People Partner (HR Business Partner)

JOB TITLE: People Partner (HR Business Partner)
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh or Bristol, with some travel to London
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 Partner (PP) is fast paced, data driven and ever changing! We work to transform our organisation to better serve our customers and help our business grow. The PP role is broad, providing strategic advice on workforce planning, recruitment, cultural change, organisation design, talent management, reward, learning & development, people risk, DE&I and more. Everything we do is about connecting and building positive and constructive relationships.

The role will partner with the Group Audit & Conduct Investigations team (GA&CI), which is on a transformation journey to become the leading audit and investigation function and a place where people come to develop their skills and further their careers. It plays a critical role in ensuring the Group, and its customers, remain safe and secure and can grow in a controlled environment. The team is made up of 400 diverse colleagues with a variety of professional backgrounds and they are investing in people and the skills of the future to help them achieve their vision.

As one of our People Partners, you have the outstanding opportunity to partner with a Group Executive Committee member, working with both our business leaders and our colleagues in HR and the wider Group to craft and deliver the People agenda. GA&CI is a welcoming team that will value your strategic input and expertise as a People leader and 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!

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.

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 fast. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you’ll be doing

• Work closely with the Chief Internal Auditor to design, drive and deliver the people strategy that enables our Purpose to Help Britain Prosper.
• Using data and personal influence to build strong and trusted relationships with the leaders in the Group Audit & Conduct Investigations Executive team to deliver against our People priorities.
• 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 embedding of the new operating model and desired culture that is driving GA&CI to be the leading Audit & Conduct Investigations team with a focus on increasing engagement, growing talent, DE&I and creating more career mobility.
• Provide support and coaching to leaders and managers to build high performing teams.

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.
• Data led, with excellent excel skills
• Innovative, full of ideas and good at problem solving.
• Collaborative team member, who helps those around them be successful.
• Ability to prioritise and focus on what matters with high-quality execution.
• Ability to interrogate and analyse multiple data sources to inform planning and decisions.
• Organisational and industry awareness with a passion for bringing the outside in.
• Expertise in core HR disciplines and a track record of leadership within senior teams.
• Experience of using AI to drive efficiency and progress.

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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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, including private medical cover

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