About Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland represents the combination of two firms with a shared culture, values and commitment to client service excellence. We are each known for our commercial awareness and industry knowledge and for providing innovative and tailored solutions for every client. 

As a full service law practice, we act for the public and private sector across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US providing legal advice to clients across the Company Commercial, Employment, Labour & Pensions, Litigation and Dispute Management, and Real Estate practices. 

With 74 offices across 35 countries worldwide, we have become one of the largest law practices in the world and a great place to work and develop your career.

The Group

International Operations is fundamental to the success of our organisation, with teams working internationally to provide critical business expertise for our lawyers and our business alike.

We offer fulfilling careers across all areas including Finance, IT, Marketing, HR, Compliance and many more areas. These teams are at the core of our organisation and are key to Eversheds Sutherland’s continued success as a top 10 global law firm. Whether you’re starting your career or an established professional we offer a variety of opportunities that allow you to grow in your chosen career.

We are proud of our culture and the values that guide our behaviour: Collaborative, Creative, Professional, Inclusive, Open

These key five values underpin everything we do they, sit at the heart of our culture, define how we behave, individually and collectively, as we work to deliver on our purpose.

We support the learning and development of all our people at Eversheds Sutherland, engaging you at every stage of your career. Complimented by on the job learning, our formal courses support our people to excel in their role

Our firm continues to grow creating exciting, challenging and diverse career opportunities.

The Team

The Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety team is based across multiple offices and works within the Property and Facilities Team, to ensure a healthy, safety and sustainable working environment.

Reporting to the Head of Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety this role focuses on supporting environmental sustainability throughout our International offices

Key Responsibilities

• Collate, categorise and analyse environmental data for Scopes 1, 2 and 3
• Have an understanding of carbon reduction trajectories, Science Based Targets, Net Zero and ESG
• Use supplier data platforms to upload data and calculate the firm’s carbon footprint
• Extract relevant information and contribute to client pitches
• Work with external consultants to verify environmental data and validate processes
• Knowledge and experience of completing mandatory and voluntary submissions such as CDP, SECR, TCFD and Ecovadis
• Work with colleagues in International offices to obtain data and embed the firm’s sustainability strategy
• Knowledge of environmental compliance and ISO14001
• Organise calendar events such as World Environment Day and work with charity partners
• Contribute to award submissions and memberships
• Promote the firm’s biodiversity strategy
• Knowledge of sustainability/environmental legislation is essential.
• Knowledge and experience of calculating a carbon footprint is essential.
• Competence in Microsoft packages, particularly Excel, is essential.
• Given the nature of the role, fluency in a second language would be an advantage but not a necessity.

Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of sustainability/environmental legislation is essential.
• Knowledge and experience of calculating a carbon footprint is essential.
• Competence in Microsoft packages, particularly Excel, is essential.
• Given the nature of the role, fluency in a second language would be an advantage but not a necessity.
• Gathers and understands all relevant facts from a variety of sources before making a decision and displays a keen eye for detail.
• Identifies issues across a range of situations and uses initiative to resolve.
• Promotes the key departmental values of quality, consistency, efficiency, proactivity accountability and development.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, we recognise that having diverse talent across our business brings many benefits, and we are committed to accessing a wide range of views and thinking in all that we do. A culture of inclusion, where each person feels able to be their true self at work and reach their full potential is key. We recognise that bringing together the perspectives of individuals of all backgrounds, life experiences, preferences and beliefs is critical if we are to serve our global client base, people and communities as a leading global legal practice.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to enable participation in the recruitment process, please contact us so that we can discuss how best to assist.

We are open to considering flexible working options for our vacancies. Whilst we are not able to offer flexible working across all of our roles, many of our people work flexibly in some way, and we would encourage you to talk to us about this during the hiring process if you would like to explore further.

We are a LGBT+ inclusive employer and are Stonewall Corporate Champions.