Executive Assistant

End Date
Thursday 11 April 2024
Salary Range
£73,262 - £86,190
We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options
Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
Would you like the opportunity to make a genuine difference to our people and play a key role in helping to build a truly sustainable and inclusive organisation, where our people can thrive? We're looking for a motivated individual who shares our dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) to join our team as Executive Assistant to our DE&I Director.
Job Description

• JOB TITLE: Executive Assistant
• LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Bristol, Halifax or Leeds,
• 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.

Would you like the opportunity to make a genuine difference to our people and play a key role in helping to build a truly sustainable and inclusive organisation, where our people can thrive? We're looking for a motivated individual who shares our dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) to join our team as Executive Assistant to our DE&I Director.
In the Group DE&I team within People & Places (P&P), we’re committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. We pride ourselves on our people, and have a strong culture of inclusion, wellbeing and working together to achieve our goals.
As an Executive Assistant, you’ll get first-hand insight into our people and business strategies and will play a key role in delivering these. You’ll provide direct support and counsel to the DE&I Director, helping to shape and influence strategic projects that impact the whole of Group. We work in a delivery focused and hugely varied environment where we balance multiple priorities. Being able to influence and collaborate with key internal and external partners is a critical element of being an EA. You'll engage with senior colleagues to steer and challenge key business decisions and support successful development and delivery of business objectives.
This role is a unique opportunity to grow strategic awareness of both P&P and DE&I. In return, you'll bring a precise eye for detail, strong written and verbal communication skills, a willingness to speak up and challenge, the ability to prioritise and balance demands, and a commitment to build and nurture strong relationships across DE&I, P&P and the wider business.
What you’ll need

• Excellent stakeholder management
• Proven experience of influencing and leading senior stakeholders
• Experience of drafting Board level papers, excellent skills in creating influencing storylines through PowerPoint and word
• Delivery focused approach and experience of delivering numerous priorities at pace.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and balance changing priorities
• Good strategic understanding of DE&I or the People & Places function overall
• Strong relationship management, influencing and coaching, developing trust through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Ability to apply incisive analysis to advise on planning and decisions
• A passion for creating diverse, equitable and inclusive workspaces
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to simplify the complex
• Strong analytical skills, ability to quickly identify trends
• Awareness, understanding and interest in the wider business, economic and market environment
• Experience in HR is preferable but not crucial

Key Accountabilities

• Provide co-ordination and planning support for the DE&I Director, working closely with the wider team.
• Strategic support and challenge to the DE&I Director, developing stakeholder management across a varied, multi-divisional and senior group of people, always taking an end-to-end commercial lens.
• Support the DE&I Operating forum, leading on preparation and coordination of impactful and engaging committee papers, agenda planning and cross-team contribution.
• Stay ahead of emerging issues to ensure the DE&I Director is in the know and contribute to briefings and presentations.
• Lead on the people risk agenda in conjunction with second line and our team to ensure effective risk management for DE&I.
• Ensure the smooth running of DE&I Team meetings and calls, including briefings and agreement of agendas and shaping of relevant content.
• Assist the DE&I Director in the day-to-day management of their role, and with the Personal Assistant, coordinate the efficient daily running of team priorities and
• screen incoming requirements into the DE&I Director, responding, redirecting and prioritising as needed.
• Own specific research on a wide range of subject matters, providing recommendations for solutions where appropriate.

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 colleagues to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. 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 variety of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Do you want to do amazing work, that’s exciting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!
We're driven by a clear purpose; Helping Britain Prosper. Our colleagues are passionate about making a difference to customers, businesses and communities.
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 everyone is able to make a real difference!
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.

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.