Team Effectiveness & Leadership Programme Assistant Manager in Bristol

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Job Description Summary

SALARY: £40,824 - £45,360

LOCATIONS: Bristol and 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. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

What you'll be doing

Do you want to join a team that is helping shape the future of team performance and leadership across Lloyds Banking Group? This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in building the systems, programmes, propositions and communities that enable leaders and teams to perform at their very best. As a Team Effectiveness & Leadership Programme Assistant Manager, you'll operate at the heart of our Team Effectiveness and Leadership agenda. Acting as the central point of orchestration across multiple initiatives, you'll bring together stakeholders, communities, suppliers and internal teams to ensure our propositions are innovative, scalable and deliver measurable business impact. You will play a key role in evolving our Team Effectiveness offer, embedding evidence-based approaches, leveraging technology and AI, and helping create the conditions for high-performing teams and leaders across the Group.

Key responsibilities include:

• Programme Leadership & Orchestration - Acting as the central point of orchestration across Team Effectiveness and Leadership Development activities, this role ensures initiatives are aligned, coordinated and delivered effectively by providing oversight of priorities, plans, dependencies and delivery across multiple workstreams. Through collaboration with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, Leadership, Coaching, People Partners and wider Centres of Excellence, the role creates a flawless colleague experience while driving visibility of demand, delivery pipelines, resource requirements and performance through robust planning and reporting.
• Proposition Development & Innovation - Support the design, development and continuous evolution of Team Effectiveness propositions, frameworks, toolkits and Leadership Development programmes, ensuring solutions are practical, commercially focused, scalable and aligned to Group priorities. Applying design and systems thinking principles, drive the creation of innovative, user-centred experiences while championing modern delivery approaches, including digital tools, AI-enabled solutions and modern facilitation techniques.
• Communities, Capability & Stakeholder Enablement - Lead and evolve Communities of Practice that strengthen leadership, coaching and team effectiveness capabilities, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous learning. Build strong stakeholder partnerships to develop practical tools, resources and guidance, enabling the effective application of key principles and advising the design of future solutions.
• Measurement, Insights & ROI - Develop and evolve outcome-focused measurement frameworks for Team Effectiveness and Leadership initiatives, ensuring success is defined, tracked and evidenced through meaningful business impact rather than sentiment alone.
• Operational Excellence - Drive the effective delivery and scaling of Team Effectiveness and Leadership programmes through strong governance, programme management and operational excellence. Leverage technology and automation to simplify processes, improve efficiency and ensure risks, dependencies and key milestones are proactively managed.

Why join us?

We're transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We're growing, and we'd love you to be part of the journey.

What we’re looking for

• A passion for leadership development, organisational effectiveness and helping teams thrive.
• Strong experience and knowledge of Team Effectiveness, Leadership Development, Organisational Development or Occupational Psychology principles and their application within complex organisations.
• Experience designing, leading and continuously improving programmes, propositions or organisational interventions.
• Ability to operate independently, taking ownership of significant initiatives from concept through to implementation and evaluation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and build credibility across a wide range of audiences.
• Proven capability in translating complex concepts into practical, scalable solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using data and insights to shape decision making.
• Experience managing multiple priorities, balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery.
• Curiosity and a passion for innovation, staying informed on emerging trends, research and technology that can improve colleague and business outcomes.
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to building inclusive, high-performing environments.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

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
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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'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.