People Advisor - Group Chief Operating Office

JOB TITLE: People Advisor

SALARY: £59,850 to £66,500

LOCATION(S): Leeds, Edinburgh & Bristol

HOURS: Full-time / Part 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.

About this Opportunity

A day in the life of a People Advisor is fast paced and ever changing! As an integral part of the team, you will work 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 more. We spend a lot of time talking to business leaders, managers, and our HR colleagues; everything we do is about connecting and building positive relationships. 

Group COO is made up of over 20,000 colleagues. The work of these colleagues underpins how the whole Group runs, changes, and innovates; supported by our Platform operating model which continues to evolve and mature.  

We also support several specialist teams, including Group Sourcing & Supplier Management, Chief Technology Office, Chief Security Office, Group Payments, Lloyds Technology Centre (based in Hyderabad, India), and the Chief Data & Analytics Office.  These teams are critical to supporting the broader Group to make our business strategy a success. With the amount of change across the Group, it is an exciting part of the organisation to work in, where no two days will be the same. 

As one of our People Advisors, you have an opportunity to work with business leaders, colleagues in HR and the wider Group to 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 is a wonderful team to be a part of! 

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you'll be doing

• Support the Partnering team to land and embed People initiatives, products, and policy changes. 

• Provide strong HR policy and procedure knowledge to key internal customers, using good judgement and mentorship to support our business. 

• Act as a trusted adviser, by developing a deep understanding of the Group COO business, creating and implementing operational plans with a future focus. 

• Lead on People related data and MI to provide insights to inform People solutions and support business change. 

• Anticipate potential People-related risks and contributing to the creation of effective solutions for talent and succession management. 

• Act as an ambassador of behavioural and cultural change, leading the business to build the desired culture and improve colleague engagement, where appropriate identifying relevant HR programmes / projects / interventions. 

What we need from you: 

• Collaborative team member. 

• Ability to prioritise and focus on what matters. 

• Great at building relationships.  Develops trust by being honest and genuine. 

• Great at communicating, understanding the overall situation and connecting the dots. 

• Ability to interrogate and analyse multiple data sources to inform planning and decisions. 

• Ability to lead change and be comfortable with ambiguity.

• Expertise in all core HR disciplines, and a track record of providing strong HR policy and procedure knowledge, ideally within a Technology domain.

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’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

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.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process 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

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We’d love to hear from you.