Head of Executive Assessment (part time, 12 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.

At Legal & General, assessment plays an important role in shaping senior hiring, succession and leadership development decisions across the organisation. This is a high-impact opportunity to lead and shape executive assessment activity at a pivotal point in the evolution of our strategy and culture.

You’ll be close to important leadership conversations, using your expertise in assessment, psychology and insight to help leaders and the business make confident, evidence-based decisions. Working across executive assessment, Hogan feedback and related development activity, you’ll bring rigour, curiosity and sound judgement to complex leadership decisions, while ensuring assessment is practical, commercially relevant and genuinely useful. It is the kind of role where a good conversation, a well-judged challenge or a carefully written paragraph can genuinely change how a leadership decision is made.

This is a part time role (3 days per week, and is a 12 month fixed term contract). 

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading high-profile executive assessment activity that supports senior hiring, succession and leadership development decisions 
• Conducting behavioural assessments, Hogan debriefs and leadership assessment discussions 
• Coaching senior leaders through Hogan feedback and helping them understand their impact and development opportunities
• Producing clear, high-quality assessment reports and practical recommendations
• Supporting onboarding and transition planning conversations following assessment activity 
• Partnering with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition and business leaders as an expert advisor on leadership potential, risk and readiness 
• Connecting assessment activity across hiring, succession and development to create a joined-up, insight-led experience
• Building confidence and capability in the internal assessment community through coaching, calibration and practical guidance

Who we’re looking for:

• A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, or someone with an equivalent assessment background, ideally with an MSc in Occupational Psychology, Organisational Psychology or a closely related discipline 
• Significant experience delivering leadership and executive assessment in large, complex organisations 
• Strong experience coaching senior leaders and providing high-quality assessment feedback in corporate environments 
• Strong knowledge of Hogan assessments, including HPI, HDS and MVPI
• Excellent report writing skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear insight and practical recommendations 
• Experience supporting hiring, talent, succession and development decisions
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the judgement to balance professional rigour with commercial pragmatism 
• Confidence using AI tools responsibly to improve efficiency, insight and the quality of work

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                                                                                                        
• A company car allowance
• Life assurance 
• At least 30 days holiday, plus public holidays. 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 many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online 
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

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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 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.