Senior ER Advisor, Workforce Change

Legal And General Group; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services group is seeking a Senior ER Advisor to manage workforce change programmes. This role focuses on delivering people-related changes, ensuring compliance with employment law, and enhancing the employee experience. The ideal candidate will possess a CIPD qualification and strong organizational skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively. Benefits include a competitive bonus plan, pension contributions, and a flexible working culture.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

At least 25 days holiday plus public holidays

Electric car scheme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 3 or 5 qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, HR policies and procedures.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders and colleagues.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of people‑related change programmes including redundancy and restructure.
• Coordinate collective consultation processes including scheduling and documentation.
• Collaborate with ER Consultants to ensure compliance with legal and policy standards.
• Maintain and evolve ER templates and toolkits for consistent delivery.
• Design and deliver coaching and training to build ER capability across teams.

Skills

Knowledge of employment law

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

CIPD Level 3 or 5 qualification

Job description

Company Description

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.

Job Description

We’re recruiting for a Senior ER Advisor (Workforce Change) to join us.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering workforce change programmes that support organisational transformation. You’ll be working in a collaborative environment where your expertise in employment relations and change management will make a real impact.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the delivery of people‑related change programmes including redundancy, restructure, TUPE and settlement agreements
• Coordinating collective consultation processes, including scheduling meetings, note taking and submitting statutory documentation
• Collaborating with ER Consultants to ensure change programmes meet legal, policy and best practice standards
• Maintaining and evolving ER templates, toolkits and playbooks to support consistent and compliant delivery
• Partnering with colleagues across ER, HR and the business to enhance the employee experience
• Monitoring employment legislation and ensuring organisational readiness and compliance
• Designing and delivering coaching and training to build ER capability across HR and divisional teams
• Contributing to HR policy development with a focus on fair treatment and positive customer outcomes

Qualifications

Who we’re looking for:

• CIPD Level 3 or 5 qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Strong knowledge of employment law, HR policies and procedures
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders and colleagues
• Clear understanding of organisational context and HR challenges
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confident communicator with the ability to explain complex HR processes clearly
• Experience working in a unionised environment and managing workforce change
• Ability to work independently and manage a varied, complex workload

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 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

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.