Head of Employee & Change Communications, Corporate Functions - 12 Month FTC
- London
- Full-time
- Marketing
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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 Head of Employee & Change Communications to join us on a 12 month FTC. We’re offering a competitive base salary 12% car allowance and strong benefits package.
In this critical role, you will lead a team to deliver impactful employee communications across various corporate functions, driving engagement and supporting transformation initiatives.
What you’ll be doing:
- Defining and delivering an employee communications strategy that engages audiences with key priorities
- Partnering with senior leaders to develop consistent, engaging narratives and strategies
- Leading a team of Employee Communications Business Partners to deliver high-quality programmes
- Defining and delivering an enterprise-wide approach to change communications
- Identifying opportunities to create more joined-up plans across strategy, transformation, and performance culture priorities
- Shaping and delivering the Corporate Affairs strategy as a senior member of the leadership team
- Ensuring communications are reviewed and approved by knowledgeable individuals
- Leading in all matters regarding employee management, ensuring consistency with company policies
Who we’re looking for:
- Significant knowledge of employee communications strategies, ideally within financial services, or large complex/matrixed organisations
- Hands on experience of change communications best practices and strategies
- Experience in a senior role managing an employee communications function and team
- Proven experience building, mentoring, and retaining teams of communications professionals
- Ability to influence across a matrixed organisation and build strong relationships
- Strong executive presence that inspires trust and confidence
- Ability to connect conflicting priorities and align agendas
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
We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.
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 strive to be open, mindful, and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. 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.
Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.
We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.
If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming 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 strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.
If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.
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