SFA Australia Lead

Hope for Justice Flexible Australia Other
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Company Description

Hope for Justice exists to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society. Around the world, we are growing a movement of abolitionists who believe freedom is worth the fight. Our team works from more than 30 locations across five continents. If you’re looking to make a difference, this is the place for the you.

Hope for Justice is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you feel that your skills and experience fit one of our roles then we would welcome your application regardless of your background.

Slave Free Alliance is social enterprise and 100% owned by the Anti-Slavery Charity Hope for Justice. Founded in 2018, we have expanded rapidly and have over 95 members, including 10 UK FTSE 100 companies . Our members include AstraZeneca, Aldi and Experian plus many more.

Position

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven individual to join our growing global Slave Free Alliance (SFA) team. In this role you will lead the development and delivery of SFA in Australia, working to establish SFA in the Australian market through a combination of strategy development, new business development and service delivery

To be successful in this role you will need to be a self-starter, able to work independently in a remote environment as well as linking in closely with a global team. As well as having strategic and operational knowledge of modern slavery and broader Human Rights legislation and best practice within the business sector. The successful applicant will have a good mix of the technical knowledge and relationship building in order to develop new business as well as offer technical support to members of SFA.

To find out more about this unique opportunity, see below requirements, and attached Role Profile.

Requirements

  • Develop and deliver an annual plan and 3 year strategy for SFA’s expansion into Australia.
  • Use insights gained from business to input into the evolution of existing SFA products and the development of new SFA products suitable for the Australian market.
  • Deliver agreed revenue and profit targets for SFA Australia via new business development activities that increase the number of SFA Australia members and clients.
  • Deliver SFA products and services to SFA members using SFA processes and methodologies, e.g. Gap Analysis, Site Assessments, Risk Assessments, Escalation etc.
  • Facilitate the delivery of additional services to members e.g. Training, Investigations etc. alongside the Sales and Account Management teams
  • Support Slave-Free Alliance members & clients to develop strategies and action plans which mitigate the risk of modern slavery in their businesses and supply chains, including wider human rights violations.
  • Provide appropriate support to Slave-Free Alliance members where potential incidents of modern slavery and labour exploitation are identified
  • Maintain a close working relationship with the international Slave-Free Alliance Team
  • Establish a structured approach to CRM and maintain accurate up-to-date records
  • Provide appropriate support to Slave-Free Alliance members where potential incidents of modern slavery and labour exploitation are identified
  • Review and evaluate Slave-Free Alliance members’ progression in mitigating the risk of modern slavery in their businesses and supply chains
  • Support the development of new tools & guides for SFA members including potential technology solutions.
  • Work at all times in line with SFA policies and procedures and the wider strategy, culture and ethos of Slave-Free Alliance/ Hope for Justice.
  • Understand and uphold the standards outlined in the Hope for Justice Safeguarding policies, acting with due care and attention to safeguard the wellbeing of anyone that comes into contact with our work and reporting concerns if they do arise.

Other information

Benefits of working at Hope for Justice: Hope for Justice is committed to supporting our staff’s wellbeing and offers competitive salaries and a range of additional benefits including access to the Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their family.

Location: Australia, flexible home based

Contract Length: 6 months fixed term .

Salary: Competitive salary rate

Closing Date: 5th June 2022 the vacancy may close early as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which include criminal records checks, in line with our Global background checks policy. Hope for Justice participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme, as part of the referencing process we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.