Head of HR

LegalAndGeneral; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial services company in Cardiff seeks a dynamic Head of HR to spearhead their people strategy across the Retail division. The ideal candidate will have extensive HR leadership experience and a passion for employee development. This full-time role emphasizes strategic partnerships with senior leadership to drive performance management, talent planning, and workplace culture. Benefits include performance bonuses, generous pension contributions, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare plan for permanent employees

At least 25 days holiday

Electric car scheme for permanent employees

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior HR leadership roles within complex organisations.
• Ability to navigate and support diverse teams and business challenges.
• Passion for people development and current best practices.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with senior leadership to support people and organisation development.
• Understanding business dynamics to improve employee engagement and talent planning.
• Leading annual people activity cycles including pay reviews and performance calibration.

Skills

Relationship-building skills

Strategic thinking

Organisational design

Talent management

Analytical capabilities

Project management

People development

Job description

We’re looking for a dynamic and inclusive Head of HR to lead our people strategy across our Retail division.

You’ll partner with the CEO of Workplace and the leadership team to develop, implement and embed a people strategy that supports the delivery of the business vision and objectives. Working closely with the HRD Retail, Retail Exec and Retail HR team to develop and deliver the people strategy that enables the delivery of our business strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partnering with the senior leadership team providing proactive support and challenging on all aspects of people and organisation development that contribute to the strategic goals of the business
• Understanding the business (both across Retail and Workplace) 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
• Working with business leaders to shape the culture (in line with L&G organisational purpose values and behaviours) and ensuring these are brought to life within the business and are meaningful to all teams / individuals
• Ensuring the business can attract, develop and retain the best people in the market
• Building workforce plans which include resource structure and capability considerations to support business growth and delivery
• Leading the annual cycle of people activity including pay review, performance calibration and Voice survey for Workplace and providing oversight across Retail with HRBPs leading the activity
• Deputising for HRD as and when appropriate

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in senior HR leadership roles within complex organisations
• Strong relationship‑building and influencing skills across senior stakeholders
• Expertise in organisational design, talent management and culture change
• Strategic thinker with analytical and conceptual capabilities
• Practical knowledge of project management and HR data analysis
• Passion for people development and current best practices
• Ability to navigate and support diverse teams and business challenges

Benefits:

• 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)
• 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

Additional Information:

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.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full‑time