Responsible Business Apprentice

Responsibilities

Administration Support

• Practical administrative and planning support for responsible business initiatives, meetings and events. This could include sending diary invites, booking rooms, coordinating sign-ups, sharing information with attendees and participants, communicating with external organisations to make arrangements and taking notes at meetings.
• Supporting ad hoc responsible business requests and acting as the first point of contact for enquiries through the RB team inbox.
• Supporting data collection and data management (e.g. data about engagement in our programmes).
• Collating budget and expenditure information and processing invoices for payment.
• Coordinating responsible business inductions for new joiners, trainees and apprentices.

Communications

• Drafting internal and external responsible business communications, which could include: awareness raising and event-related information about our RB areas; social media posts and articles; intranet and website content; or RB reports.

Community Impact

• Supporting the delivery of our volunteering programme, which could include researching relevant volunteering opportunities, acting as the main point of contact with charities, coordinating diary invites, drafting internal and external communications and tracking participation.
• Supporting our firm charity partnership, which could include coordinating fundraising activities, volunteering opportunities, donations and office collections, as well as drafting communications.
• Supporting our pro bono programme (where our lawyers provide legal advice for free to those who need it), which could include drafting communications or liaising with our partner organisations.

Diversity and Inclusion

• Supporting our seven D&I employee support networks (Faith, Gender Equality, Pride (LGBTQ+), EnABLE (disability), Race, Social Mobility, and Working Parents and Carers), including helping to coordinate meetings, initiatives and events.
• Supporting the delivery of the firm’s social mobility work experience programmes, including liaising with charity partners, schools and students, recruiting internal volunteers to deliver sessions, coordinating logistics such as room bookings and catering and preparing presentation materials.
• Providing administrative support for our wider diversity and inclusion projects, for example tracking engagement with training and sending reminders.

Continuous Improvement and Team Support 

• Supporting other responsible business areas (including environmental sustainability), where we are launching new initiatives or projects. This could include doing research, contacting external organisations, writing up information and proposals and setting up the practicalities for new projects.
• Supporting data collection to show the impact of our programmes.
• Support with award, accreditation and index submissions by compiling information.
• Identifying opportunities to improve administrative processes and ways of working.
• Keeping up to date with industry trends and responsible business best practice.

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner - Level 4 

The LDN Sustainability Professional programme equips professionals with the skills, knowledge and behaviours to lead impactful sustainability initiatives and drive change within their organisations.

Designed by industry experts and award-winning consultancy MH&A, the apprenticeship features a state-of-the-art curriculum designed to support apprentices in becoming sustainability change makers.

Developed in collaboration with the The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) – formerly known as IEMA, the programme embeds key technical knowledge and explores how organisations can mitigate risk and capture sustainability-related opportunities, such as those linked to climate change.

Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll be invited to monthly 3-hour live sessions hosted online in addition to working on your course content via our online learning platform.

To meet the off-the-job requirements for your apprenticeship, you'll also spend a minimum of 6 hours a week within the workplace developing your CR&S knowledge, skills, and behaviours listed within your bespoke LDN Training Plan.

Full-time employment could be offered to the right candidate.

• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel 
• A minimum of 5 GCSEs, including maths

Forsters is a Mayfair-based law firm which delivers exceptional legal results to its clients who are principally from the real estate and private wealth sectors. They believe their engaged and friendly manner, combined with the delivery of concise, clear and commercially led advice, helps to build long-lasting relationships with their clients.

Forsters, located in one of the most beautiful and thriving parts of London, was founded as a genuine alternative to the City practices that dominate the legal profession. They are proud of their distinctive culture and strong values with a long history of undertaking CSR work and continue to expand their commitments in all CSR areas.