We are recruiting for a Responsible Business Advisor to support with the execution of the firm's pro bono, community investment, fundraising partnerships activities and engagement on internal sustainability efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.
Reporting to: Diversity, Inclusion & Responsible Business Manager – APAC
Key Accountabilities:
- Support with sourcing and coordination of pro bono matters for APAC, including identifying and developing new partnership opportunities in all jurisdictions
- Where relevant, supporting with regional pro bono research tasks and coordination;
- Supporting conflicts checks and related due-diligence activities
- Support with reporting and data analytics/insights for regional champions and leadership updates helping to drive up-take
- Helping to draft Responsible Business and Sustainability – related submissions, and communications
- Liaising with external networks and contacts to avail of firm profile-raising opportunities
- Working with global HL BaSE team to help oversee our social impact offering across the APAC region
- Working with global teams to respond to client requests and RFPs concerning Sustainability and Responsible Business
- Driving the APAC region’s Sustainability strategy from a People Engagement perspective and working with regional stakeholders to implement and make progress towards our firm’s sustainability commitments and ESG aspirations
- Supporting with event and activity coordination
Skills and Experience:
- A postgraduate or undergraduate degree in law essential
- Working experience in a professional services or corporate environment.
- High level of organizational and project management skills. An organised and thorough approach to work with excellent attention to detail and follow through.
- Ability to translate global principles and initiatives into the APAC context.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks to deadlines.
- Demonstrated research skills and experience with data collection and analysis.
- Ability to navigate multiple stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to work across teams and cultures both in-person, in hybrid format and virtually.
- Working efficiency in MS Office such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Knowledge of, or a passion for ESG matters and helping to translate these in a corporate environment.
