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Sunday 09 August 2026Salary Range
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Job Title: Associate (Environmental, Social and Governance or ESG)Job Description
The Lloyds Living ESG Desk is seeking an ‘Associate (ESG)’ to join its small but perfectly formed team. If you’re passionate about the sustainability and responsible business agenda and have the drive to make a difference, we want to hear from you!
About Lloyds Living
Lloyds Living is on a mission to redefine renting in the UK and help more people onto the home ownership ladder through shared ownership. We’re backed by Lloyds Banking Group, and we’re growing fast – which means opportunities to gain experience, learn, grow and make your mark. We currently own circa 6,500 homes with strong backing and appetite to be one of the largest residential landlords in the UK.
About the Lloyds Living ESG Desk
Established in February 2025, the ESG Desk was created to realise our strategic objective of putting ESG front and centre in the Lloyds Living business. It seeks to embed ESG considerations end-to-end within the business: From the way we invest in new homes to the development of our customer proposition and the management of our homes, doing so within commercial realities and operational limits.
Environmental
Our initiatives include the award-winning retrofit of 23 homes at Winnycroft, Gloucester to Zero Bills Homes standard - winning the Property Week RESI Awards for ‘Residential Retrofit Scheme of the Year’ in 2026 - and providing our customers with peace of mind against rising energy prices, with no energy bills to pay for at least five years.
Social
We support Regeneration Brainery, a not-for-profit organisation that works with young people from a diverse background to kick-start a career in property and regeneration. By sharing our knowledge, experience and career journeys through panel discussions, coffee mornings, speed networking and bespoke activities, we hope to inspire and support the next generation into our sector.
Governance
We are focussed on developing and implementing a carbon intensity reduction strategy for our net zero journey and materially contributing to Group reporting requirements, such as the Sustainability Report and our Modern Slavery Statement.
You will play an integral role in delivering and embedding ESG ambitions within the Lloyds Living business as part of a small and close knit ESG Team. You will leverage a blend of technical expertise and soft skills to influence outcomes and deliver ESG projects and initiatives.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Must Haves Skills & Experience:
Data and Business Insights – Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret data, apply judgement and clearly communicate insights and limitations. You will maintain our carbon emissions modelling, influence outcomes and provide quality reporting to support tracking and governance.
Managing Key Relationships – A collaborative working style, with the ability to build relationships and support colleagues across teams. Experience in dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders including senior stakeholders at Executive level is essential.
Communication - Strong written and verbal communication with ability to articulate key messages in a clear, engaging and compelling manner - simplifying the complex - alongside a proficient level of PowerPoint presentation.
Planning & Prioritisation – Good organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams effectively to meet deadlines as part of a team.
Continued Learning – A proactive mindset, curiosity to learn, and commitment to developing sustainability and delivery capability.
Nice to Have Skills, Experience & Qualifications:
A relevant qualification in sustainability is desirable but not essential.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. Join us and grow with purpose!
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
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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 |
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Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
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Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
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Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
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Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
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Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
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Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
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No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
20 weeks based on full pay + 19 weeks at the current statutory maternity pay rate |
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Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
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No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
6 weeks |
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Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
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Gender pay gap reporting information (insert year) (UK): 2022 |
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Average pay gap: |
30.5% |
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Median pay gap: |
33.6% |
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Average bonus gap: |
62.5% |
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Median bonus gap: |
69.5% |
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Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
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Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
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Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
Yes |
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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