HR Graduate Programme – Occupational Psychology Graduate

Your role at a glance

Are you looking for a graduate role in which you can gain broad experience across Organisational Psychology and HR? Do you want to work with collaborative teams who welcome challenge? Are you keen to be part of an organisation with a strong social purpose at its core?

We are looking for graduates who can answer “yes” to the above to join our HR Graduate Programme. This HR Graduate Programme is a great opportunity to begin applying your occupational psychology theory in a practical and commercial environment. Support our applied occupational Psychology processes while getting to grips with the fundamentals of HR. It’s also a fantastic time to join Legal & General’s HR community as it progresses in its transformation journey and plays a pivotal role in the business’ continued success.

About the Programme

Programme length: Two years

At Legal & General, we want all employees to feel fulfilled in their work and excited about being part of Legal & General’s story. The HR function is central to enabling and delivering this culture, supporting leaders, line managers and employees to ensure people-related elements of the organisation’s strategy are executed. During the 2-year programme you will develop your professional network and expand on your skills through a structured learning and development programme, before rolling off onto a permanent role within one of our teams.

Some of the day-to-day activities could include:

• Support the design & implementation of the Group’s end-to-end psychometric assessment strategy & approach
• Develop, implement or evaluate employee selection procedures, including psychometric tests, situational judgement questionnaires, assessment centres and structured interviews
• Support the development of talent management processes and systems so the organisation can identify and develop their high potentials
• Analyse data to inform on people trends and development needs, identifying skills and behavioural gaps and consider how to address those gaps
• Scope business need and support in the development and delivery of relevant and impactful interventions
• Support the design and delivery of leadership development interventions, including assisting in the delivery of leadership team sessions across the business
• Conduct appropriate studies to demonstrate the business impact of assessments.
• Developing creative and impactful ways to support our D&I ambitions
• Develop your coaching and facilitation skills while assisting in the delivery of our team development & strategy sessions
• Responding directly to employee and line manager queries, ensuring an exceptional employee experience throughout the employee life cycle
• Supporting HR projects, including Legal & General’s HR Transformation programme
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement to HR processes, ways of working and technology

Learning and Development

As a graduate in HR, we’ll equip you with all the skills you need. You’ll learn on the job from our HR experts and be surrounded by mentors, providing you with an excellent platform to begin your HR career.

You will join the enterprise-wide induction in September 2023 where you will have the opportunity to learn more about Legal & General and build a network with our other graduates.

What we're looking for

First and foremost, we are looking for people who embody our behaviours:

• Straightforward - doing what we say and saying what we mean
• Collaborative - working together constructively
• Purposeful – working with pace and energy

We’re not expecting prior industry experience, but we’ll want to see that you have the tools to develop quickly. These include:

• MSc Occupational Organisational Psychology or MSc Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology
• 2:1 Degree in psychology or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexible and a team-player
• Curiosity and an eagerness to learn
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise effectively
• An analytical mind with a good understanding of basic data analysis approaches
• Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

The role will be based in London and will involve a flexible working approach whereby you split your time between working from home and the office. It will also involve some travel across our core hubs in Cardiff and Hove

Benefits

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days’ holiday, private medical insurance, discretionary performance related bonuses, paid overtime, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products.

About L&G

As a company, to be one of the world's largest Asset Managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurances brands, we are diverse by our very nature. And we're a company that wants to use our diversity and influence to make society better in the long term - for everyone. To do this we need to be a company that welcomes everyone, where everyone can succeed. That means we're committed to building an inclusive culture in L&G where we can all perform at our best, no matter who we are, what we do or where we do it. So, whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

Bringing out the best in you

We believe that good businesses are built on doing the right thing and strive to do what is best for both our people and our customers. This means, enabling you to bring your best self to work by giving you what you need, when you need it.

Therefore, we have designed a process that puts you in control, because we recognise your time is valuable. At each step, make sure you take time to pause and reflect before progressing to the next, as each subsequent step will ask for a bit more of your time. 

We want you to feel comfortable that this process is as fair and inclusive as possible, so please let us know if you need an accommodation for any disability.

At each step we will give more information and clear instructions on what actions you need to take. You will be screened at each of these steps. In brief our recruitment process will include:

The application to this role asking you to upload your CV, application questions, online testing (Situational Judgement and General Ability), a recorded video interview, and an assessment centre (line manager interview, a presentation, a group exercise).

Please note that we work with an external company, SHL, to process all online tests and video interviews. By submitting your application, you are agreeing for your personal information (name and email) to be securely sent to them. If you have any questions about this information transfer, then please email futuretalentrecruitment@landg.com before applying for the role. 

For any queries, please contact futuretalentrecruitment@landg.com . Please note we are unable to accept any email applications.