Senior Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Manager
Ashurst
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Melbourne, Victoria
Contract type: Full time
Description
Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a determination to go beyond the ordinary by outpacing change. W e have a community of 4800+ people across over 30 offices globally and are a trusted adviser to top corporates, financial institutions and governments. What sets us apart is our ambition for our people and our clients.
What makes Ashurst a great place to work?
Fostering an inclusive culture is key to Ashurst's vision of being the most progressive global law firm. It allows us to offer exceptional service to our clients and a great place for our people to work. That is why inclusion, diversity and belonging are at the core of our business strategy.
As the Senior Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Manager, you will support the development and embedding of the firm's Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging (IDB) strategy across the global network, with a delivery focus on the APAC region.
Reporting to the Global Head of IDB based in London, your key responsibilities will include:
We are interested in hearing from people who have:
We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.
For more information or if you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact: [email protected] for a confidential conversation.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a determination to go beyond the ordinary by outpacing change. W e have a community of 4800+ people across over 30 offices globally and are a trusted adviser to top corporates, financial institutions and governments. What sets us apart is our ambition for our people and our clients.
What makes Ashurst a great place to work?
- Flexible work options
- Market leading parental leave of 26 weeks paid leave irrespective of gender
- Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership and corporate health plans
- Genuine opportunities to grow your career through secondments or global opportunities,
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including tailored professional development for all employees, coaching, mentoring and study support for further education.
- We have a strong commitment to social impact, demonstrated by our extensive volunteering and pro-bono opportunities, as well as our award-winning social inclusion and mobility programs.
- We are committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Fostering an inclusive culture is key to Ashurst's vision of being the most progressive global law firm. It allows us to offer exceptional service to our clients and a great place for our people to work. That is why inclusion, diversity and belonging are at the core of our business strategy.
As the Senior Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Manager, you will support the development and embedding of the firm's Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging (IDB) strategy across the global network, with a delivery focus on the APAC region.
Reporting to the Global Head of IDB based in London, your key responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing a number of the firm's established IDB programmes, for example, the firm's IDB career impact programmes.
- Contributing to the development of new programmes required to deliver against our IDB action plan.
- Supporting senior stakeholders, including the CEO and CPO, with key IDB issues in the APAC region, with the support of the Global Head of IDB
- Supporting the IDB Manager APAC with the management of networks and leadership
- Assisting with drafting for articles and internal updates.
- Building and enhancing the firm's organisational capacity on IDB through the delivery of high impact and scalable training programs
- Working with the People & Culture team to improve the completeness of diversity demographic data to help drive data driven approaches and decision making.
We are interested in hearing from people who have:
- Demonstrated experience leading Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging outcomes through a senior Diversity, Equity and Inclusion role, ideally within a global organisation.
- Exceptional organisational skills: able to prioritise effectively during pressurised situations, and adjust to changing priorities, deadlines or issues as they arise.
- Confident and approachable, including being able to negotiate or influence senior stakeholders
- Strong client service: able to use wide networks or industry knowledge and experience to improve processes or plan requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, able to speak and write with clarity and professionalism.
We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.
For more information or if you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact: [email protected] for a confidential conversation.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
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