Programme Manager - Inclusive Transformation

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JOB TITLE: Programme Manager - Inclusive Transformation

SALARY: The salary banding for this role is £59,850  - £66,500

LOCATION: Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, or Leeds

HOURS: 35 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.

About this opportunity

We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues love to work, can be themselves and thrive. Inclusion is a fundamental part of building our high-performance culture. We want to maximise the potential of all our people, empowering them to perform at their best, and deliver at pace for our customers.  You’ll be an experienced Programme Manager, that’s used to leading and co-ordinating a large portfolio of activity.

What will I be doing?

• Lead overall programme, collaborating with Group Inclusion leadership to agree core priorities, based on insight and ‘Must Wins’, and create project cadence within the team to maintain progress against these

• Produce high quality communications and reporting on the overall programme, suitable for the People and Places (P&P)  Executive Committee, GEC, P&P wide, and the wider team.

• Assist our team in adopting agile work methodologies that align with the broader Group's operational approach

• Manage budgets, resources, and risks associated with inclusion initiatives

• Use insights to inform continuous improvement and decision-making

• Understand, embrace and be able to select with confidence market leading tools and methods to deliver our DEI programme of activity

• Plan multiple priorities, adapting to change and delivering at pace

• Build, maintain, assess and interrogate diversity data and programme data and KPIs to report on the programme success.

• Achieve planned commitments by developing short-term and/or medium-term team activity plans aligned to our core DEI Priorities and be confident in keeping the team on track with deliverables

Why Lloyds Banking Group

From developing a truly balanced business to encouraging a workplace where people enjoy working, we seek colleagues who are ready for the challenge of our ambitious goals. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you’ll need

• Programme Management: Uses expertise to act as the organisational authority on managing programmes within desired cost, time, and quality parameters. Is experienced in applying the key principles of programme management, sharing best practice and capturing lessons learnt

• Organisational Awareness: Manoeuvres comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organisational dynamics. For example, knows when to use power and how to use influence to advance the organisations and team priorities and positively influence its direction. Navigates political currents inside and outside the organisation with tact and credibility.

• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers timely and regular communications that convey clear expectations of program goals, priorities, deliverables and helps minimise misunderstanding. Delivers messages confidently and effectively to all levels of the organisation, creates forums for people to express themselves openly and regularly. Uses clear and effective writing skills to inform and motivate stakeholders.

• Agile: Possesses a background in assisting teams with embracing the agile approach and work methods. Is able to identify and introduce efficiencies in projects and ways of working. And expert in Jira and/or similar software used for programme management

• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple partners. For example, provides guidance so that others understand priorities of different partners and can balance them appropriately. Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

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 interested to find out more about the role, we will be hosting a drop in call on 23/10 at 3:30pm GMT.

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.