Overview

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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. This is a hybrid role.

About Us

CMS is a Future Facing firm with more than 80 offices in over 45 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide. 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 and embrace their possibilities 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. Our Social Impact programme aims 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, supporting the Head of ESG, Senior Responsible Business managers and the wider team on a broad range of ESG activities, engaging with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a passion for social impact and sustainability, be a self-starter, an excellent communicator, and able to balance a busy workload. You will gain involvement in a variety of work including:

• Managing a variety of employee volunteering programmes across the business, including engagement, recruitment, event setup, delivery and evaluation to ensure maximum impact.
• Working with key stakeholders, including clients, to 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 across stakeholders and channels.
• Building engagement and embedding social impact and sustainability across the business, locally and globally.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders and preparing reports and presentations for internal and external submission/distribution.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with community partners, organisations and networks.
• Managing administrative tasks such as processing invoices, budgeting, data capture and reporting.
• Working with colleagues to drive innovation and continuous improvement across the function.

About You / Qualifications

We will invest in your ongoing training and development. To be considered for this role, you should meet the following skills and experience:

• 2/3+ years of experience in a similar role or in event management, employee engagement, or communications.
• Energetic, resilient, proactive with a can-do attitude, strong organisational and project management skills, attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written, spoken and presentational, with experience delivering high levels of client service.
• Strong project management experience with the ability to manage multiple deliverables within tight timeframes.
• Ability to build strong internal and external relationships and excellent influencing and networking skills.
• Confident, proactive, and able to manage workload using initiative.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a benefits system designed to offer choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. Benefits include:

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

For more information regarding our benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Equal opportunities

CMS places diversity and inclusion at the centre of our culture. We commit to actively breaking down barriers and promoting equality of opportunity throughout recruitment and employment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage flexible working. If you require assistance or adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at TalentAcquisition@cms-cmno.com.

Ready to apply? Here are the next steps

Please apply online via the CMS careers site. If you have questions, contact our Talent Acquisition team. We have a preferred agency panel in place; only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.