Senior Consultant, Social Responsibility & Human Rights

Ocean Outcomes (O2) was founded over a decade ago by a group of changemakers committed to addressing the interconnected environmental and social challenges embedded in global seafood production. As a mission-driven nonprofit and technical partner, O2 is dedicated to addressing the interrelated challenges stemming from seafood production: overfishing, habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, labor abuse, and food security through science-based, socially responsible solutions.

O2 works across regions and supply chains, partnering with seafood companies, governments, and civil society organizations to improve fisheries management, increase transparency, and strengthen responsible labor practices worldwide. While O2 maintains strong regional expertise in key seafood-producing geographies like Northeast Asia, its work increasingly focuses on global partnerships and scalable approaches that drive lasting environmental and social impact across the seafood sector.

As we enter our next decade, pressing environmental and social challenges remain to be addressed. O2 is expanding its leadership in human rights, fair labor practices, and social responsibility—seeking to influence global norms, strengthen cross-sector collaboration, and support industry-led solutions that can be sustained over time.

Scope of Work

Ocean Outcomes is seeking a Senior Consultant to support its expanding global role in social responsibility, human rights, and worker-centered approaches within fisheries and seafood supply chains. Reporting to the Social Responsibility Senior Manager, the Consultant will support ongoing projects and serve as an advisor helping O2 strengthen approaches to human rights due diligence (HRDD) that center workers. The role focuses on advancing globally relevant, partnership-driven HRDD and worker engagement approaches, including risk identification, mitigation, remediation, and continuous improvement, with a focus on practical implementation at scale.

Priority Project Responsibilities: Consortium on Social Risks in Seafood

A core focus of this consultancy will be supporting a grant-funded project to strengthen and scale HRDD through O2’s partnership with the Consortium on Social Risks in Seafood, a multi-stakeholder initiative (Conservation International, Fishwise, and LRQA) dedicated to advancing responsible labor practices across global seafood supply chains.

A goal of this project is to enable the seafood industry to independently sustain human rights due diligence systems beyond philanthropic support. In collaboration with Consortium partners, O2 and the Consultant will support the following deliverables and objectives:

• Scale and strengthen HRDD tools and resources, including those supporting Social Responsibility Assessment (SRA) tool implementation and remediation processes.
• Support the development of targeted guidance, tools, and training materials to help seafood companies operationalize responsible labor practices.
• Contribute to the design of an industry-focused workshop focused on emerging human rights trends, risks, and implementation challenges in seafood supply chains.
• Support an evaluation of long-term financial sustainability of the Consortium’s HRDD tools and services.
• Help align partner organizations’ long-term strategies, governance, and value propositions to ensure the Consortium’s collective expertise, services, and business model are positioned for durable impact and financial viability.

Additional Responsibilities

In addition to the project specific responsibilities, additional responsibilities are envisioned to include: 

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to O2 staff on complex issues related to HRDD, labor rights, and worker engagement across global seafood supply chains, by sharing expertise, connections, ideas, and advice including on complex or sensitive issues.
• Provide strategic guidance on social responsibility approaches and tools for HRDD such as the SRA, Wi-Fi, and worker engagement approaches, including as a part of O2’s 2026 5-year strategic plan development process.
• Review and provide input on concept notes, proposals, reports, or external communications items where appropriate.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience advancing human rights due diligence, responsible labor practices, or social responsibility in global supply chains. 
• Experience implementing human rights impact assessments, the SRA tool, and developing and implementing action plans.
• Strong understanding of market-based or industry-led initiatives focused on human and labor rights, and/or