Due Diligence & Human Rights Specialist
At a glance
Banking for better, for generations to come; the Sustainability Centre of Excellence (SCE) contributes to the purpose of the bank and focuses on the acceleration of the transition to a sustainable economy. As a bank we support the transition through, amongst others, providing sustainable loans and investments. Together with our customers we can make an important contribution to alleviating pressure on the environment, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing biodiversity loss, advancing respect for human rights, advancing inclusivity and stimulate the social impact of our customers and their supply chains.
Social Impact and Human Rights concerns the impact on people. Our team focuses on the policies and actions of the bank aimed at the prevention of harming people and the creation of positive impact on people. We are preparing for the step up from voluntary, strategy led ambitions under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to implementing new, binding legislation: namely the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (‘CS3D’).
Part of this preparation entails analysing the bank’s current sustainability due diligence efforts and assess what is needed to comply with the upcoming legislation. The Sustainability Centre of Excellence has the knowledge and mandate to guide the bank in how to tackle this task, ensure compliance as well as enable positive impact on the ground while making the due diligence effort as straightforward, efficient and effective as possible.
Your job
This role entails working together with different disciplines, ranging from Legal to Biodiversity. You are able to learn from and listen to the experiences of fellow experts, stakeholders and colleagues as well as be creative in coming up with new concepts.
Within the Social Impact & Human Rights team, you will contribute to:
- Building expertise on new sustainability due diligence legislation;
- Designing innovative and efficient ways to tackle and implement this legislation;
- Helping determine the bank’s approach and level of ambition;
- Monitoring regulatory developments and contribute to reports for the Regulatory Committee;
- Drafting advice for a wide variety of stakeholders through applying abstract legal requirements to business practices;
Building an external network on sustainability due diligence as cooperation with other financial institutions as well as NGO’s on this topic is essential.
Working environment
The SCE is a department with approximately 50 FTEs and operates on a global level. The SCE is managed by the CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) and is divided into sub-departments with a specialist focus (Climate, Social, Circular & Biodiversity) and a broad focus (Reporting, Regulations & Stakeholder Management and Business Insight). You will work in the Human Rights team, consisting of 7 FTEs and will report to the MT member that is also responsible for the Inclusive Banking team.
Your profile
We are looking for someone with formal knowledge and experience in the field of Human Rights, familiar with client due diligence from a human rights point of view. You understand the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and their effect on and role in the bank.
- Education: HBO or University Degree, preferably in International Law or other Human Rights related areas
- You will be contributing to the design of sustainability due diligence within the bank: it is preferable to have experience with conducting and/or designing due diligence within a bank or similar organisation
- Experience with external stakeholder management
- Experience: a minimum of 3-7 years’ experience in Human Rights, Sustainability, Stakeholder management, Legal
- Competences: analytical, result oriented, structured, innovative, excellent communication skills.
- Personal: purpose driven, passion to make impact for sustainability and human rights, leadership skills, team player.
You do not yet meet the requested profile, but you see this role as a nice next step within the bank, then you can also apply. Clearly state why you have the potential and ambition to make this role a success. To properly prepare for your application, talk to colleagues who have this role and/or the contact person mentioned in this vacancy.
We are offering
ABN AMRO is committed to personal development. That means a lot of responsibility and scope for entrepreneurship. The essence is that you grow into the professional that you want to be. You work with a group of people with the same drive and vision, with the same diversity of preferences and requests as our customers.
We are offering (Hay 11) :
- The opportunity to be the best you can be and lots of room to grow both personally and professionally
- A benefit budget of 11% so that you can be flexible and in charge of your own additional benefits (extra leave, a bike or a phone)
- An annual salary increase of a maximum of 7%, based on your performance and development
- The opportunity to pro-actively work on your vitality and fitness
- A personal development budget of EUR 1.000 per year
- An annual public transportation pass or travel budget, depending on the function
- A solid pension plan
Interested?
Apply now online to this vacancy. For more information, please contact Nelleke Hoffs (0630518859) or Gitte Wouters (0651257170). We look forward to meeting you!
Equal opportunities for all
The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.
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