Community Engagement & Inclusion Manager

Location

Birmingham, Bristol or Leeds

Make a Real Impact

Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing, local government, and health and social care, we are specialists in the construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services sectors.

Supported by our valued business services professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teams provide almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate, property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.

As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the communities that we're part of.

Consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2024/25 financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for a twelfth consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue investing in our people.

Looking to the future, we're targeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for the best people to be part of it.

Join a team of experts and progressive thinkers

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, pro-active and highly organised Community Engagement and Inclusion Manager to join our Responsible Business team.

This is a fantastic time to join the Responsible Business team. Responsible Business is at the heart of our business, organised into 4 strands: Community Engagement, EDI, Environmental Sustainability and Wellbeing. Last year we brought in a Head of Responsible Business and an Environmental Sustainability Manager to support our RB programme. Responsible Business is on the agenda at every board meeting.

The role

You will support delivery of our Responsible Business Vision for 2031 with a particular focus on community engagement, social mobility outreach and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) colleague networks.

The role will report to the Head of Responsible Business, working alongside our Environmental Sustainability Manager. You will also need to be confident engaging with senior stakeholders such as the Board Member for Responsible Business and our Partner Strand Leads for Community Engagement, EDI and Wellbeing.

Key responsibilities

• Leading on liaising with charitable and community organisations (including Leeds Community Foundation and Chapter One) to facilitate colleague outreach and social mobility volunteering opportunities, taking into account safeguarding, health and safety and logistics
• Proactively seeking opportunities to engage with clients on community engagement, EDI or wellbeing
• Working with Business Development & Marketing colleagues to provide data and narrative for social value bids and tenders
• Inputting into social value commitments to clients
• Advising client relationship leads on opportunities to meet client social value commitments and supporting in delivery
• Working with our communications team to engage colleagues with community initiatives, including volunteer recruitment and interactive experiences
• Facilitating the working groups for community engagement, EDI and wellbeing: working with strand leads and subject matter experts to create agendas, take minutes and drive discussion

• Promoting, supporting and guiding our colleague networks (eg. Black employee network, South Asian network and Enabled network) in their aims, including organising events and communications
• Monitoring network activity across the firm to ensure that diverse voices are being heard and there is an appropriate cadence of messaging
• Working closely with key contacts across the HR team to implement and drive EDI projects and initiatives
• Engaging with external organisations such as community foundations, LawWorks and Interlaw Diversity Forum to utilise the benefits of memberships, network with peers and bring external views into the business
• Leading on collating and analysing data on Responsible Business activities through the Responsible Business tracker and other sources
• Project managing the creation of a monthly board report for community engagement, EDI and wellbeing and the creation of annual pledges
• Keeping up to date with market trends and legal industry standards to drive best practice and enhance our programmes
• Capturing data and feedback from colleagues and beneficiaries

What we are looking for from you

• Proven ability to manage complex projects
• Excellent planning, organisation, and administration skills, ability to prioritise and manage multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Awareness of current best practice
• Ability to build relationships across all levels of the business
• Team focused with a desire to work collaboratively to achieve shared goals and improve processes
• Experience of operating within a Responsible Business team, ideally within the legal sector or a Professional Services environment, though this is not a strict requirement

We are a small team with big goals so this role would suit someone who can think strategically and creatively whilst also taking a hands-on approach and solving problems pragmatically when needed.

Work with approachable people

When we ask colleagues what makes Bevan Brittan a great place to work, the most popular thing they say is "the people". The overwhelming consensus is that we make time for each other. We welcome questions and support each other. Naturally, we look for new colleagues who align with our values.

Supported to be your best

Hybrid working

We operate a hybrid working model based on the needs of our clients, teams and people. Our core business hours are 9am - 5:15pm Monday to Friday, but we're open to our people working more flexibly around those times and welcome a conversation with you if you have any questions about this. We try to offer you the flexibility to work your week in a way that suits you.

Learning, Development & Progression

We're committed to supporting your professional and personal development needs.This means that we offer a range of tailored training courses and you will have lots of opportunity to learn from those around you. We actively encourage progression and this is reflected in our annual review and promotion processes. You will be supported by your line manager to achieve your full potential.

Wellbeing

As a Bevan Brittan employee, you'll have access to a variety of services that support your wellbeing. We've pledged our commitment to The Mindful Business Charter and lots of our people contribute to our Wellbeing Responsible Business strand, which organises an annual calendar of wellbeing events and initiatives.

Benefits

• A minimum of 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Generous pension scheme
• Private medical insurance through Vitality
• Biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health
• Life assurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Embracing our differences and valuing inclusion

Our shared aim is that everyone is welcome and can feel comfortable being themselves at Bevan Brittan. To support this, we actively value and promote equality, diversity and inclusion in everything that we do. You'll be empowered and supported through our employee led networks, diverse colleagues, and a broad range of firmwide initiatives.

Recognising the unique contributions that a diverse workforce can bring to our business, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or have any questions, please get in touch with our recruitment team by emailing [email protected]

Acting responsibly, now and for the future

To us, being a responsible business is second nature; a core part of Bevan Brittan's identity. Our colleagues are heavily involved in shaping and delivering activity across the four pillars of our Responsible Business strategy : Community Engagement; Environmental Sustainability; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; and Wellbeing.

Our people deliver pro bono legal work for charities and not-for-profit organisations. We play an active role in our local communities and donated £100,000 across our four regional office charities last year. We are also proudly carbon neutral. We've achieved the UN's Climate Neutral Now accreditation and our environmental sustainability plan focuses on achieving our net zero carbon target by 2040.

Collectively, the four pillars ensure we look after our colleagues' wellbeing; offer an environment in which everyone can progress on merit, give something back to the communities in which we work; and protect the environment.