Talent Acquisition Specialist (Investments) - 9 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.

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team. This is a full 360 sourcing role where you’ll play a key part in identifying and attracting exceptional talent across a range of specialist areas. You’ll be a champion of inclusive hiring, a trusted partner to the business, and a brand ambassador for L&G. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are driven by delivering outstanding candidate and hiring manager experiences, we’d love to hear from you. This is initially a 9 month fixed term contract with the potential to become permanent. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Acting as a subject matter expert in your specialist area, using market insights and networks to identify top talent
• Delivering an exceptional candidate experience across all touchpoints in the recruitment journey
• Supporting and guiding hiring managers through the end-to-end recruitment process
• Direct sourcing candidates and building diverse talent pipelines using innovative attraction strategies
• Screening and assessing candidates to ensure alignment with role requirements and values
• Negotiating offers and clearly communicating our total reward package and onboarding process
• Championing diversity and inclusion in every aspect of the recruitment process
• Promoting our values and culture to candidates, ensuring alignment with our purpose

Who we’re looking for:

• Proven experience across the full recruitment lifecycle in an in-house, RPO or agency setting
• Expertise recruiting for Investments positions within Asset Management 
• A passion for delivering exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences
• Strong direct sourcing skills and the ability to reach talent others can’t
• A proactive approach to embedding diversity and inclusion in hiring practices
• Confidence in acting as a brand ambassador through social media, events and networking
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and recruitment compliance
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities

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.