Responsible Business Executive - London, United Kingdom - DAC Beachcroft

DAC Beachcroft

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Job Introduction

The Responsible Business (RB) Executive assists in the delivery of the firmwide Responsible Business strategy, supporting the Responsible Business Manager.

This role helps develop and deliver our RB strategy on volunteering for national programmes, and support for local schools, charities and community initiatives, and supports the development of our wider Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy.

Main Responsibilities

As a Responsible Business (RB) Executive, your key responsibilities will include identifying new charity partnerships, recruiting volunteers, and managing volunteering programmes.

You will give presentations in order to update colleagues on RB activities and recruit volunteers for new programmes. You will organise internal and external RB events, liaising with Events and Marketing teams as appropriate. You will be responsible for our annual, network-wide Summer Holiday and Christmas volunteering campaigns.

You will manage the volunteering platform we use to run our programmes, and capture and report on data for impact measurement, and also provide administrative support to the RB team.

You will be target-driven and ambitious to develop and grow our RB programme, working to meet and exceed KPIs.

With some proven experience in this field, this is a special opportunity to work with highly-experienced RB professionals, for career development and progression in this field.

This role is based in our London office - hybrid role, office-based minimum 3 days per week. Travel to our Bristol office once a week will be required.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Employee volunteering

Responsibility for researching, developing and running volunteering programmes in London and Bristol.
Support RB Manager on new programme research for other Locations, and coordination of national programmes as appropriate.
Manage online volunteering platform to:
capture volunteering data;

- draw off reports for impact assessment (measure progress on targets, identify areas for attention);
- communicate with volunteers (thank volunteers, run surveys, coordinate activities).

Lead national Summer and Christmas volunteering campaigns.
Capture monthly Pro Bono data reporting for Head of Responsible Business (RB).
Responsibility for providing administrative support to the RB team to help deliver our strategy across national programmes and pro bono projects, on core administrative tasks including logging new pro bono clients, travel and room bookings, processing payments, processing expenses, etc.

Events & meetings

Organise RB special events (e.g. firmwide Town Hall, Pro Bono Week lunch & learn).
Support as necessary on client events on RB/ESG hosted at our offices.
Some proven experience in the area of Responsible Business (RB) would be ideal this is a special opportunity for someone looking to develop experience and responsibility for a growing career in RB.
A high level of written and spoken English together with creative flair and the ability to compile persuasive and attractive communication pieces.
Ability to compile and present Impact data reports.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Good IT skills including experience of using PowerPoint, Excel and familiarity with volunteer management platforms such as Thrive.
Selfstarter with project management skills and the ability to work on own initiative and progress tasks with minimum supervision.
Good research skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills able to network, influence and build relationships at all levels.
Wellorganised and able to work under pressure, progressing multiple projects simultaneously and managing conflicting demands.
Tenacity and determination to make projects succeed, to meet and exceed targets.

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with around 3000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities.

We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami.

We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies.

We act for all of the UK's top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the 'Leadi