Vacancy Announcement: Associate Consultant – Business & Human Rights (Closed)

Title: Associate Consultant

Reporting to: Director of Consultant

Overview:

Background

Embode is an international consulting agency dedicated to human rights and social development. It works through its client projects across the world and in different areas with a particular specialisation in the area of exploitation and labour issues. Embode is made up of two words, ‘embody’ and ‘abode’ to symbolise ‘as above, so below’. In other words, we understand that in order to make systemic change, it is necessary to be able to actively work with and respond to systemic behaviours and processes at all levels of self, teams, organisations and sectors. Embode’s approach is to work with our clients, partners, collaborators and ourselves with confidence, consciousness and curiosity to learn. We understand that systemic dynamics are a reality and that they must be acknowledged and responded to at all levels of our lives and experience. What distinguishes us is that we work vigilantly with the conscious and unconscious patterns in our everyday interactions and projects. By doing this, we model the accountability we expect from our clients, collaborators, beneficiaries, partners and consultants.

Vision

Embode is a virtually-run agency and growing in terms of its projects and clients calling for a new way of working and developing a team. In alignment, Embode is seeking to strengthen its internal technical consultancy expertise, processes and structures, including communications, administration and management. To this end, Embode is seeking to take on a further member of the Consulting team, who would have both technical and strategic roles. The role of Associate Consultant entails being a core member of the Embode team, thereby primarily working in technical consultancy and also supporting the team as a whole across business strategy, administration, communication and coordination.

Responsibilities of the Role 

The Associate Consultant will be part of Embode’s Core Team, offering expertise to Embode to help Embode provide professional advice, guidance and actionable solutions to its clients to strengthen responsible practices in Malaysia and across different countries in Asia and other regions in the world. The Associate Consultant will report to Embode’s Director of Consulting, and will be working closely with Embode’s Consultants and technical experts. In the particular, the follow skills will be required:

Project Management and Coordination

• Contribute to the scoping and development of projects;
• Carry out, and where necessary co-lead, projects; developing, completing and updating project implementation plan(s) and timeline(s) in close coordination with project leads to implement project(s) within tolerances set by Embode and agreed with Embode’s clients;
• Support project optimisation and the preparation of project documents, processes and tools;
• Administers and tracks the progress of projects, production of required project(s) outputs, and appropriate use of resources;
• Participates in / coordinates / organises relevant meetings and project activities;
• Assist in the management of associates as part of Embode’s projects;
• Performs other related duties as required.

Technical Consultancy

• Ensures up-to-date and growing technical professional capacity in the field of human rights, social sustainability, social protection and business, particularly in countries of focus i.e. Malaysia.
• Develops and contributes to the design of research, training, capacity building and other project tools and standards.
• Conducts field work and partner engagement both in-person and online, using the professional, confidential and high level of technical standards.
• Analyses data both in terms of explicit content gathered, as well as observational data from her own understanding and experience working in the sector. 
• Synthesises and articulates findings, conclusions and insights in easy-to-understand language, reporting and communications, both for internal team collaborative work and client-facing reports. 
• Delivers high quality reporting, training, and other project outputs with succinctness, sufficient detail and effective for the audience intended. 

Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish solid and mature working relationships with Embode’s Senior Management, consultants and associates; clients, partners and other key-stakeholders.
• Engages with diverse stakeholders to support the implementation of Embode projects, support the growth of the organisation, and develop and maintain stakeholder relationships;
• Facilitates learning and information sharing across the various Embode projects;

Organisation

• Supports the design and execution of Embode’s organisational strategy; 
• Collects and analyses data on industry, (potential) clients, competitors and the commercial and legal landscape. Provides insights and recommendations to support decision-making, identifies market trends and improves competitiveness

Communications & Innovation: 

• Contributing to strategic external communications and marketing of Embode’s profile and services. This may include managing information on the website, and social media feeds for the purposes of business development and strategic influence in the areas of human rights.
• Participate in, and encourage, routine and effective capacity building activities are conducted in order to build project team members’ capacity. 

Application Process:

Please submit your CV and cover letter by November 16, 2025 to applications@embode.co to apply.