People Partner, Group Chief Operating Office

Full Job Description

End Date

Tuesday 24 October 2023

Salary Range

£71,825 - £84,500

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Agile Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

Works as a senior functional specialist/business partner or may lead a sub department within HR. All specialist roles contribute to policy development and seek to improve the quality of human interaction. May lead projects specific to own specialism.

Job Description

• JOB TITLE:   People Partner, Group Chief Operating Office
• SALARY:   £71,825 - £84,500
• LOCATION(S):   Edinburgh, Leeds or Bristol
• HOURS:   Full Time
• WORKING PATTERN:   Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

We have an exciting opportunity to join the People Partnering team in the Group Chief Operating Office (Group COO). This is a permanent role, reporting directly into the People Director and working closely alongside two leaders within the Group COO leadership team.

A day in the life of a People Partner is fast paced and ever changing! A People Partner works on all aspects of the colleague lifecycle across topics such as strategic workforce planning, recruitment, culture, organisation design, talent management, reward, learning & development, people risk, and many more. We spend a lot of time talking to business leaders, managers and our People & Places (P&P) colleagues; everything we do is about connecting and building positive relationships.

Group COO is made up of around 23,000 colleagues, split by 9,000 permanent colleagues and around 14,000 non-permanent colleagues (partners and contractors). The work those colleagues do underpins how the whole Group runs, changes and innovates; supporting by the platform operating model which continues to evolve and mature. We also support a number of specialist teams, including Group Sourcing & Supplier Management, the Chief Technology Office, the Chief Data & Analytics Office and Portfolio Management, critical to supporting the broader Group to make our business strategy a success. With the amount of change across the Group, it’s a really exciting part of the organisation to work in, where no two days will be the same.

As one of our People Partners, you have the outstanding opportunity to sit around the leadership table, working with both our business leaders and our colleagues in P&P and the wider Group to craft and deliver the people agenda. Our team is kind, encouraging and committed to making each other successful, learning together as we go. We may be biased, but we believe it’s a wonderful team to be a part of!

What we need from you

• Excellent relationship management, influencing and coaching, developing trust through integrity and authenticity.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to see the bigger picture, story tell and join the dots.
• Innovative and good at problem solving.
• Collaborative team member.
• Ability to prioritise and focus on what matters.
• Ability to interrogate and analyse multiple data sources to inform planning and decisions.
• Organisational and industry awareness with passion for bringing the outside in.
• Experience of working within P&P would be desirable – at the very least, a validated understanding of the function and the key people policies, enabling you to deliver successfully in the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong and trusted relationships with executives in the Group COO leadership team and act as their people partner, working with P&P colleagues to deliver against their requirements.
• Develop the business area people strategy in line with the Group People Plan and the Group COO Culture plan, driving our Group purpose and values to enable the business to succeed.
• Grow capability within the business area to ensure colleagues have the skills of the future, whilst investing in the growth of the leadership team to drive effectiveness and high performance.
• Support the leadership teams to land and embed P&P initiatives, products, and policy changes (i.e., Flexibility Works, Culture Catalysts, Your Best etc.).
• Provide support and coaching to leaders and managers relating to complex colleague cases.

About working for us

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. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

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

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.