Corporate Responsibility Officer Review

My role involves working with the Corporate Responsibility team at Fieldfisher to deliver and manage initiatives within pro bono and community, and firm-wide events such as our annual awards. Within pro bono, I manage one of our pro bono programmes that has a volunteer cohort of over 50 solicitors, and provide admin support for other pro bono projects. Within community, I am part of the team leading our Manchester charity partner. This role gives me a lot of responsibility to organise fundraising and volunteering initiatives, as well as engaging many internal and external stakeholders. I also support internal stakeholders with their personal fundraising efforts.
My other responsibilities include ensuring our communications across various platforms are updated and visually appealing. I have daily communication with my line manager and team and visit our London office every few months.

Yes, the programme quite decently structured. The induction and initial training was very well structured and organised - I had a training timetable sent to me from Fieldfisher before I officially started my job. I also had initial induction from the apprenticeship provider before I officially started my apprenticeship.
Fieldfisher and MBKB were flexible and open to when I wanted to study. I personally chose to dedicate hours across the week but I know other apprentices have a dedicated study day.
In relation to the apprenticeship, I have monthly sessions with my tutor. I know the topics in advance, I appreciate the set pre-reading to prepare me for discussion, but sometimes, the sessions change dates.
At Fieldfisher, I have weekly catch ups with my team to check in on our progress and discuss any outstanding tasks. My team uses Trello to help manage our to-do lists which has been helpful with task delegation, priorities and deadlines.

I receive a lot of support from my manager. I have daily communication with my manager and I can set up ad hoc meetings to discuss any outstanding tasks and issues. I often have a go at tasks such as drafting emails and articles and send to my manager to review. I've found this helpful and a good way to learn. Everyone is always willing and happy to assist and support me with any issues.
The HR team organises catch ups to see how I'm settling into the firm and can steer me in the right direction if I have any HR related questions.

I receive a good amount of support from my training provider. We have catch ups and I can contact my tutor via Slack or email. The feedback I receive after submissions are helpful for the next tasks and my tutor is always willing and enthusiastic to support me when it comes to technical support, sessions and learning outcomes.

The qualification has a big emphasis on sustainability. This is great for me as my job role entails more pro bono and community. In this way, I'm learning about an important area of my work in the apprenticeship to make up for the lack of responsibilities in this area within my actual job.
I like how if there is an area I'd like to learn more relating to my role, I can approach my tutor who is happy to organise a session beyond the curriculum. This is something I really appreciate as I also have some say in what I learn in the apprenticeship programme.

Yes

Fieldfisher is a fun and friendly place to work, and where people with initiative have the ability to take ownership and responsibility. The work life balance is extremely good with a flexibility to work from home and in the office. Particularly in the Manchester office, most people are out of the office by 6pm!