Senior Employee Communications Executive, Leadership Communications at LegalAndGeneral
LegalAndGeneral · London, United Kingdom · Onsite
- Senior
- Office in London
Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.
We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.
We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.
Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.
Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.
Job Description:At L&G, we believe that strong leadership communication is key to building trust, engagement and alignment across our organisation. As part of our Corporate Affairs function, this role supports communications from our Group Management Committee and Senior Leadership Team to employees. You’ll help deliver strategic messaging, coordinate impactful events and contribute to a culture of transparency and collaboration.
What you’ll be doing:
- Supporting the Head of CEO and Leadership Communications and Senior Manager in delivering a global strategy that builds trust in L&G’s leadership by co-ordinating communications activity, overseeing the calendar of content and events, leading on administrative tasks, and gathering data and insights to improve the effectiveness of our communications plan
- Assisting the Head of CEO and Leadership Communications and Senior Manager in delivering plans that engage employees with L&G’s strategy and build trust in the Group CEO through employee communications, social media, and events, in line with company requirements
- Supporting with content creation and channel management for CEO & Leadership Communications strategies, working with Employee Communications colleagues and stakeholders to align messaging with L&G’s narrative
- Supporting the planning and execution of virtual and in-person events, including developing agendas, creating and maintaining attendee lists, and developing content, working in collaboration with the L&G events team, whilst ensuring coordination with the Employee Communications team and maintaining relevant calendars and diaries
- Collaborating with Employee Communications and Corporate Affairs to drive continuous improvement in planning, measurement, editorial coordination, and information sharing to strengthen cross-team and function collaboration in line with business requirements
- Working closely with colleagues from across Employee Communications to contribute towards the continuous improvement of the function, including supporting improvements to planning, measurement and evaluation, editorial planning, and information sharing to strengthen cross divisional planning, collaboration, and strong stakeholder relationships
- Consumer Duty: creating audience-focused assets and concepts, ensuring clarity, fairness, and full compliance with regulatory and data protection requirements
Who we’re looking for:
- Understand the role of employee communications as part of Corporate Affairs, and in wider business strategy.
- Awareness of communications tactics, including content development and channel management.
- Understanding of the importance of employee communications to senior leadership teams.
- Knowledge of evaluation and planning methodologies used in communications functions.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, highly organised and able to prioritise workload.
- Experienced in content development and event management.
- Experience in employee communications, and leadership communications, ideally working as part of an in-house communications team.
- Previous experience working in or with complex regulated organisations, ideally in financial services.
Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:
- The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
- Generous pension contribution
- Life assurance
- Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
- At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
- Competitive family leave
- Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
- There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
- In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart
At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.
If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.
We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.
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