Job Description | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator

Department: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Location: London or Manchester (hybrid role - minimum two days a week in the office)

The Role

The HR team in the UK consists of over 100 people. We have specialist teams in Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment and Management, Learning and Development, Systems and MI and Reward. The HR Operations team are based in offices across the UK, working as one team to deliver a business partnering service to our fee earning and business services teams.

The purpose of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator role is to provide administrative support to the team, working collaboratively across a range of stakeholders to advance our strategic priorities.

You'll be based in either London or Manchester.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on administrative tasks such as managing mailboxes, processing invoices, and taking meeting minutes.
• Support the delivery of our LIFT career insight programmes designed to provide fair access to experience in the corporate sector.
• Assist in the design and delivery of key learning programmes, liaising closely with the Senior DEI Advisor (Global Programmes).
• Support the delivery of a Clyde & Co Sponsorship Programme aimed at increasing diversity across the firm.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Excellent project management skills with the ability to track progress against identified objectives.
• Able to build relationships with a range of key stakeholders across the firm, including managers and partners.
• Proactiveness and initiative and the ability to continually seek out ways to improve processes and procedures and share ideas.
• Confident in working with IT systems such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Previous experience of working in diversity, equity and inclusion is not essential, but an interest in the field will be required.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organisations successfully navigate risk and maximise opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources. Globally integrated, we offer a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness

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