The Department

Responsible Business is our commitment to delivering a material positive impact by conducting our business in a socially, ethically and environmentally responsible way, operating to high market standards, being an exceptional firm with an inclusive workplace, minimising our environmental impacts and collaborating for good in our communities, within the legal profession and through the work we do with our clients. It's how we individually, and as a firm, contribute to a future that is fairer, equitable and environmentally sustainable. The Responsible Business Team is responsible for integrating sustainability and ethical practices into the firm's operations, and ensuring meaningful impact within the communities we serve.The team collaborates closely with the EDI team and with various departments to align business practices with the firm's commitment to responsible and sustainable growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

Data Management

• Capture, organise, and implement GHG related data from multiple internal and external sources within the carbon accountancy software and ESG dashboard.
• Managing internal and external relationships for data collection through the collaboration with internal stakeholder leads. Identify any opportunities for improvements and efficiency in data capturing and reporting process.

Reporting

• Collate sustainability data across the firm for various reporting requirements, including annual GHG reports, Legal Charter 1.5 reports, Net Zero Lawyers Alliance reports, SECR reports, departmental KPIs, and supplier reports.
• Keep abreast of new developments in Environmental practices, policies and regulations for reporting compliance.

Working Group Coordination

• Managing and running the admin support to organise and manage the internal Environmental Taskforce and Environmental Leads group, as well as any other future environmental related groups.
• Distributing event details to internal and external attendees as well as taking and dispersing notes.

Admin Support

• Admin support for engaging with the firm's external sustainability initiatives and their requirements (The Legal Charter 1.5, Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, Legal Sustainability Alliance,BFP Net Zero Pledge)

Partnership Management

• Admin support to organise and engage sustainability partnerships within the firm (Camden Clean Air, Dream for Trees and future partnerships).

Resource Management

• Admin support to provide and maintain resources for the Academy on the firm's sustainability commitments (employee education, training, communication, and onboarding).
• Monitoring and updating internal environmental policies under the supervision of the Sustainability Manager.

Comms

• Drafting updates on project milestones for internal distribution or external publication via the firm's website or social media channels.
• Drafting updates to the environmental Mishcon Knowledge pages / opportunities.

Accreditation Management

• Manage the working group for our ISO 14001 accreditation and any future environmental accreditations including meeting organisation and note taking, under the supervision of the Sustainability Manager.

Skills/Experience

In addition to the above candidates must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Critical reasoning with clear ability to analyse and interpret complex information.
• Experience with carbon data and GHG reporting (specifically Scope 1-3 collection and analysis), the SBTi guidance, and other environmental regulations, standards, and frameworks.
• Good data management and excel skills.
• Understanding of ISO accreditation systems.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to work to deadlines and stay calm under pressure.
• Very good written skills, able to produce good quality first drafts.
• A strategic and creative thinker capable of identifying, developing and gaining support for appropriate opportunities.
• Proactive and self-sufficient with the ability to take ownership and manage certain tasks with limited guidance.
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners/ key stakeholders.

A flexible and can-do approach, willing to provide varied support across various different departments when required.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge. Through Mishcon Future, we work to shape a better world through innovation, creating value for clients at every stage of the innovation life cycle and for society.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy , our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Brand Management , MDR Cyber , MDR Discover , MDRi , MDR Lab , MDR One , MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRx . Earlier this year, the Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal. It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions management business.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

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