HR Business Partner – Asset Management Private Markets (FTC to end of 2026)

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 looking for an HR Business Partner to join our Private Markets team on a fixed‑term basis until the end of 2026. Working closely with senior leaders and HR colleagues, you’ll shape and deliver people initiatives that support our strategy, strengthen our culture, and enable our teams to thrive.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partnering with senior leaders to support and deliver the Private Markets People Strategy
• Leading or contributing to key people projects, programmes and annual HR cycles
• Providing proactive, solutions‑focused guidance across all aspects of the employee lifecycle
• Managing and guiding organisational development and business transformation
• Driving the talent agenda by facilitating talent reviews and supporting succession planning
• Collaborating with Reward colleagues to shape and implement appropriate reward approaches
• Maintaining visibility of the employee relations climate and promoting constructive problem solving
• Working closely with HRBPs and HR Centres of Expertise to ensure alignment and a cohesive people strategy

Who we’re looking for:

• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to deliver strategic HR initiatives
• Knowledge of organisational design and business transformation
• Understanding of UK employment law and HR policies and procedures
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Experience guiding talent, performance and cultural development activities
• Ability to analyse and interpret HR data to support decision‑making
• A collaborative, proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team

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.