rights projects including detailed execution and smooth business integration in collaboration with all partners

• Build advocacy for strategic Human Rights Projects and Initiatives throughout the business, and use our communications platforms to bring visibility to these programs

• Monitor the evolving legal landscape and voluntary framework development to ensure Givaudan’s program is aligned

• Support reporting and disclosure efforts incl. annual report, position statements, modern slavery statements, internal reporting, etc.

• Build competency on Human Rights within Givaudan and with our suppliers through engagement and training

• Develop and monitor key Human Rights KPIs and the impact of the program.

• Contribute to the implementation of effective Human Rights Due Diligence processes in line with international best practice

• Support the revision and development of new internal and external policies and procedures

• Promote the continuous improvement of social practices and Givaudan’s Human Rights program

Your successful profile includes:

• Minimum a Bachelor's degree in sustainability, sustainable development, and human rights

• Master's degree in these fields additional advantage

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience in human rights and social sustainability management in a global business environment

• Experience in the FMCG sector or chemicals/ingredients sector

• Fluent English

• Good project management skills

• Research skills, and strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Autonomous and comfortable with cross-functional set-ups

• Willingness to travel up to 10-15% a year

Our benefits

• Attractive package with benefits

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development

• A creative team environment that will inspire you

• Other local benefits based on where you are based

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.