Real Assets PA - Real Estate Equity

The world of investment is changing. Our vision at Legal & General Investment Management is to create a better, more sustainable future through responsible investing. We work in partnership with our clients around the globe to deliver positive long-term outcomes, while rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. To meet our clients’ complex and evolving investment needs, our investment strategies cover a broad array of asset classes and styles, including equities, bonds, property and alternatives, as well as multi-asset funds. We’re focused on continuously innovating our investment products, maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes, and striving to build a more responsible and sustainable future.

As Real Assets PA-Real Estate Equity you will be responsible for looking after Teams across both the Real Estate Equity and Private Credit sides of the business.

What you will be doing:

• Ambassador and point of contact for the business, both internally and externally, requiring high levels of responsibility and accountability for all tasks
• Where appropriate, proactively manage the teams’ diaries, initiating and scheduling meetings, both internally and externally
• Planning ahead (often up to 18 months in advance)
• Dealing with day-to-day problems and demonstrating an ability to multi-task
• Ability to understand and pre-empt the logistics required for all aspects of diary management
• Prepare and provide relevant papers for all meetings as required
• Liaise with internal suppliers for internal and external meetings (AV, catering, etc)
• Ability to draft correspondence to a high standard
• Produce and co-ordinate client presentations/reports to a high standard within tight timeframes ensuring they are brand compliant
• Produce and circulate Property Summaries for Real Estate Equity Investment Committee meetings
• Produce Annual Strategy Reports to a high standard
• Undertake processing of legal documents in accordance with LGIM Real Assets Signing procedures
• Proactively manage electronic filing systems and, where necessary, archiving paper files ensuring all archived files are properly catalogued to ensure efficient recall from archive.
• Arrange travel and accommodation as appropriate for business trips, conferences (UK and/or overseas) and site visits
• Raising IT support requests to ensure there is an audit trail for all items requested
• Deal with and complete any other ad hoc projects as and when they arise, eg arranging offsites for the team and other social events

• Educated to A level standard or higher
• Secretarial qualifications or equivalent and/or the ability to demonstrate a proven track record
• In depth experience within industry/commercial environment. Ideally with experience in Property and/or Financial Services sector.
• Proactive, forward thinking approach to tasks
• Team orientated
• High levels of organising/co-ordination ability
• Flexible in approach to projects/workload
• Ability to adapt to new and changing situations
• Practical, commonsense approach
• High levels of accuracy with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal (including telephone manner) and written.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Friendly and approachable
• Proven ability to manage, prioritise and juggle several complex tasks at any one time
• Comfortable with changing priorities
• Proven ability to meet and manage deadlines
• Resourceful with highly developed problem-solving skills
• Results driven
• Able to influence people in a calm, diplomatic and positive manner
• Advanced Outlook diary management essential
• Intermediate/advanced levels of ability in the following Microsoft applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Benefits:

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.