Responsible Business Adviser

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We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you The Deal between the firm and its employees.

• A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
• Life assurance private health and dental care for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including gym discount and retail vouchers
• Tech cycle and electric car schemes
• We support the causes you care about by giving you one day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work.
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical emotional financial and social aspects.
• Most of our roles are hybrid meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.
• We are an equal opportunity organisation committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age sex race disability sexual orientation culture or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.

The Responsible Business Adviser supports the firms responsible business strategy across inclusion diversity social impact sustainability and wellbeing. The role contributes to delivering programmes that strengthen our culture engage our people and enhance the firms reputation with clients and the community. The post holder provides coordination analysis stakeholder support and project delivery across key Responsible Business workstreams. While the role will report directly to the Diversity and Inclusion and Social Impact Manager for day-to-day line management the post holder will have the opportunity to work with managers across all workstreams.

This role will support the delivery of the Responsible Business Strategy and Action Plan with a particular focus on communications and engagement reporting and managing partnerships and programmes across our sustainability social impact and inclusion work.

• Responsible Business communications - Support the development of podcasts videos and written stories that bring our Responsible Business work to life. Draft internal and external communications including updating our Responsible Business website pages.
• Reporting - Lead on client pitch and reporting requests working with managers across the team to produce responses and pitch content. Manage the development of the firms annual Responsible Business report. Support on preparation coordination and delivery of sustainability and diversity reporting and disclosure requirements.
• Plan and organise Responsible Business events - Coordinate in-person activities webinars awareness campaigns and training workshops that drive strong engagement and impact.
• Manage memberships and social impact partnerships Day-to-day management of social impact partnerships including engaging and managing volunteers facilitating programmes such as student mentoring work experience and reading programmes with our partner schools and coordinate all fundraising and volunteering for our Charity of the Year partnership.
• Coordination of Committee meetings planning scheduling and minute taking for committees including the firms Charity Committee who oversee pro bono social impact and all charitable donations.
• Budget monitoring and administration support the team to manage budgets including ensuring all payments are processed accurately and efficiently.

The following skills are essential for performing the role:

• A passion for responsible business and an ability to articulate your personal why explaining what motivates you to work in this area. Technical expertise is not essential at this stage; well support your learning.
• Excellent organisation with the ability to manage multiple competing demands and working with a range of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Research and analytical skills including the ability to analyse and interpret data.
• Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management.
• Good end-to-end project management and coordination skills.
• Embraces a variety of digital tools and technologies to drive team efficiency
• Demonstrates discretion timely escalation of issues and the confidence to challenge processes that may benefit from improvement.
• Experience of running events and engagement programmes is not required but would be beneficial.
• Takes accountability for own work comfortable working independently and in cross-functional teams.

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time in line with the firms strategy and business needs.

Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm and were committed to creating positive partnerships with our clients. We represent listed and private companies institutions and individuals building lasting relationships to help them succeed in a complex and ever-changing world.

Our focus is on five core sectors: Energy Transition Life Sciences and Healthcare Private Capital and Funds Technology and Transportation and Trade.

With more than 1500 people including 220 partners across ten offices in Europe the Middle East and Asia we combine deep legal capabilities and broad commercial expertise. We have also forged close ties with high quality law firms around the world blending local knowledge with global savvy for clients in over 100 countries.

We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.

220 PARTNERS
10 OFFICES
45 LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY OUR PEOPLE

Offices in Al Khobar Athens Dubai Hong Kong London Paris Riyadh Seoul Shanghai Singapore and associated office in Guangzhou

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