Americas Regional Manager - Internal Recruitment Only
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
GBP 23k-28,375 / year
Posted on Oct 27, 2025
Americas Regional Manager (internal recruitment only, external applicants will not be considered)
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is looking for a Regional Manager to lead our programmes in the Americas. The successful candidate will work alongside researchers based in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and the United States, as well as the Management Team, who are based in South Africa, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the United States.
- Location: Americas region (must already have work authorization)
- Salary:£23,000 - £28,375 per year (commensurate with experience)
- Contract type: 3 days per week
- Closing date: 30 October 2025
- Interview dates: 10-14 November 2025
TO APPLY: Complete and return this application form in English via our jobs portal. Kindly note that the application form is required; we will not accept CVs. If you need any additional support, please reach out to Bea Ocampo at Ocampo@business-humanrights.org
About the organization
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (the Resource Centre) works with diverse allies and partners to put human rights at the core of companies’ business models and end abuse; to support communities and workers in securing their rights and accountability for corporate abuse; and to encourage governments to create the right regulation and incentives to uphold human rights in business. We are a global organisation rooted in five continental regions, comprised of a Global Team of 80. Global Team members work with a rich network of human rights advocates, and place strong emphasis on our alliances with grassroots organisations facing often profound inequalities of power in protecting their rights. The efforts inform our ability to influence responsible business, investors, and governments for transformative change.
Our work covers the full gamut of human rights in business, with particular focus on four thematic programmes: just energy transition and natural resources; civic freedoms and human rights defenders; accountable digital technologies; and workers’ rights in global supply chains. These are strengthened by two cross cutting themes: corporate legal accountability and racial and gender justice.
The opportunity
The Resource Centre is looking for a Regional Manager for the Americas, who will work closely with our regional researchers and representatives in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, as well as with our Global Team and organisations in the region, to put human rights at the heart of business to deliver a just economy, climate justice, and end abuse.
The focus of our organisation's plans for the region includes: building and driving a regional network on strategic litigation involving business and human rights; supporting ongoing projects on the protection of human rights defenders, labour rights, and the promotion of a just energy transition across the region; building and expanding effective networks and interaction among groups interested in addressing the human rights impacts of business; learning from and supporting local communities, NGOs, and human rights defenders (including labour leaders) to engage with companies and improve human rights protections; protecting rights linked to climate change, transition minerals, and environmental justice; and identifying and addressing risks to the most vulnerable groups, including women, children, indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, and migrant, trafficked, and refugee workers.
The Regional Manager is also expected to help us expand our sources of funding for our work in the region.
Responsibilities
The Regional Manager will:
- Lead the Resource Centre’s work in the Americas: Work with the team to articulate a vision and evolve an action plan, ensuring the high-quality delivery of objectives and projects. Develop this work rapidly with key allies while building new contacts to enhance our impact.
- Drive an effective, proactive and strategic approach: Ensure high-quality, substantive work. Spot opportunities to drive change using our tools and outputs. Lead the development of a powerful, inspiring strategy that reflects the organisation's priority areas.
- Build and nurture relationships with partners and allies: Support the coordination and collaboration with like-minded organisations towards shared regional objectives and targeted outcomes. This can range from forming strategic alliances with civil society to establishing tactical collaborations with the private sector on shared goals.
- Line manage regional researchers and team members: The position will involve direct line management of the North America Researcher & Representative (based in the US); South America Researcher and Representative (based in Colombia, who lines manages Colombia Office Director); Brazil Researcher & Representative (based in Brazil); Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean Researcher & Representative (based in Mexico), and Americas Researcher (based in Brazil).
- Collaborate with team members to drive communication: Work with the Americas, Communications, and Management teams to drive communications through website postings, external publications, social media and other channels to ensure maximum impact for our partners and programmes.
- Fundraising: Work with the Development and Finance teams to develop projects and funding proposals that align with the organisation's strategic goals, particularly those relating to the Americas programmes. Deliver funders' reports and establish long-term relationships with donors in the Americas.
- Represent the Resource Centre at key events and with the media:Participate in key regional events. Help design and organisation of events that drive constructive debate on business and human rights in the Americas. Act as a spokesperson to the media on region-wide issues.
- Other responsibilities:Take on other responsibilities as necessary for the health and development of the organisation.
Key competencies and attributes
- Human rights commitment and expertise:Strong, demonstrable commitment and expertise in international human rights, labour rights, women’s rights, business and human rights, equitable development, or social justice. At least seven years’ work experience in any of these areas. A clear understanding, vision, and strategic insight on human rights in business and/or in the global economy, and how to make change happen.
- Commitment to our values: Demonstrable commitment to the values and model of change of the Resource Centre.
- People management:Commitment to, and experience in line managing staff and teams.
- Programme management:Highly organised, with demonstrable success in managing complex programmes to make change happen, working with internal colleagues, external partners, funders, and other stakeholders; with an ability to move as needed between high-level strategy and detailed implementation.
- Existing networks: Established networks and contacts with relevant stakeholders in the Americas.
- Partnership and coalition building:Experience in, and commitment to, working with partners and building coalitions with shared objectives and targeted outcomes.
- Strategic thinking: Track record of helping to develop successful programme strategies to effect change. Experience tailoring outputs for diverse international audiences an asset.
- Self-starter and adept decision-maker:Driven to make change happen and experienced in delivering high impact work with remote supervision.
- Team player:At least five years’ experience of working in high performing teams, playing a leadership role working with colleagues to deliver high impact programmes. Ability to train and nurture talent. Experience with remote teams desirable.
- Communicator: Excellent speaking skills and experience representing organizations to external audience. Excellent writing skills and demonstrable interest in writing for public audiences, including social media: blogs, tweets, and Facebook.
- Languages: Fluent Spanish and excellent English language skills (reading, writing, and speaking) are essential. Fluent Portuguese is highly desirable.
- Willing to travel: Can travel when needed within the Americas, and to other destinations occasionally.
The Resource Centre is a diverse, global team. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background and we acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in progressive movements. We particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGTBQ+.
Terms and conditions:
Note that this is a part-time consultancy position. Payment will be made on the Regional Manager’s presentation of invoices. The Regional Manager will be responsible for paying from the fees his/her own taxes, health insurance, pension, and the like and those costs have been taken into account in calculating the fees. The Resource Centre will reimburse necessary work-related expenses such as for travel.
The Regional Manager will be expected to work 3 days (21 hours) per week. The hours worked are flexible, provided that there is effective communication with team members in other regions, and that the hours are spread reasonably throughout a week. When the Regional Manager needs to work extra hours such as during missions that require travel, he/she will be compensated for those extra hours of work.
The Regional Manager will have the freedom to organise paid days off from doing consulting work for the Resource Centre. The Regional Manager will not be expected to work on national holidays in the country where she/he is based.
Reports to: Regional Director, based in Indonesia.
TO APPLY: Complete and return this application form in English via our jobs portal. Kindly note that the application form is required; we will not accept CVs. If you need any additional support, please reach out to Bea Ocampo at Ocampo@business-humanrights.org