Pro Bono & Social Impact Apprentice
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES (LONDON) LLP
London (E14 5BF)
Closes in 29 days (Friday 20 March 2026)
Posted on 16 February 2026
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Summary
They are seeking a highly motivated, driven and proactive individual with a passion for giving back to the community. They have a small, close-knit Pro Bono & Social Impact team that works to ensure they are using their skills & expertise as an elite law firm to improve the society we operate in.
- Wage
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£30,000 a year
- Training course
- Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, involves 4 days of work and 1 day of study.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 30 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 8 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Screening and vetting potential charity, community and pro bono partners.
- Helping to deliver and grow their fundraising events and related opportunities for their charity partners.
- Aggregating and analysing data and feedback to improve the social impact practice
- Arranging, managing & delivering social mobility, volunteering and training events
- Helping the team work with the Business Development team to grow their social impact collaborations with the firm’s clients
- Drafting and sending communications such as volunteering opportunities, newsletters, digital screens and publications/posts
- Understanding and helping implement compliance steps necessary for professional delivery of the pro bono and social impact practice
- Working closely with lawyers and business professionals to boost engagement and gather feedback
- Recording, evaluating and reporting key impact metrics
- Helping drive long-term strategy, direction and goals of the pro bono and social impact team
Where you'll work
10 Upper Bank Street
London
E14 5BF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
Training course
Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
- Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
- Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
- Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
- Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
- Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
- Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
- Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
- Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
- Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
- Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
- Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
- Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
- Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
- Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
- Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
- Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
- Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
- Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
- Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
- Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
- Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
- Select and implement project management and planning tools applicable to the type of project/ campaign lifecycle.
- Assess the effectiveness of change and identify opportunities to improve outcomes, guiding and supporting others to deliver results.
- Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators.
- Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations.
- Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans (e.g objectives, key initiatives and shared interests).
- Contribute to the negotiation of external CR&S projects of mutual benefit.
- Adopt a communication method that takes account of the audience and is suitable for the circumstances.
- Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks.
- Contribute to written reports on CR&S performance in line with organisational requirements.
- Contribute to the drafting of the CR&S strategy.
- Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved.
- Select data that is relevant to the CR&S issue being considered.
- Analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance.
- Deliver CR&S events in accordance with contractual arrangements.
- Quality assure own and others work in accordance with organisational requirements
- Contribute to reporting externally on CR&S Strategy and delivery in line with industry and legislative requirements.
- Identify own organisations CR&S opportunities and threats. Escalate risks within own organisation when needed.
- Research the CR&S landscape, escalating best practice opportunities within own organisation.
- Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget.
- Train colleagues in CR&S techniques, tailoring the learning style to the circumstances.
- Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects.
- Identify and apply relevant IT solutions to CR&S issues.
Training schedule
As a Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Apprentice, you’ll learn how to drive and innovate social and environmental change within your organisation. Whilst on the programme, you’ll also receive a free membership to ICRS providing access to industry-focused events, resources, and an online community of aspiring CR&S professionals.
More training information
Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll be invited to monthly 2-hour live sessions hosted online in addition to working on your course content via our online learning platform.
To meet the off-the-job requirements for your apprenticeship, you'll also spend a minimum of 6 hours a week within the workplace developing your CR&S knowledge, skills, and behaviours listed within your bespoke LDN Training Plan.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
About this employer
With over 1,200 lawyers across three continents, Weil has been shaping the global legal landscape for more than 90 years. Its London office is a standout in the UK market and serves as the Firm’s strategic hub for Europe. Based in the heart of the City, it is Weil’s largest office outside New York and is recognised as one of the most successful London offices of any US‑based firm. The Firm champions a collaborative and inclusive culture.
After this apprenticeship
A full-time position within the business.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000013334.
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Closes in 29 days (Friday 20 March 2026)
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