Manager, Social Sustainability

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Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours.

Salary: £59,850 - £66,500

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh or Leeds

Hours: Full-time - 35 hours per week

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: This is an opportunity to bring your experience and expertise in social sustainability to Lloyds Banking Group where you will play a key role in delivering our sustainability ambitions! The Manager will provide support for all social sustainability-related activities with a day-to-day focus on activity to assess and manage social-related risks, opportunities and impacts in our centre of excellence, including social-related impacts of climate change and transition to net zero.

You will join the Group Sustainable Business team which sits at the centre of Lloyds Banking Group and plays an important role in enabling Lloyds Banking Group's purpose ambitions and activities which are critical to the delivery of the Group's strategy and helping Britain prosper. These include defining the ambitions and enablement actions across key areas such as affordable homes, financial empowerment, regional development, transition to net zero and protecting nature.

As Manager, you will be:

• Synthesizing societal trends, with special focus on inequality, financial resilience and inclusion, net zero impacts on people, providing insights and guidance on related risks and opportunities, and supports building an internal approach to ensure continued alignment with standard methodology.
• Providing SME input into key Group initiatives drawing on data-driven insights, leading frameworks, thought leadership and knowledge of financial products.
• Collaborating with partners across the Group to develop and mobilise initiatives advancing our societal impact and commercial success of the Group.
• Supporting the development of LBG capabilities in social impact areas, by sharing knowledge and expertise with colleagues across all levels.
• Translating emerging and existing external regulatory, obligatory, or voluntary industry requirements and assessing the impact on the Group's business models and focus areas.
• Contributing to a high-performing team, encouraging and embedding new, agile and innovative practices to improve process effectiveness, efficiency, accuracy and pace.
• Continuously developing and growing by pursuing personal development opportunities.

What we are looking for: We are looking for a strategic problem solver with a good understanding of socio-economic issues, trends and frameworks, such as Sustainable Development Goals, who wishes to apply their skills within a financial services company. Specifically, we are looking for someone that:

• Has experience with assessment and management of social-related impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities and interconnections between social issues and climate or nature.
• Has the ability to translate insights from raw data into strategic recommendations and appropriate measures of progress, and to critically evaluate alternatives.
• Uses information analysis and scenario comparison, applying logic, prioritisation and creative thinking, to formulate judgments and solutions that lead to effective outcomes.
• Is a teammate, identifies, builds and maintains positive relationships with key internal and external partners, and uses interpersonal skills to influence and collaborate to achieve shared outcomes.
• Communicates clearly, adapting styles to target audiences, using storytelling and case studies to demonstrate strategic concepts.
• Has experience in crafting executive-level briefings and papers.

About working for us: Our focus is to ensure we are 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 is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident. So if you would 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 range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you are excited about being part of our team, get in touch. We would love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we are 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 will have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you will have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we will 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 will always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We are 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 are building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.