Team Leader - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

This role is based in our Retirements Team, and we are currently looking for an enthusiastic and driven people leader to join our team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. We're looking for someone to further embed our strong culture of trusting colleagues to do the right thing for our customers. You will promote and lead initiatives to enhance our ways of working, and support everyone to bring their best self to work every single day. You'll lead, support and encourage the team to deliver excellent customer service and achieve high standards of accuracy, whilst also supporting the Senior Leadership Team and being pro-active in identify risks and resolving issues. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, versatile and bold individual to take a pivotal role in the success of this team. It is a varied and exciting role that involves managing resources, performance and colleague wellbeing, whilst supporting in shaping the future course of our operation. With a focus on measuring what is really important to customers through end to end customer journeys, our operations are transforming in order to support the Insurance, Pensions and Investments business to meet the ever changing needs of our customers every day. Why Lloyds Banking Group We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. What you'll need The skills to lead, coach and role model a Customer Service team, whilst showcasing personal development and championing the group values. The ability to identify improvement opportunities for existing processes, systems and procedures to improve customer experience whilst embracing curiosity and innovation to simplify the way we do things. You will take ownership of risk by proactively identifying and promptly call out opportunities to improve our control environment to ensure all customers receive fair outcomes. Create an engaging environment and positively influence our culture by seeking feedback and recognising colleagues for their contribution.

Are you passionate about making a difference whilst keeping the customer at the heart of everything you do? Then there's a role here for you!

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 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
Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. This role is considered Certified under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime as either requiring mandatory qualifications or being deemed as a role capable of providing 'significant harm' to customers. Due to this, successful candidates will be subject to enhanced levels of vetting, and required to complete a fitness and propriety attestation on commencement in role. Colleagues performing this role will be required to be complete a fitness and propriety attestation on an annual basis and will also be subject to additional routine criminal and credit checks As a certified colleague your details will be published on the FCA's Financial Services Register This role has been identified as a Functions requiring qualifications under SYSC 27.8.10R as defined in the FCA Handbook.(1) Each function involving an activity for which there is a qualification requirement as specified in TC App 1.1.1R (Activities and Products/Sectors to which TC applies) is an FCA certification function.(2) A person performs the FCA certification function in this rule even if: (a) the time period within which the person must have obtained the qualification requirement has not yet expired; or (b) the person is exempt from the qualification requirement. 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.