Overview

Responsible Business & DEI Executive – Location: Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester. 12 month FTC.

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work, in an open and supportive environment that delivers outstanding results.

Our people are our success, and we work as one team. This role supports the Responsible Business Manager in delivering the firm-wide ESG strategy, with a particular focus on the Community pillar. Central to this is advancing the Firm’s aspiration to Inspire Young Lives – creating opportunities for young people through meaningful outreach, partnerships, and engagement.

Our standard working hours are 9:30am-5:30pm; flexible working requests will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the firm’s global network of charities and education partners as part of Community Investment & Charity Partnerships.
• Support local Community Investment Action Groups across offices and manage the firm’s donations process, ensuring timely and compliant payments.
• Develop and maintain relationships with educational institutions and expand access and opportunity through Schools Outreach & Youth Engagement; lead and support outreach initiatives aligned with Inspire Young Lives.
• Represent the firm at external meetings, conferences, and events; collaborate with the Business Development and Communications teams to showcase impact.
• Support planning and delivery of DEI activities, campaigns and events; attend and run inclusion groups (ERGs) and assist with planning, promotion and delivery of events across offices.
• Assist with planning and delivery of Responsible Business and Community Investment events; coordinate logistics and communications with partners and managers.

Candidate Overview / Qualifications

• Previous experience of working with charities, community partners and education providers.

Additional Details

• Location: Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester; 12 month FTC.
• Typical hours: 9:30am–5:30pm with openness to flexible working requests.
• Industry: Legal Services and Law Practice; Job function: Business Development and Sales.

What happens next?

Once your application is submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email. We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy, typically virtual first stage and an in-person second stage at the office where the role is based. We strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, signatory of the Race at Work Charter, and partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. If you would like to interview, we aim to make it comfortable and allow you to demonstrate your experience and talents. We are willing to consider flexible working requests.