Responsible Business Manager (12-month FTC) in London

The Responsible Business department is a collaborative, dynamic team leading on sustainability and responsible business at the firm. The team helps lead the delivery of the firm’s responsible business strategy, which spans our role as an employer, our client relationships, governance and supply chain and our role in society. We are looking for a self-starter, with a growth mindset that is motivated to deliver to the highest standards in everything that they do.

You will work closely with the Sustainable Business Director and the wider Responsible Business team, as well as partners who act as sponsors to strategic projects. Your role will focus on reporting, risk management, and sustainable procurement including working across all Business Services functions as you advise and support them to implement changes and initiatives that support the firm’s responsible business commitments. You will have line management of the Responsible Business Adviser, working closely on sustainability reporting and communications.

The key responsibilities of this role are set out below and there may be others which are not listed. You may be required on occasion to work outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm.

• Support the Sustainable Business Director to drive forward the implementation of the responsible business strategy, identifying evolving priorities and translating them into actionable programs, pilots, or internal system improvements.
• Build effective working relationships with internal key stakeholders for cross functional co-ordination, to collaborate and embed sustainability principles across the business with credibility and momentum.
• Support the management and work of the Responsible Business Committee.
• Maintain an overview of all ongoing projects and partnerships, ensuring that they are being delivered to time and budget.
• Be seen as a credible expert who can constructively advise on sustainability and responsible business matters.
• Lead the production of the annual Sustainability report, working closely with the marketing team and key stakeholders from across the firm.
• Lead accurate and timely responses to client reporting requests & pitches, including supporting the Pitch team and wider business development function team.
• Consolidate and embed KPIs to measure and track progress on sustainability and responsible business across the business.
• Continue to embed sustainability considerations into the procurement and supplier management model, for example, modern slavery.
• Assess the ESG risk profile and mitigation controls.
• Build employee skills and know how about how to integrate responsible business into their roles.
• Ongoing development of an AI ethics strategy.
• Support the planning and delivery cycle for the Responsible Business team.

Candidates for this position must have:

• At least 3-4 years’ experience at the manager level of responsible business in a professional services context.
• Excellent organisational skills, consistently delivering results on time through effective planning and project management.
• The ability to juggle multiple tasks and projects and competing demands.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written, spoken and presentational.
• The ability to write persuasively in clear, succinct language.
• Exceptional attention to detail, minimising errors and consistently producing high quality work.
• Strong IT skills and confident with MS Office (at least intermediate standard in Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Strong analytical skills and experience of using data to evidence impact.
• Reliable under pressure.
• A confident, proactive attitude, prepared to take a hands-on approach and use their own initiative.
• The ability to deal confidently with Partners and senior members of the firm.
• The ability to be flexible and willing to take on new challenges.
• The willingness to contribute to an inclusive and co-operative working environment.
• A high level of professionalism and integrity, displaying the highest standard of professional ethics.
• Awareness of the principles of confidentiality in the context of dealing with sensitive information.

We welcome applications irrespective of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, belief or marital status.