Team Assistant

Legal & General is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

We’re recruiting for a Team Assistant to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary. Providing administration and diary support to Private Credit Teams, with additional support for the senior team members. This role will liaise across Private Credit teams/Real Assets platform, including our external partners.

What you'll be doing:

• Proactively managing the Real Estate Debt, Portfolio Management, and the wider Private Credit Team, initiating and scheduling meetings, both internally and externally
• Preparing and providing relevant papers and briefing information for all meetings as required
• Handling all incoming and outgoing correspondence Including prioritising, copying, scanning and distributing papers as appropriate. Ability to draft correspondence to a high standard and deal with enquiries to best of knowledge 
• Assisting with internal system updates and approvals to maintain up-to-date expenses, invoices, holiday sign-off, business gift declarations, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), corporate hospitality forms and raising IT support requests, ensuring there is an audit trail for all items requested
• Being an ambassador and point of contact for teams, supported both internally and externally, requiring high levels of responsibility and accountability for all tasks
• Arranging travel, car hire and accommodation as appropriate for business trips, conferences and site visits
• Supporting team on third party systems to ensure documentation and properties remain up to date across the Institutional Funds

Who we're looking for:

• Experience as a Team Assistant or administrative role ideally within a financial services or property industry
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office packages
• Good organisation skills
• Attention to detail

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.