Head of HR

LegalAndGeneral; England; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in the UK seeks a Senior HR Leader to partner with senior leadership, shaping culture and driving people strategies that align with the business's strategic goals. This role requires proven experience in HR leadership, strong influencing skills, and a passion for people development. The company prides itself on a flexible culture, offering benefits such as a performance-related bonus scheme, generous pension contributions, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Healthcare Plan

25+ days of holiday

Competitive family leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior HR leadership roles within complex organisations.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills across senior stakeholders.
• Expertise in organisational design and culture change.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership on people and organisation development.
• Shape culture in line with organisational values and purpose.
• Lead annual cycle of people activities including pay review.

Skills

Senior HR leadership experience

Relationship-building skills

Organisational design expertise

Strategic thinking

Project management knowledge

Job description

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)
• 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 its 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