Employee Communications Manager, Transformation (18 month FTC)

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for a  Employee Communications Manager, Transformation to join us. You will be responsible for leading employee communications that support the delivery of L&G’s Transformation Office strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

• Defining and delivering a Transformation communications strategy that engages key audiences across L&G to support delivery of key Transformation workstreams, focusing on how we’re creating a growing, simpler, better-connected L&G
• Defining and delivering consistent narratives and communications plans for the Transformation agenda aligned with L&G’s strategy, creating high-quality communications materials to support priority workstreams, and reporting back on communications progress to the Transformation Office
• Creating and maintaining an overarching change communications approach, including tracking and coordinating activity, working with workstream communications business partners to ensure Transformation initiatives are coordinated in delivery
• Building relationships with key business leaders from across Group Functions and L&G’s Transformation Office, acting as a trusted advisor, shaping business decisions, and providing advice and guidance on how to communicate with key audiences
• Working closely with Transformation leads and Group Employee Communications to establish key metrics and provide regular evaluation of the impact of communications, and how they are driving desired change
• Working collaboratively as part of a wider Corporate Affairs function, supporting the delivery of our Group Employee Communications strategy, and broader Corporate Affairs strategy
• Ensuring communications are reviewed and approved by individuals who have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and expertise, and that such approval is recorded
• Taking the lead in all matters regarding the management of employees, ensuring that management discretion is used consistently and that the area follows the Group’s policies and procedures, including the Partnership Agreement, to maximise business performance

Who we’re looking for:

• Ability to work autonomously, but naturally inclined to seek input and perspective from a wide range of stakeholders – both internally and externally
• Knowledge of change and transformation communications, with familiarity with Group Functions (HR, Technology, Finance) preferred  
• Able to develop strategic communications that translate complex business requirements, manage change and turn strategy into action
• Uses creativity and fresh thinking to continually improve employee communications strategies
• Ability to engage with leadership teams and senior stakeholders, establishing rapport and trust to successfully establish credibility in the role of expert adviser providing counsel and guidance
• Excellent writer with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills

• Significant experience working within in a Communications function
• Strong experience in professional services, financial or corporate communications function – either in an in-house or agency capacity or both
• Evidence of experience in creating and editing lively, dynamic content

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.