Location: London
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time and Hybrid
About The Job
We’re looking for an Early Careers and Inclusion Lead to help us build out our early career pipeline and strengthen and embrace the diversity of our employees.
This is where your in-depth knowledge of the early careers market and the complexities our industry faces will be critical for this role.
The role sits within the Talent and Learning team within HR and is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the company's early careers programs, including internships, apprentices, graduate development programs, and entry-level talent initiatives. The role involves working closely with HR, business leaders, and external partners to attract, develop, and retain high-potential early-career talent. The role also includes management of our D&I strategy and associated output.
Our early careers pipeline is a critical part of our wider HR strategy, so if you’re passionate about nurturing and developing early talent, you’ll fit right in here.
What You’ll Spend Your Time Doing
While there is rarely a typical day, here’s a snapshot of some of the key parts of the job:
Early Careers Program Development & Management
Design and implement early careers programs that align with business needs and talent strategies.
Manage the full lifecycle of internship, apprenticeship, work experience and graduate programs, from recruitment and onboarding to rotations, ongoing development, placements and retention.
Partnership with HR Business Partners for all programme rotations and placements.
Continuously assess and improve program effectiveness through feedback and performance metrics.
Early Careers Recruitment & Outreach
Collaborate with the TA team and Lloyd’s Early Careers team to attract top early-careers talent through targeted outreach and partnerships with educational institutions.
Represent the company at Lloyd’s events, careers fairs, university events, and networking opportunities to promote early career opportunities.
Early Careers Talent Development
Develop training, mentorship, and career development programs tailored to early career employees.
Management of our apprenticeship budget and early career professional qualification pathways, working alongside our current preferred supplier BPP and in collaboration with T&L team.
Work with business leaders to ensure alignment between program participants' objectives and development and our business needs.
Diversity & Inclusion Development & Management
Promote diversity and inclusion within early careers programs by implementing strategies to attract and retain diverse talent.
Lead initiatives to support an inclusive environment that contributes to the success of all our employees.
Management of our D&I strategy and associated outputs.
Stakeholder Engagement
Partnership and alignment with HR Business Partners throughout the lifecycle of all early career programmes.
Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, business leaders, and program participants, to ensure alignment and support for early career and inclusion initiatives.
Serve as a point of contact for external partners, such as universities, professional organizations, and other talent and inclusion partners.
Reporting & Analytics
Monitor and report on program success through key performance indicators (KPIs) and analytics.
Provide regular updates to HR Business Partners, Senior management on the progress and outcomes of early career programs and inclusion activity.
Budget Management
Manage the budget for early careers programs and D&I, ensuring that all initiatives are cost-effective and deliver a strong return on investment (ROI)
You’re going to enjoy this job if you also:
- Have an eye for detail and strong project management skills
- Can build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to drive decisions
- Passion for early careers talent development
- Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace
What you’ll need:
- Experience of early careers programme management
- Experience in HR with a focus on talent or learning
- Experience in Diversity & Inclusion (not required but would be advantageous)
We are stronger together because of our common interests and rich differences. You may be the strength we didn’t know we needed. Believe in yourself, and click apply today!
What Can You Expect From Us?
- Competitive Base Salary
- Performance Related Discretionary Bonus
- Holiday: 28 days core annual leave, and you can buy up to 5 days
- Pension: A minimum 2% employee contribution plus 7% MS Amlin contribution (9%) up to a maximum of 5% employee contribution plus 13% MS Amlin contribution (18%)
- Private Medical: cover for yourself. Family members/dependants can be added.
- Flex Fund: £1,000 (pro-rated based on start date) to spend on flexible benefits.
- Life Assurance: 5 x annualised base salary
- Enhanced Parental Leave (maternity and paternity): 6 months full pay, entitled from day 1.
- Continuous Learning Approach: Including study support with professional qualifications.
- Employer Supported Volunteering: 3 days volunteering leave.
- Annual health screening
- Give as you earn
- Cycle to work
- Season ticket loan
- Green car scheme
- Retail discount platform
About MS Amlin
MS Amlin is a group of leading global (re)insurance companies, and we are part of the global top-10 non-life insurance group MS&AD. We operate through four legal entities operating in the Lloyd’s, Continental European, US and Bermudian global (re)insurance markets.
This role is in our Lloyd’s business
Our Lloyd’s business writes a diverse (re)insurance portfolio and specialises in providing insurance coverage to commercial businesses and offering reinsurance protection to other insurance companies around the world. We operate from our offices in the heart of London’s (re)insurance district and from our market hubs in Asia and the Middle East. We work in partnership with our brokers and clients to provide proactive risk solutions and support across a broad range of trades and industries. We operate through our Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001, and we can trace our roots in the insurance market, back over 100 years.
