The Human Rights Initiative works across issues and geographies to promote a comprehensive vision of human rights that recognizes that rights are not realized through law alone, that innovations in one field can unlock opportunities in others, and that experimentation and collaboration strengthen advocacy strategies. The Initiative capitalizes on opportunities, working in places where there are prospects to advance the rights framework, as well as those where challenges seem intractable. We support groups to engage deliberately in public discourse, recognizing that how people talk about rights is important to how those rights are realized. The Human Rights Initiative supports civil society groups to engage at the international, regional, and national levels through a combination of advocacy, monitoring, documentation, litigation, and campaigning to ensure that people can exercise their rights.

The Program Officer will be responsible for the development and implementation of grant-making strategies in the area of business and human rights for the Open Society Foundations’ Human Rights Initiative.