Apac De&i and Singapore Social

Allen & Overy is a leading global law firm operating in over thirty countries. We work on some of the most challenging and important deals and have built a reputation for delivering exceptional legal solutions that help our clients grow, innovate and thrive. The legal industry is changing, and we're committed to leading that change, putting our people first, embracing new ways of thinking and integrating technology into our everyday work.
- We have a powerful commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and we’re working hard to create an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work. We know that to excel, we must nurture an environment where our people feel they belong.**Role purpose**
- The role’s DE&I purpose is to be the main liaison with the central DE&I team to drive the global DE&I strategy in APAC. The role recognises and responds to regional and local DE&I needs, issues and recommends DE&I tools, practices, and benchmarking to support those local needs. The APAC DE&I Senior Manager serves as a thought leader for DE&I, staying informed about best practices, benchmarks, research and competitor activity, using this knowledge to enhance the activities in each APAC office. They will liaise regularly with people across the region to support our DE&I activities.
- The role’s Social Impact purpose is to grow and develop the existing Social Impact relationships and programmes into a market leading Social Impact practice for our Singapore office. The Social Impact programme reflects Allen & Overy’s strong commitment and duty as a professional institution to help those in need. There will be opportunities to work with other offices in relation to Social Impact activity across the region.**Role and responsibilities**

APAC DE&I
- Work closely with APAC HR to develop and deliver an APAC DE&I strategy that seeks to deliver on the firm’s global objectives while addressing regional challenges and nuances.
- Work with stakeholders to develop programmes that ensure new and current employees of all backgrounds feel welcomed by fostering a diverse working environment, facilitating equitable outcomes for staff, and implementing a culture of inclusivity:

- identify areas of opportunity, develop recommended courses of action, and drive implementation of recommendations within the APAC region; and
- ensure consistent measurement of overall metrics for reporting purposes.
- Ensure the regional DE&I strategy is integrated and operationalised into A&O’s key processes by embedding principles of diversity, equity and inclusion in general decision making, and influencing people management practices and everyday thinking and interactions.
- Monitor progress and success of the various APAC DE&I projects and initiatives.
- Track diversity metrics providing regular updates to senior stakeholders within the APAC region highlighting progress and where action must be taken.
- Prepare and deliver DE&I presentations and communications as appropriate for internal and external audiences, including at DE&I conferences.
- Participate in industry DE&I forums; maintain and develop external relationships with diversity-related organisations, thought leaders and vendors.
- Oversee diversity-related external surveys across APAC, including external diversity benchmarking surveys.
- Monitor external DE&I best practices and make recommendations for new initiatives to ensure that A&O is a leader in the DE&I space in APAC.
- Coach the APAC DE&I partner champions to represent A&O within their local community or industry partners, peers, and clients.
- Lead the reviews of DE&I policies for the purpose of providing feedback to policy owners.
- Singapore Social Impact
- Responsible for the development and delivery of a market leading Social Impact programme in Singapore to respond to demand from clients, fee earners and Business Teams and potential recruits, including working closely with Marketing and Client Relationship Managers on client collaborations in support of our Social Impact partners.
- Connecting Singapore with other offices across A&O’s international network to collaborate on regional and global pro bono matters.
- Developing a robust system to track and evaluate matters originating in Singapore for internal and external reporting purposes.
- Delivering timely reports on Singapore Social Impact matters to include volunteer time accrued and impact of the work undertaken.
- Representing A&O’s Singapore pro bono legal practice at external events, including presenting at conferences and seminars.
- Managing delivery of strategic and market leading Social Impact work with A&O staff and commercial clients, civil society clients, A&O’s global charity partner and pro bono brokers to ensure that all Social Impact work in Singapore is delivered to a high standard.
- Proactively identifying opportunities for fee-earners to undertake pro bono work across all groups and at all levels of experience, including managing