Responsible Business Executive

We have an excellent opportunity to join our award winning ESG team. We are looking to recruit a proactive ESG executive to help deliver and support our international ESG programme. This role is focused on our social impact and sustainability engagement programmes.  We offer hybrid working for this role. 
 

About us

CMS is a Future Facing firm with more than 80 offices in over 45 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide. We combine deep local market understanding with a global perspective. We are passionate about building strong relationships with our clients, our people, and the communities we work in.

We take a bold, dynamic, and agile approach to ensure our clients are able to face the future with confidence. We are driven by emerging technologies such as generative AI and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of working.  Our aim is to inspire, impact and support our clients and our people, helping them to maximize their potential and thrive.

About the role

 Responsible Business lies at the heart of CMS and our purpose is to inspire, impact and support our clients, people, industry sectors and communities and to deliver excellence. Our ambition is for the firm to be a leader in social purpose. The aim of our Social Impact programme is to ensure that together and individually, we are able to make a positive difference in the communities we live and work in, both locally and globally.

You will be a key member of the ESG team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for social impact and sustainability, be a self-starter, excellent communicator and able to balance a busy workload.

You will be supporting the Head of ESG, Senior Responsible Business managers and wider team and working on a broad range of the firm’s ESG activities, engaging with both internal and external stakeholders. 

In this role, you can expect to get involved in a variety of work including:
•    Managing a variety of different employee volunteering programmes across the business including employee engagement, volunteer recruitment, event set up, event delivery and evaluation to ensure maximum impact. 
•    Working in collaboration with key stakeholders, including clients both internally and externally, to help deliver social impact and sustainability projects
•    Managing aspects of the firm’s charitable giving programmes including fundraising initiatives and awareness campaigns.
•    Communicating our social impact and sustainability strategy and progress effectively across all our different stakeholders and channels.
•    Building engagement and embedding social impact and sustainability across the business, both locally and globally.
•    Liaising with and managing internal and external stakeholder relationships and preparing reports and presentations for internal and external submission/distribution.
•    Developing and maintaining relationships internally and externally including with community partners, organisations and networks.
•    Managing administrative tasks such as the processing of invoices, budget managing, data capture and reporting.
•    Working with colleagues to drive innovation and continuous improvement across the function.  

About you

We will invest in your ongoing training and development to support your professional goals and help you to thrive in your role from day one. Our opportunities are open to all suitably qualified applicants, so to be considered for this role, you must meet the following skills and experience:

We're looking for you to have 2/3 years+ experience within a similar role or in a role in event management, employee engagement or communications. To be successful in this role you'll need:

•    To be an energetic resilient individual, who has a proactive ‘can do’ attitude, strong organisational and project management skills, attention to detail and accuracy.
•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written, spoken and presentational with a demonstrated experience of delivering excellent levels of client service.
•    Strong project management experience with proven ability to manage multiple deliverables within a tight timeframe.
•    Ability to build strong business relationships with internal and external clients and excellent influencing and networking skills.
•    A confident, proactive individual prepared to take a hands-on approach to managing their workload using their own initiative  

What’s in it for you?

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

•    Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
•    Flexible, hybrid working policy
•    Generous bonus scheme
•    Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
•    Holiday exchange scheme
•    Private medical insurance
•    Enhanced parental leave

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Equal opportunities

At CMS, we place diversity and inclusion at the centre of our culture and the heart of our organisation. As a firm we recognise, celebrate, and embrace the diverse talent our society has to offer because we know that to solve big problems, we need the best and brightest minds available to us.  In support of this goal, we commit to actively breaking down barriers which stand in the way of those from diverse backgrounds and play our part in levelling the playing field. 
 
As a Future Facing Firm, we strongly believe that a career in law should be open to people from all walks of life, because not only does diversity of thought and experience make our firm a stronger and more sustainable business, but it also makes it a more rewarding place to work.
 
When recruiting, we prioritise attracting talented people and we actively promote a flexible working environment which enables all our team members to thrive. If you see a role you are interested in, but don’t feel you meet 100% of the criteria we encourage you to still consider making an application. We also welcome applications from those who may be looking to return to the workforce after a career break. 
 
We are proud to say our leadership in creating an inclusive working culture has been celebrated and recognised externally, including being listed for a number of years in the Times Top 50 Employers for Women and the Social Mobility Index.
 
We are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, and we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, whether visible or invisible. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process and in every element of the employee life cycle. If you require assistance, or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements or adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team at TalentAcquisition@cms-cmno.com who will be happy to support you.

Ready to apply? Here are the next steps.

We look forward to receiving your application online via the CMS careers site. Please contact our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. 
 

Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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