Human Rights Senior Program Manager

At CHANEL, our values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work.

About The Role

Chanel is seeking an energetic, purpose driven Human Rights Senior Program Manager to participate to the development and deployment of the company’s human rights strategy, a key pillar of the House ambition and roadmap on Sustainability.

The role will report to the Global Head of Human Rights within the Corporate Sustainability team, and support internal functions and business teams in implementing practical workplans to scale and sustain social change across our value chain.

The impact you can create at Chanel

1. Strategic thinking—Undertake research and analysis on emerging human rights issues in a constantly evolving social and environmental landscape, and contribute to updating the Company’s human rights priorities across our operations and supply chain.
2. Policy design & deployment—Support the design of corporate human rights policies and associated guidance documents, in line with the company’s Human Rights strategy.
3. Operational framework design—Structure corporate-wide human rights programs to tackle issues such as modern slavery, living wages, gender mainstreaming, ethical recruitment, indigenous peoples and local communities’ rights, or just transition, and coordinate their cohesive deployment across functions and business teams.
4. Business integration support—Liaise with functions and business teams to understand the human rights impacts and challenges related to their scope and activity, and support the design of their human rights roadmaps.
5. Internal coordination—Coordinate and facilitate a network of internal human rights focal points across the company to build and enrich a joint community of practice through shared return on experience, best practices and technical training.
6. Stakeholder engagement—Facilitate consultation and partnerships with external knowledge and experience experts to co-design practical, impact-driven solutions for the benefit of workers and communities across globalized value chains.
7. Reporting—Support the Sustainability Performance corporate team to design robust monitoring and evaluation metrics to track social performance, and update the company’s external extra-financial reporting

You are energized by:

• Having a meaningful impact on human rights and driving social progress through the private sector and the world of work.
• Applying an entrepreneurial and creative lens to solving challenges
• Engaging and coordinating actors from different working cultures and backgrounds, with diverse approaches to reaching the same goal.
• Autonomy in planning, organising, and prioritising your workload.

What you will bring:

• Significant work experience in Human Rights or social sustainability with or within the private sector, with a good understanding of the core Business & Human Rights standards and where they sit within the global geopolitical and economic landscape.
• Technical expertise on human or labour rights issues or worker welfare topics such as modern slavery, living wages, indigenous peoples and local communities’ rights, gender mainstreaming, just transition, with a proficient knowledge of impact program typologies, methodologies and tools.
• Track record of successful program management and delivery, coordinating multiple contributors, workflows and projects.
• Fluency in English, with demonstrable spoken and written communication skills, editing and proofreading skills, as well as attention to detail. Proficiency in a second language, preferably French, is a plus.
• Previous experience working with or for a Civil Society Organisation or an NGO involved in social impact work would be a plus.

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL.

To Apply

Please visit the Chanel careers website.