Senior Diversity and Inclusion Executive

Bird & Bird LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international law firm is seeking two Senior Diversity and Inclusion Executives for a 12-month contract in London. The roles involve supporting the Head of D&I with strategic initiatives, managing communications, and collaborating with various teams to promote D&I efforts. Candidates should have strong organisational skills, HR or D&I experience, and the ability to work with international networks. Benefits include private medical cover and lifestyle perks.

Benefits

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience within HR and/or Diversity and Inclusion, preferably within a professional services environment.
• Excellent organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional and confident communication skills.
• Ability to work with international teams and networks.

Responsibilities

• Manage global or UK D&I communications plan with teams.
• Support key D&I initiatives including training and events.
• Build relationships with D&I stakeholders to ensure consistency.
• Monitor and track D&I activities and update intranet content.
• Collaborate with business development on D&I-related tasks.
• Support the global 'Wellbeing@Birds' initiative.

Skills

Excellent organisation

Stakeholder management

Professional communication

Event arrangement

International collaboration

Education

Experience in HR or Diversity and Inclusion

Job description

Job Title Senior Diversity and Inclusion Executive – 12 month fixed-term contract

Role Support Functions

Expertise Support - Human Resources

Job Location London

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for two Senior D&I Executives to join the Diversity & Inclusion team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, based in London.

The objective of these roles is to support the Head of D&I, and the wider D&I team, with the running of our D&I function. One of the available roles has a global focus, supporting the Head of D&I with the delivery of our global D&I strategy across our international offices. The other opportunity will support the London office, working closely with the UK Diversity, Inclusion and CR Manager to deliver the UK D&I and Corporate Responsibility plans.

Bird & Bird's Human Resource (HR) team's mission is to empower and support all employees to achieve their potential at the firm. We do this by encouraging and building strong relationships across all departments to cultivate a friendly, collaborative environment.

In London, the HR team comprises professionals across all areas from graduate and lateral recruitment, learning & development to teams specialising in generalist HR, our HR system, partner HR, corporate responsibility and diversity and inclusion: all working alongside our international colleagues in supporting our global offices. From your first to your last day at the firm, we will act as your supportive advisors to ensure that you can perform to the best of your ability in yourbuterol role. Collaborative and committed to creating a valuable service to the firm, we are focused on providing the best service to all Bird & Bird employees and partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with our comms teams to manage our global or UK D&I comms plan, co-ordinate contributions from our international network, and look for opportunities to raise the profile of our D&I activities.
• Supporting the delivery of key global or UK D&I initiatives such as comms campaigns, projects, training and events.
• Building strong relationships with our network of D&I contacts and stakeholders, regularly liaising with them to maintain momentum, and ensure consistency across D&I activities, initiatives, and plans.
• Monitoring, recording and tracking activities on an ongoing basis, ensuring this is fed through to regular newsletters, the intranet and other internal/external channels when necessary.
• Managing our internal D&I intranet sites (on SharePoint) – including keeping the content up to date, writing content, and building new pages.
• Collaborating with business development teams on tasks such as responding to D&I related client questions, pitch materials and preparing award submissions.
• Supporting the development of our global ‘Wellbeing@Birds’ initiative, as part of our focus on mental health and wellbeing across the firm.
• Supporting and co-ordinating our employee networks.
• Helping to pull together diversity data for reporting and analysis.
• For the UK role specifically – supporting the delivery of our fundraising and volunteering opportunities, charity relationships, and key initiatives such as our work experience programme.
• Day to day operational activities e.g. processing invoices, co-ordinating logistics for praktijk events, managing external memberships, preparing PowerPoint presentations, dealing with ad hoc enquiries, managing shared inboxes.
• Identifying risks related to diversity and inclusion, managing these risk effectively and determining when to escalate matters or queries to the Head of D&I.
• Tracking the D&I budget, ensuring invoices are accurately coded and processed.

What you'll bring

• Excellent organisation, stakeholder management and co-ordination skills.
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• Previous experience within HR and/or Diversity and Inclusion, preferably within a professional services environment.
• Professional and confident communication skills.
• Experienced at arranging internal events.
• Ability to work with international teams and networks.

What's in it for you

We provide comprehensive support for our colleagues' health and wellbeing, including private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, xmax and regular health assessments. In addition, we offer a range of lifestyle benefits designed to help our team live their best lives, such as a cycle to work scheme, access to online GP appointments, discounted gym memberships, and an electric vehicle scheme.

To apply, click on the 'apply' button to submit your details.

Bird & Bird opens up a world of possibilities for lawyers and professionals everywhere. Working for a leading international law firm like Bird & Bird means working alongside people who are truly collegiate in the way they work with everyone. We work as one global team, with over 70% of work involving people from across the firm. And thatmanent is only increasing! It’s this common purpose and shared approach that makes for a more productive and collaborative place to work.

As a disability and neurodiversity inclusive employer we want to ensure that you have a barrier‑free recruitment experience at Bird & Bird. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please provide details to your recruitment contact who will be in touch to discuss any details provided and understand more about your individual adjustment needs.