External Engagement Manager, Group Sustainable Business
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End Date
Sunday 03 August 2025
Salary Range
£59,850 - £66,500
We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
This is your chance to use your knowledge of environmental and social sustainability, alongside your communication and relationship management skills, to make a tangible positive impact on our environment and society within the UK and beyond.
As an External Engagement Manager, you’ll be working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your contribution will help shape the future.
Working in Group Sustainable Business, you’ll be in a specialised team who champion our Group's sustainability initiatives and are at the forefront of driving our strategic ambitions to help Britain Prosper.
You'll be a driving force behind our participation in major sustainability events in the UK and globally, engaging with internal and external stakeholders at every level. Your capability to build and cultivate positive relationships will be crucial, as will conveying vital external insights to guide our sustainability strategy. Collaborating with colleagues across the Group, you'll maximise external opportunities to amplify our Group strategy and activities, support business objectives, inspire others to take positive real-world action, and seek to influence policy, regulations and frameworks.
Communication skills and the ability to engage with a diverse range of audiences are key. You’ll be part of a team that places great importance on learning, innovation and high performance and you’ll need to deliver high-quality outputs through strong attention to detail.
Job Description
Key Details
JOB TITLE: External Engagement Manager, Group Sustainable Business
SALARY: as per pay range
LOCATION(S): Leeds, Wellington Place
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S): Bristol Harbourside, Edinburgh
HOURS: Full time 35 hours per week
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
Join us as an External Engagement Manager and help shape the future of sustainability. You’ll lead strategic engagement across major UK and global events, build influential relationships, and bring external insights to guide our Group’s sustainability agenda—all while inspiring action and driving real-world impact.
Why Lloyds Banking Group
If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
On a day-to-day basis you’ll be:
* Making recommendations on, co-ordinating, and managing the Group’s representation and participation at major UK and global sustainability events e.g. United Nations Conference of the Parties and London Climate Action Week
* Working closely with partner functions across the organisation as well as third parties, you’ll prepare briefings and speaker notes for Senior Executives ahead of meetings and events
* Co-ordinating and drafting of Group-led external consultation responses
* Finding opportunities to maximise value for the Group and its business objectives through active engagement with key external organisational memberships
* Identifying appropriate external opportunities to build the Group’s reputation and demonstrate its commitment and actions with regards to environmental and social sustainability e.g. industry awards
* Managing responses to Executive level correspondence relating to environmental and social sustainability matters
What you’ll need:
* Strong knowledge of environmental and social sustainability.
* Excellent communication skills, written and oral, with the ability to convey complex subjects simply, adapting your style and approach based on the audience.
* Ability to build and develop strong and positive relationships internally and externally.
* Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of people to deliver initiatives for mutual benefit.
* Critical thinking, where you use information, logic and creative thinking to support the identification of solutions and decision making.
* Attention to detail.
We’re looking for someone who is self-motivated and can learn quickly, as you’ll be expected to continue to build upon your knowledge at pace in the role.
About Working For Us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
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 offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
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
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Business Development and Sales
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