Join our team
We are a specialist business and human rights advisory firm with extensive global experience supporting businesses and other organisations to develop effective responses to human rights risks, and to meaningfully engage with external stakeholders around their human rights approaches.
We take a principled, integrated and practical approach shaped by international frameworks, national laws and policies, and leading practice. We believe in a tailored approach using processes and engagement as a way to assist our clients in strengthening their human rights capacity.
We support our clients by working across the following areas:
Human rights policy development
Human rights risk and impact analysis, assessment, and management
Human rights reporting including modern slavery statements
Stakeholder engagement including complaints handling
Grievance mechanism design and development
Human rights training and awareness programs
Government and industry engagement and collaboration
Our team supports global clients from across a wide range of sectors including banking, education, extractives, fashion, food and beverage, infrastructure, property, tourism and transport, and telecommunications.
We are a growing team, with colleagues currently based in North America, Europe and Australia. Our team comes from a range of backgrounds including corporate, government, international organisation and civil society experience. Our CEO was a member of the core drafting team of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and sits on a number of global and Australian business and human rights-related expert advisory boards.
Senior Advisor
We are looking for a Senior Advisor to be part of the Pillar Two team to help us to drive and support client projects. As a Senior Advisor, you will work with multi-national corporations and other organisations to support and develop their approach to respecting human rights in line with the UNGPs and other key international standards as well as emerging national frameworks and regulations including modern slavery reporting and mandatory human rights due diligence legislation where relevant. You will not be asked to provide any legal advice.
Location: This is a hybrid role which can be based in Sydney, Melbourne or Canberra
Your responsibilities will include:
Project managing individual client projects to ensure they are delivered in a timely manner, on budget, and to a high quality.
Designing, supporting, and / or undertaking projects to advance companies’ implementation of the UNGPs on Business and Human Rights. This may include developing human rights policy and process documents, conducting salient human rights risk mapping and human rights risk analyses and impact assessments, and developing training and guidance materials. It may also include developing recommendations, roadmaps and action plans for continuous improvement in relation to companies’ human rights approaches.
Liaising with corporate clients and external stakeholders including representatives from investors, civil society organisations, academia and government.
Conducting research and analysis, including on industry best practice, regulatory developments, and stakeholder expectations.
Drafting project reports and other deliverables tailored to client needs and presenting those deliverables.
Drafting and advising on company human rights reporting, policies, training and related materials.
Supervising junior team members as needed on specific projects including advisors and researchers.
Writing client updates and thought leadership pieces.
Representing Pillar Two at external events.
Enhancing the Pillar Two working culture by contributing and participating in opportunities with your colleagues to foster and support our collaborative work approach.
Possible travel within Australia and overseas to conduct engagements in a wide range of settings.
Required experience and skills:
Advanced knowledge of UNGPs and the Australian Modern Slavery Act.
Demonstrated ability in effectively supporting multiple projects and managing own time and deadlines across these projects.
Demonstrated ability to support important client interactions and leading some interactions where requested.
At least 5 years of experience advising specifically on business and human rights including at least 3 years of experience working directly on business and human rights within a company (including investors) or a professional services firm.
Experience in most key areas of work (e.g. salient human rights issue assessments, modern slavery statement drafting and advice, human rights policy development, benchmarking, supply chain / business relationship engagement, training and gap analysis).
Ability to review key client documents, summarise these accurately (e.g. for a gap analysis) and pick up most areas for improvement.
Demonstrated ability to provide feedback and support to more junior colleagues.
Demonstrated awareness of business development opportunities.
The ability to increase Pillar Two’s thought leadership including though contributions to social media and other communications.
High quality of work and excellent attention to detail.
Only candidates with unrestricted Australian working rights will be considered.
To apply for this role please send your CV and a covering letter outlining why you would like to work for Pillar Two to hello@pillar-two.com before the 20 April 2026.