Company Description

Securing pensions over the long term can be a challenge for many businesses. Our ambition at Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) is to help companies and pension scheme trustees honour their defined benefit pension promises to their employees. We’re helping companies settle their pension liabilities so they can focus on growing their businesses, as well as helping to support their members’ financial security in retirement. And we’re investing for the long term to back our pension promises. In the last 30 years we’ve written more UK business than any other insurer, and we currently look after more than half a million pension policyholders. We're the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider, and a market-leading, multi-award winning business.  

Job Description

To provide a  PA service of the highest standard to the Corporate Development Director, and Chief Risk Officer and their teams. To develop a good working knowledge of the responsibilities of the Directors in order to make delegated decisions on their behalf and enable them to operate with maximum effectiveness in accordance with regulatory and legislative requirements and Legal & General values.

What you will be doing:

• Responsibility for designated Directors including full diary management of internal and external meetings with agenda and supporting material, full support with email management where required, travel arrangements, collation of expenses to upload onto internal system, collation and creation of presentations, ensuring a high degree of confidentiality, accuracy and consistency at all times.

• Maintain board and committee packs, structure charts, hospitality logs, performance review documentation etc., ensuring this information is to hand when required across the relevant teams.  Analyse and escalate triggers or issues as required and own until resolution.

• Ensure the accurate production and maintenance of documentation, presentations and communications for designated Directors.  Continually review and update formats and maintain version control as appropriate.

• Provide prompt, professional and courteous support to any enquiry from any internal or external customer.  Assess the nature, confidentiality and urgency of the issue, taking remedial action as necessary.  Where possible responding or recommending a response on behalf of the allocated Directors or escalating and taking ownership that these enquiries are resolved.  To ensure the customer has been treated fairly in light of all the circumstances and information that is available.

• Act as a point of contact for the allocated Directors, delivering a professional image of Legal & General and responding to their enquiries in a timely manner and across all media, taking ownership that issues are resolved and integrity is preserved.  Ensure visitor arrangements and itineraries are efficiently planned and coordinated.  Liaise and actively coordinate with other Legal & General PAs and Administrators to deliver a consistent and complete support function.

Qualifications

• Proven track record working as a Personal Assistant, Team Assistant, Team Administrator or Executive Assistant
• Knowledge and experience of core Microsoft applications including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Capable of using a variety of technology. Ability and willingness to learn and train others on new tech/systems and sharing knowledge and expertise where necessary. 
• Demonstrates accuracy when sending out reports, papers, and correspondence.
• Strong team player, capable of working in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail is paramount.
• The ability to prioritise a busy workload and to be flexible in a continuously changing environment.
• Self-starter, capable of working alone and unguided but dealing with any situation that arises and confident in making decisions where appropriate. 
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills at all levels and the ability to create a strong internal and external network.

Additional Information

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), an annual supplement for private medical insurance, generous pension scheme and life assurance, We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan, and then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.