Personal Assistant to the General Counsel, Litigation & Contentious Regulatory

Join our dynamic LCR team, led by General Counsel. We are a forward looking and exciting part of the Legal function! The General Counsel's office helps to oversee the smooth running of LCR and contributes to a number of wider L&S workstreams too.

LCR provides expert advice and support to businesses and functions across the Group in relation to disputes and contentious regulatory matters.

Our overall purpose is to partner with empathy, courage and creativity to Help Britain Recover and Prosper.

A typical day

As a Personal Assistant, you will be an integral part of the LCR Executive Office. Your responsibilities will include :

• Acting as the primary point of contact for the General Counsel, establishing effective relationships with business leaders and colleagues across the Group.


• Efficiently managing the General Counsel's diary to ensure optimal use of their time.


• Handling incoming queries, prioritising them, and engaging with senior colleagues to resolve them.


• Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the business to provide effective support.


• Working with other Executive Office teams across L&S and the Group and developing your peer network.


• Coordinating central processes such as Workday, expense management, and event organisation.
  
  Strong organisational skills to ensure the General Counsel is well-prepared for meetings and commitments.


• Previous experience as a Personal Assistant, especially in working closely with senior individuals.


• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and sometimes multiple demands.


• Excellent written, verbal communication, and people skills, with proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.


• Excellent interpersonal skills, capable of effectively communicating with individuals across various levels of the organization.


• High personal integrity and the ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information.


• A flexible and collaborative approach to adapt to different leadership styles and business processes.
  
  At Lloyds Banking Group, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe in creating an organization that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.


We want our employees to feel a sense of belonging and have equal opportunities for success, regardless of their 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.

We encourage applications from under-represented groups and are disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

If you're excited by the thought of joining us, please 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.

We'll also give you a broad remuneration package which includes :

• A generous pension contribution


• An annual performance-related bonus


• Share schemes including free shares


• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping


• 24 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top


• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.