Careers

Make a Real Impact

Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing, local government, and health and social care, we are specialists in the construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services sectors.

Supported by our valued business services professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teams provide almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate, property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.

As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the communities that we're part of.

Consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2023/24 financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for an eleventh consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue investing in our people.

Looking to the future, we're targeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for the best people to be part of it.

Join a team of experts and progressive thinkers

The role

As we continue on our significant growth journey, it is crucial that being a Responsible Business remains a core part of Bevan Brittan's identity - running through our culture, embodied by our actions, and ultimately driving our success.

We are therefore seeking a Head of Responsible Business to join us in a brand new role, reporting to our Board Lead for Responsible Business, Judith Hopper (Partner).

In this national role, the successful candidate will lead and support all activity across the four strands of our Responsible Business strategy ensuring it is aligned to the firm's strategy in a commercially focused way:

• Community Engagement
• Environmental Sustainability
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I)
• Wellbeing

You will be instrumental in delivering and enhancing our overall strategy in collaboration with the Board, utilising your expertise to seek opportunities to develop and grow the four strands, in line with best practice.

Key responsibilities

• Work in partnership with the Responsible Business Board Lead to develop and deliver our Responsible Business strategy, in collaboration with the wider Board
• Drive our Responsible Business agenda, ensuring it is aligned to the firm's strategy and strategic objectives - and seek opportunities to embed this throughout the firm
• Oversee all four strands of activity (Community Engagement, Environmental Sustainability, ED&I, Wellbeing) across each office, working with strand leads to review plans, set objectives and coordinate activities
• Line manage and coach team members, including our new Environmental Sustainability Manager
• Offer both leadership and operational support to steering groups / committees / networks across the four strands and guidance to Business Support Directors on relevant queries or initiatives
• Work with the Bids team (within our Business Development & Marketing department) to ensure Responsible Business is represented effectively across tender responses, bids and award submissions
• Collate, analyse and report data across a range of metrics to inform decision-making and make recommendations, tracking progress against key deliverables
• Stay up-to-date with market trends and industry standards to drive best practice, positioning yourself as our technical expert on Responsible Business
• Represent the firm at both internal and external events, including delivering presentations and facilitating events
• Influencing and where appropriate, coaching key stakeholders
• Identifying and assessing reputational risks associated with certain activities or association with specific organisations
• Budget management

What we are looking for from you

The successful applicant will possess the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience developing and delivering Responsible Business strategies, ideally within a legal or professional services environment
• In-depth understanding of Responsible Business best practice, including relevant legislation
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to communicate clearly, concisely and credibly
• Comfortable presenting to the Board / other groups and leading committee meetings
• Proficient in data analysis; able to translate data outputs and recommendations for multiple audiences (including the Board)
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Knowledge of ISO standards and other relevant regulatory requirements
• Commercially aware; uses an evidence-based approach
• Excellent influencing and relationship-building skills at all levels
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Proactive and flexible approach

Work with approachable people

When we ask colleagues what makes Bevan Brittan a great place to work, the most popular thing they say is "the people". The overwhelming consensus is that we make time for each other. We welcome questions and support each other. Naturally, we look for new colleagues who align with our values.

Supported to be your best

Hybrid working

We operate a hybrid working model based on the needs of our clients, teams and people. Our core business hours are 9am - 5:15pm Monday to Friday, but we're open to our people working more flexibly around those times and welcome a conversation with you if you have any questions about this. We try to offer you the flexibility to work your week in a way that suits you.

Learning, Development & Progression

We're committed to supporting your professional and personal development needs.This means that we offer a range of tailored training courses and you will have lots of opportunity to learn from those around you. We actively encourage progression and this is reflected in our annual review and promotion processes. You will be supported by your line manager to achieve your full potential.

Wellbeing

As a Bevan Brittan employee, you'll have access to a variety of services that support your wellbeing. We've pledged our commitment to The Mindful Business Charter and lots of our people contribute to our Wellbeing Responsible Business strand, which organises an annual calendar of wellbeing events and initiatives.

Benefits

• A minimum of 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Generous pension scheme
• Private medical insurance through Vitality
• Biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health
• Life assurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Embracing our differences and valuing inclusion

Our shared aim is that everyone is welcome and can feel comfortable being themselves at Bevan Brittan. To support this, we actively value and promote equality, diversity and inclusion in everything that we do. You'll be empowered and supported through our employee led networks, diverse colleagues, and a broad range of firmwide initiatives.

Recognising the unique contributions that a diverse workforce can bring to our business, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or have any questions, please get in touch with our recruitment team by emailing recruitment@bevanbrittan.com

Acting responsibly, now and for the future

To us, being a responsible business is second nature; a core part of Bevan Brittan's identity. Our colleagues are heavily involved in shaping and delivering activity across the four pillars of our Responsible Business strategy: Community Engagement; Environmental Sustainability; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; and Wellbeing.

Our people deliver pro bono legal work for charities and not-for-profit organisations. We play an active role in our local communities and donated £100,000 across our four regional office charities last year. We are also proudly carbon neutral. We've achieved the UN's Climate Neutral Now accreditation and our environmental sustainability plan focuses on achieving our net zero carbon target by 2040.

Collectively, the four pillars ensure we look after our colleagues' wellbeing; offer an environment in which everyone can progress on merit, give something back to the communities in which we work; and protect the environment.