Senior Media Relations Manager (six-month FTC)

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic commercial and corporate communications professional to join us to drive a reputationally-significant part the Group's media relations and communications framework. You will help bring our purpose to life, while leading on live issues in a way that promotes and protects the Group's reputation. We do this on a daily basis through engagement with national media, and through the insight and counsel that we give as a communications management team to the wider business. The role will be focused on communications support for legal, commercial and corporate business areas. You'll need to build and maintain excellent relationships with internal partners as well as media using strong communication skills, with the ability to cut through complexity. You'll have significant experience in communicating corporate messages to highly experienced journalists with confidence and credibility. There will be scope for you to demonstrate your passion for communications, as you will represent the senior management team with responsibilities to help shape the day to day running of the media team with a proactive, can-do approach. Why Lloyds Banking Group? We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn and thrive. What you'll need

• Delivering media activity in a fast-paced environment to support the legal, corporate and commercial business areas, including projects working with external partners and promoting the Group's reputation to external audiences.
• Acting with expertise, providing media advice to our legal partners and business areas, including challenging and influencing senior partners.
• Handling enquiries from the media relating to corporate and commercial banking, with a focus on Group-level issues.
• Identifying, raising and mitigating emerging risks to protect the reputation and interests of the Group, our colleagues and customers.
  
  Are you an experienced senior communications leader with strong analytical and issues-management skills, seeking your next role? This six-month secondment opportunity may be for you., Significant experience in communicating commercial and corporate and media messages.
• Understanding of internal communications to support our business partners.
• Ability to act as a spokesperson, including on an out-of-hours basis.
• Evidence of positive working relationships with key partners in other divisions and functions outside media relations.
• A proven track record to work under pressure, handle time effectively, be a strong teammate and to work closely with colleagues from multiple teams.
• Experience of handling issues and crisis management, and to quickly develop a strong understanding of complex issues.
  
  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.

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're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. 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. As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role. We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process 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
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.