Executive Assistant to Culture & Leadership Director (12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Cover)

End Date

Thursday 12 September 2024

Salary Range

£73,262 - £86,190

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Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

Job Title: Executive Assistant to Culture & Leadership Director (12 Month FTC)
Locations: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax or Edinburgh
Hours: Full Time
Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site.

Do you want to be part of a team that is responsible for transforming our culture through the delivery of signature activities, having a deep impact on the way 70,000 colleagues feel about working at LBG? If this sounds fun and challenging, come join us on our growth journey!

This is an exciting 12-month secondment opportunity to join People and Places as the EA to the Culture & Leadership Director. The Culture & Leadership team focus on activating the culture which we aspire to have through our leaders and Culture programmes, bringing together all listening activity into one place and creating a performance culture. 

Job Description

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the Culture & Leadership Director and their leadership team, you will collaborate to ensure the Director and team are best placed to deliver on the team’s strategic and operational objectives.
• You’ll play a key role in supporting the preparation, coordination and support of strategic and operational changes aligned to the six pillars and must win initiatives.
• Using sound judgement and through effective working relationships, you’ll make decisions on behalf of the Culture & Leadership director where appropriate.
• Identify and lead on opportunities/initiatives to create a positive, engaging team environment and culture.
• Through your deep understanding of the Director and team’s priorities, you’ll screen, digest and interpret information and communications; responding, rerouting, and prioritising as appropriate.
• You’ll have the opportunity to lead key programmes, contributing to a wide range of the Culture & Leadership team’s priorities. 
• Ensuring that the Culture & Leadership Director is prepared for all forums, committees and events, you’ll proactively analyse, review and prepare reports and papers.
• You’ll have a risk mindset, taking the initiative to investigate and manage emerging issues and risks as they arise.
• You will manage an annual calendar of events/forums/meetings that will engage the team in a productive manner, including the performance and reward cycles.
• You’ll work closely with the Director’s PA and other EAs across the function to ensure the People and Places leadership using their time as efficiently as possible.

Skills and Knowledge

Action-oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

Decision-making: Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward. Pushes for the use of sound logic and data when making organisation-wide decisions. 

Relationship-Management: Using a deep commercial understanding, emotional intelligence and excellent communication skills, you’ll develop and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of people, including the most senior leaders.

Influences: You’ll gain the support and commitment of others and create enthusiasm by building a compelling case, sharing it often and energetically to secure wide support.

Solving Complex Problems: You’ll thrive off assembling many pieces of information/data into a cohesive and sophisticated understanding of complex issues.  

Programme Delivery: Proven leadership of large programmes incorporating multiple projects which span the group and operate across matrix hierarchies.

Collaboration: Takes initiative to build and promote a culture of collaboration and of open, fearless communication across the organisation.

Process Optimisation: Establish and maintain ongoing continuous improvement dialogue with internal and external partners to ensure optimal process and regular gains in efficiency

Communication & Story-Telling: Ability to present complex data and insight in an accessible manner to different audiences, conveying a clear understanding and considering unique needs of different audiences. You’ll create a culture of ongoing constructive dialogue and have a compelling impact on people at all levels, gaining widespread buy-in, mobilisation and commitment to the overall People and Places agenda.

Interpersonal Skills: Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. For example, cultivates a culture in which interpersonal and group dynamics inside and outside the organisation are as positive as possible. Demonstrates sensitivity in highly visible situations, representing the organisation with poise and polish.

What will you get in return? 

We foster a culture which brings together intelligent people from a diverse set of backgrounds who enjoy a collaborative and creative environment as well as genuine equal opportunity. 

We'd also consider flexible and agile working practices to suit you. 

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.