Interim Business & Human Rights Lawyer

Lawyers On Demand; Greater London; Remote; GBP 148,000 - 258,000; Part time

Job summary

LOD is seeking an Interim Business & Human Rights Lawyer to support a global telecommunications and technology client on a flexible basis for an initial 9-month engagement. You will advise on governance, due diligence, supply chain risks, and labour rights across an international business.

Working with senior stakeholders, you will assess privacy, freedom of expression and global risk, contributing to mitigation strategies and comprehensive risk assessments in a multinational setting.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years' experience in Business & Human Rights
• Strong knowledge of the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) and human rights due diligence frameworks
• Experience conducting human rights risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies
• Background in a multinational organisation, consultancy, or specialist advisory practice
• Excellent stakeholder management, drafting and training capabilities

Responsibilities

• Advise on human rights governance, due diligence, and risk assessments across a complex international business
• Assist with supply chain risks, labour rights, privacy, and freedom of expression considerations
• Develop mitigation strategies and provide training where needed

Job description

Interim Business & Human Rights Lawyer

We’re looking for an experienced Business & Human Rights Lawyer to join our client, a global telecommunications and technology company, to provide specialist support on a flexible basis for an initial 9-month engagement.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you'll advise on human rights governance, due diligence, supply chain risks, labour rights, privacy, freedom of expression, and global risk assessments across a complex international business.

We're looking for:

• 5-10+ years' experience in Business & Human Rights
• Strong knowledge of the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) and human rights due diligence frameworks
• Experience conducting human rights risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies
• Background in a multinational organisation, consultancy, or specialist advisory practice
• Excellent stakeholder management, drafting and training capabilities

Flexible part-time or ad hoc remote engagement options available.

Why Join LOD?

People come to us for a whole range of reasons – they might be looking for time for their interests, for work alongside other projects, or just want a change. What they all have in common is a desire for high quality work coupled with a degree of control that traditional models can’t offer, but LOD can.

All of our LODs have worked at top tier firms or as part of major in‑house teams. We only accept a small percentage of applications as we choose lawyers who are not only technically excellent, but who can work seamlessly with our client's teams. This ensures we can offer our lawyers consistently high-quality assignments.

We can offer:

• Varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with market leading brands (from Google to Barclays, and Amex to adidas) as well as exciting growth companies.
• Flexibility and autonomy: you can work anything from full-time on site with a client to a few hours each week from home.
• Training and know-how, as well as support from our dedicated HQ Team.
• A variety of flexible models that include working at the client's offices or remotely.

About LOD:

LOD is the leading flexible legal service provider across ten locations: Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Sydney. We are changing the way in which clients buy legal services and provide talented lawyers with a new way of working.

We’ve achieved some of the fastest growth in our sector by creating and leading a new professional service category. That growth continues as we launch new services, responding to the way our lawyers want to work and clients want to engage them. This role offers an opportunity to be part of this story.

LOD has caught the imagination of the changing legal marketplace for ‘new law’ services. We now have a team of around 600 lawyers and consultants of the highest quality working across the globe. We have an inspiring client list that range from globally recognised multinationals to start‑ups and include the likes of Google, Barclays and adidas.