Head of HR

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

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 are seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of HR to partner with the Group COO and their leadership team to develop, implement and embed a people strategy which supports the delivery of the business vision and objectives. To lead on strategic HR initiatives and projects that contribute to this, actively collaborating with business sponsors and cross-functional teams. This role will work in partnership with the wider HR Function in the design and delivery of people solutions to drive a consistent and cohesive culture and optimise organisational effectiveness at a Group level.

What you'll be doing:

• Partner with the Group COO and leadership team, providing proactive support and challenge on all aspects of people and organisation development that contribute to the strategic goals of the business
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and drive the development and implementation of the overall HR strategy, leading people programme projects when appropriate/necessary
• Understand the business, commercially, culturally and strategically in order to develop and embed improvement across employee engagement, development, diversity and inclusion, talent and succession planning, L&D, performance management and resource planning
• Work with the Group COO and business leaders to shape the culture (in line with L&G organisational purpose, values and behaviours) and ensure these are brought to life within the business and are meaningful to all Group COO teams/individuals. Support the business in building an ambitious, dynamic, agile and collaborative place to work
• Ensure the business can attract, develop and retain the best people in the market. Build workforce plans which include resource, structure and capability considerations to support business growth and delivery
• Lead the annual cycle of people activity, including pay review; performance calibration and Voice survey
• Take the lead in all matters with regard to the management of employees, ensuring that management discretion is used in a consistent manner and that the area follows the Group’s policies and procedures, including the Partnership Agreement, to maximise business performance
• Define, develop and deliver a strategy that enables the business to maintain access to suitable trained and competent staff and is aligned to Legal & General’s Customer Experience and Treating Customer Fairly policy

Who we're looking for:

• Broad knowledge across all core HR disciplines
• Experience of leading organisational change with a focus on talent management, organisation design and culture change
• Proven skills in implementing HR strategies aligned to business goals
• A credible track record of success in delivering engagement, resourcing, development and OD strategies which have impacted positively on the organisation
• Capability to source, gather, analyse and interpret business focused HR data to enable effective decision making
• Influencing senior leadership teams on HR matters and linking this to business strategy
• Understanding of people development methodologies and current best practice

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   
• Private medical insurance (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 
• 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

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.