End Date
Tuesday 26 November 2024Salary Range
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Job Description Summary
.Job Description
Grade: Band E
Location: Luxembourg
Scottish Widows Europe (“SWE”), a subsidiary of Scottish Widows L.P., was established in Luxembourg to ensure continuity of servicing for its existing EU business after the UK’s exit from the EU, and is authorized to conduct life insurance business in Europe.
The portfolio of SWE is largely represented by with-profit policies (but also includes unit-linked policies), originally sold through the Clerical Medical Brand. The portfolio has c.€2 billion assets, with approximately 50,000 policy holders. Since March 2019, the business has been run from Luxembourg, and via its German branch . SWE relies on outsourcers to provide policyholder service and administration.
SWE is part of Scottish Widows, a 100% subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group (“LBG”) and a strong life and pension company in the UK. Its product range includes life assurance, pensions, investments and savings. The company has been providing financial services to the UK market since 1815. The company sells products through independent financial advisers, direct to customers and through LBG bank branches. Scottish Widows employs around 3,000 people.
LBG is a leading UK based financial services group providing a wide range of banking and financial services, passionate about personal and commercial customers. The main business activities are retail, commercial and corporate banking, general insurance, and life, pensions and investment provision. Services are offered through well-recognized brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, and Scottish Widows, and a range of distribution channels.
We have an outstanding opportunity for you to join SWE, a diverse and inclusive team based in Luxembourg, and to work in an international and informal environment.
As an SWE Disputes Lawyer, you’ll be part of a litigation team that deals with complaints, threatened and live claims across a breadth of insurance products. You’ll be responsible for advising on and providing specialist litigation and contentious regulatory support to the business area in relation to insurance legacy cases in a timely, efficient and effective manner. You'll consider possible lines of defence in conjunction with the litigation and complaints strategy, and review and draft responses developing appropriate lines of legal and strategic arguments. You’ll also support with the provision of appropriate management information on status and development of litigation and complaints handling in collaboration with the complaints team (preparing status reports, case lists, briefing notes on individual high profile cases, settlement registers etc.)
Handling disputes: You’ll collaborate with colleagues in the SWE legal and business teams and external lawyers, and analyse complaints and litigation related material. You’ll provide support to the project team in the identification and/or resolution of legal risk issues.
Governance and Reporting: You’ll prepare and present management reports and provide appropriate information on status and development of litigation and complaints.
Stakeholder Management: You'll work with key project collaborators and build relationships that support your disputes work. You’ll coordinate and prioritise litigation and complaints related input required from other business areas such as Finance and Risk.
Line Management: You'll line lead colleagues providing administrative support to team, and support senior managers in the management of the legal team to include ensuring adequate attendance at the office and coverage in the event of absence (planned/unplanned). You’ll identify and develop protocols and guidance notes to improve the efficiency of complaints, litigation and contentious regulatory management to aid the team, working closely with other team members to deliver these.
Panel Firm Management: You’ll instruct and liaise with external law firms, including supporting senior managers in managing the relationship with panel advisors and improving the value received from panel firms. You’ll support team members and senior managers to ensure the provision of structure and quality control around the use and instruction of panel law firms, and assist senior managers with the control of external spend on legal advisors.
Group Values: You'll seek to positively influences others by demonstrating Lloyds Banking Group values and behaviour and encourage this in team members. You’ll have the ability to quickly demonstrate an understanding of Group specific systems and key operational processes.
We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you both expertly and personally as well as to optimise and increase your potential.
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.
We're changing financial services, and we want you to join us.
We're the UK's largest financial services group, with our 25 million customers and a history stretching back more than 300 years.
We pride ourselves on creating a great environment for colleagues to work in, one which is inclusive and driven by our values. This is critical to our business success as we know that colleagues who can show up to work as themselves are those that bring their best.
We're an inclusive and open organisation with a scale that creates a vast range of roles and opportunities. We offer a plenty of options for continual personal growth and you'll be part of a culture which embraces diversity of talent, creativity, skills and thinking among our teams.
Workplace Initiatives
Opportunities for people returning from a career break |
Yes our Returner opportunities offer a career path to candidates with a 18 month year break in their career’ with ‘Yes, our Returner opportunities are aimed at candidates who have had a 18 month or more career break |
Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
20 weeks based on full pay + 19 weeks at the current statutory maternity pay rate |
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
6 weeks |
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
Gender pay gap reporting information (insert year) (UK): 2022 |
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Average pay gap: |
30.5% |
Median pay gap: |
33.6% |
Average bonus gap: |
62.5% |
Median bonus gap: |
69.5% |
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
Yes |
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
Yes |
Flexible Working Policy
We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.
For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.
Flexible Working Policy
We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.
For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.
Returner opportunities
Returning to work after time away can be challenging. That’s why we offer Returner opportunities that are designed to assist people returning to work after a career break of 18 months or more and our roles are permanent from the day one. Whether you’ve been away from work due to parenthood, illness, or even travel, we’re looking forward to hearing from you as we continue to grow!
What can you expect?
Coming back into the world of work after a career break can be really daunting – and we therefore know how important flexibility is. We’re very aware that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, so will happily have the discussion about different working patterns with you.
These roles have been created with your career break in mind, making sure we are there to support you in your transition back to work. You will be brought in on a permanent contract and given meaningful work from day one. Plus, you’ll be paired with a buddy or mentor from your team to help guide you along the way. You’ll also benefit from being part of the wider Returners Community and have the chance to create a personal development plan that works for you.
Who are we looking for?
While banking or professional services experience is desirable, especially for some roles, we care more about the transferable skills you can bring to our business.
Testimonials
I had a good network of colleagues already working for Lloyds Banking Group, who were all very passionate about their roles - so it felt the right choice for me and gave me the courage to apply for a Business Analyst role through the Returners. It was a seamless recruitment experience and I was offered a role in the work I wanted to do.
Olufunke Oladinni, Business Analyst
I love being a Project Manager, and I can’t recommend the Lloyds Banking Group Returners enough. It’ll springboard your career, giving you the best opportunity to relaunch yourself and maximise your full potential.
Justin Pierce, Project Manager