Responsible Business Manager (12m FTC)

Role overview

Working as part of the Responsible Business Team, which sits within the Risk and Compliance team, this role is primarily responsible for managing our DEIB, Charity and Pro Bono programmes. This role will report into the Senior Responsible Business Manager and will have support from the team's Responsible Business Senior Executive. The role requires collaboration with all parts of the business - Legal and Business Services, UK, and global offices, and involves working with senior stakeholders firmwide.

Key responsibilities are likely to include:

Management and Delivery of DEIB Strategy

• Support the delivery of the firm's DEIB strategy across its global offices, in line with the firm's strategy.
• Manage implementation and ongoing delivery of the firm's DEIB Action Plans, including the Race and Ethnicity Diversity Plan and Gender Balance Plan.
• Support the integration of DEIB principles across learning and development, recruitment, people processes and policies.

Reporting & Progress Tracking

• Coordinate reporting and monitor progress against key DEIB metrics.
• Prepare internal and external reporting as required.
• Prepare the Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Report, and Annual Demographics report.

Third-Party Relationships and Benchmarking

• Manage the firm's commitments to external charters and pledges, including annual reviews.
• Coordinate external benchmarking submissions, including the Stonewall Proud Employers Accreditation, Business Disability Forum and UK Social Mobility Index and support annual Chambers and EcoVadis submissions.
• Maintain relationships with DEIB and Wellbeing Partners.

Community Management

• Coordinate the firm's DEIB communities, ensuring an intersectional approach and alignment with the wider Responsible Business strategy.
• Plan and deliver community events, for example; Pride Month quiz and Mental Health Awareness Week activities.
• Manage social mobility partnerships, including school mentoring programmes and insight days.

Communications and Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinate and maintain the annual Responsible Business/DEIB events calendar and coordinate firm-wide communications with Events and Communications teams.
• Support and encourage senior stakeholder engagement.
• Provide DEIB input for pitches, RFPs and client requests as required.
• Represent the firm externally at relevant legal roundtables, client engagements and other events as required.
• Coordinate the firm's Annual Responsible Business Report.

Charity and Pro Bono

• Manage our firm charity partnerships, including the firm voted Global Charity Partner.
• Coordinate charitable giving, other charity partnerships and our matched giving programme.
• Support the Pro Bono Committee in the delivery of our pro bono programmes in line with the agreed strategy.

Other Responsibilities

• Work closely with the People & Talent Development Team to support projects under the firm's people strategy and the wider Wellbeing programme.
• Coordinate and deliver DEIB events for summer schemes, open days, trainees and leadership audiences.
• Manage DEIB, charity and pro bono budgets, including community funding request.
• Coordinate DEIB activity across the global offices, supporting consistent delivery across the firm.
• Work with Early Talent on Assessment Days, the coordination of the 10,000 Black Interns programme and events when required.
• Deliver monthly Responsible Business spotlight sessions, and wider firm induction sessions where required.
• Co-deliver relevant DEIB training sessions with the L&D team.
• Work with the Reward & Wellbeing manager to support on the delivery and reporting of our health and wellbeing benefits.
• Coordinate our Modern Slavery Steering Group activity, including managing our charity-related initiatives and supporting on the Modern Slavery Statement.
• Support the coordination of the firm's environmental strategy when required.

Knowledge, skills and experience ·

• 4+ years of demonstrable experience of working in a similar role within a professional services environment, managing multiple projects, balancing competing priorities and working to deadlines.·
• A deep understanding of, and genuine interest in, Responsible Business and its role in creating positive social and environmental impact, including the challenges and opportunities within a legal environment.
• A proven ability to build effective relationships, engage and influence a diverse range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, partners and colleagues across different business functions.
• Experience of developing, owning and delivering DEIB initiatives, programmes or projects, with an understanding of how these contribute to wider firm objectives.
• Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to foster collaboration and engagement across the firm.
• Experience managing employee communities and fostering collaboration and engagement across an organisation.
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and quickly develop an understanding of new areas of work.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to produce high-quality written materials, reports, presentations and communications.

About us

RPC is where you'll thrive. You'll join a team that leads by working together, where diverse perspectives are valued, curiosity is encouraged, and everyone pulls in the same direction to deliver commercially minded work that makes a real difference for our clients. It's this collaborative approach that's building RPC to become the destination firm in our chosen markets.

We work with the biggest names in retail, insurance, technology, media and the professional and financial services worlds. Our international reach means we support clients wherever their business takes them. It's this focus that provides the platform for deep experience with the clients and matters that define our sectors.

As a lawyer or business services professional, you'll be a part of a firm that inspires belonging - where people are involved, valued and trusted to do their best work. Flexibility and trust sit at the heart of how we work.

And we're not standing still. Across every one of our offices, we're deepening our international reach and investing in where we're headed. RPC is a firm with momentum, and there's real opportunity to help shape it.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

We are problem solvers. Whether in front of clients or behind the scenes. To solve problems creatively for clients, we need diverse collaborative thinking; drawing on different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. That means that everyone who either applies to, or works for, the firm is treated equitably. We believe in removing barriers to equal access not least because our people define us and define what we do. If you need support and adjustments to do your best work, whether that's during the recruitment process or throughout your time at RPC, we're here to help.

Flexible working that supports your commitments outside of work is an important part of our culture and, where possible, we will support this across all roles. Please get in touch with our recruitment team if you have any questions about our hybrid working approach or flexible working policy.

Recruitment policy

RPC manages all vacancies via our recruitment team. When external support is needed, roles are released to select agencies subject to RPC standard terms and conditions.

Speculative or unsolicited CVs or profiles sent to any RPC employee or partner will not be accepted as an introduction, and no fee will be payable. For full details of our Agency Policy, please go to our website.