Sustainability Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Linklaters

Linklaters
Linklaters
Verified Company
London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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About Linklaters
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment:

people who love working collaboratively anddemonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity.

We celebrate all aspects of diversityand challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong.

This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all.

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.


Purpose

What we are looking for

  • Experience of working across multiple parts of the wider sustainability agenda and specific knowledge of key sustainabilityrelated benchmarks, indices or frameworks
  • Experience of working in a corporate setting, notably in understanding the need for factual and persuasive argument
  • Effective written and verbal communication, especially in creating reports/papers and presentations
  • Evidence of using own initiative to drive work, explore new paths, test new ideas and loop in new people
  • An ambition and appetite to grow a career in sustainability

Expectations of the role

  • Conduct horizon scanning and collaborate with the wider sustainability team to identify key sustainability issues impacting the firm and its clients (from a sectorneutral perspective)
  • Work closely with strategy teams to embed sustainability priorities and initiatives within the firm's refreshed strategy and
  • Produce project plans for sustainability workstreams and initiatives
  • Contribute to pitches and bespoke client requests relating to the firm's sustainability initiatives and deliver added value through nonlegal sustainability knowhow and experience
  • Work with the ESG and Practice Innovation Teams to test and prototype new sustainability product and service development processes
  • Support the firm's sustainability disclosure and reporting efforts (TCFD, UNGC, CDP etc)
  • Routinely update internal and external sustainability communication materials
  • Support other strands of the sustainability agenda as required, for example community investment and recruitment initiatives such as youth summits and workshops

Experience required

  • Direct engagement in two or more aspects of the wider sustainability agenda such as human rights, diversity & inclusion, health & wellbeing, climate change, social impact, risk management
  • Direct experience of submitting key data and narrative whether for index returns, questionnaires or simply in response to client or other external requests
  • Evidence of effective operation within a corporate setting, especially focused upon influencing skills, networking and involvement in governance
  • Excellent communication skills to include paper/report writing, preparation of slide decks and drafting of internal news. Experience of presenting to internal audiences (essential) and external (preferable) is also important.

The Team

  • The central small team includes two roles focusing on sustainability (including this post) as well as four working on community investment and four on pro bono (collectively 'Social Impact'). Though often seen as the 'friendly face' of the firm, theseroles are increasingly influential and performance expectations are therefore high. The team enjoys good access to senior people and with this comes responsibility for effective communication and swift turnarounds. With one foot inside and one foot outsidethe firm, it is privileged opportunity to see our business 'in the round' and to network with colleagues across the firm and counterparts across our client base. You will love it_

Benefits
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success


These include:

Health
Private Medical Insurance

Free in-house fitness centre and subsidized health club membership

On site GP service


Wealth
Contributory pension

Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave

Income protection


Lifestyle
Additional holiday/birthday leave

Matched giving

Travel insurance and season ticket loan

Option to join social and sporting clubs, including football, netball, choir and cycling


Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy
**Applications are only accepted online via the portal.
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