Inclusion and Partnering Senior Manager

About this Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Group Inclusion Team, providing expertise for the inclusion of under-represented ethnic minority colleagues and communities, while driving a culture that benefits all colleagues.

By embedding strategies that remove barriers and foster equity, this role not only champions ethnic minority inclusion but also strengthens the wider organisational culture—creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. You’ll also act as the wider inclusion partner for Business & Commercial Banking (BCB) and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), ensuring inclusion is integrated into business priorities.

This role is commercially critical to ensuring Lloyds Banking Group reflects the customers and communities we serve and attracts the widest pool of talent. By embedding inclusive practices and driving impact, you’ll help create a high-performing, diverse workforce that fuels innovation, strengthens customer trust, and delivers sustainable growth for all.

You’ll be a subject matter expert with demonstrable experience in designing and delivering inclusion strategies that have driven measurable impact for under-represented ethnic minority groups, while ensuring these approaches contribute to a culture that benefits everyone.

You’ll combine deep knowledge of the Equality Act with the ability to identify systemic barriers and opportunities, creating strategies that are legally sound, commercially effective, and inclusive for the whole organisation.

Crucially, you’ll be skilled at navigating sensitive conversations and influencing senior stakeholders, balancing targeted interventions with an inclusive approach that brings everyone on the journey—creating a workplace that works better for all, not just a few.

What you'll be doing

• Design and deliver inclusion strategies with proven impact for ethnic minority colleagues, ensuring alignment with Group ambitions and legal compliance, while embedding practices that strengthen inclusion for all.

• Apply expert knowledge of the Equality Act to advise on policy, process, and risk mitigation in ways that support a fair and inclusive culture.

• Identify barriers and opportunities across organisational processes and colleague experiences, shaping interventions that drive equity and benefit the wider workforce.

• Lead sensitive conversations with confidence, influencing leaders to adopt inclusive behaviours while maintaining unity and engagement across all colleague groups.

• Champion a “whole organisation” approach, ensuring targeted strategies for under-represented groups are integrated into broader cultural and business objectives.

• Partner with customer and client-focused divisions to collaborate and support client inclusion-focused agendas, reinforcing our commitment to inclusion beyond the organisation.

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.

What you’ll need

• Extensive demonstrable experience in developing and implementing inclusion strategies that have delivered measurable outcomes for ethnic minority and under-represented groups, while enhancing overall organisational culture.

• Expert understanding of the Equality Act and related legislation, with the ability to apply this knowledge pragmatically in a corporate setting.

• Strong cultural competence and influencing skills, able to navigate complex and sensitive conversations with senior leaders and diverse stakeholders.

• Strategic and inclusive mindset, ensuring interventions overcome barriers without creating division—building a better workplace for all.

• Proven ability to balance challenge and care, holding leaders accountable while fostering trust and collaboration.

• Experience in Financial Services is essential, with a strong understanding of the regulatory environment.

• Global experience of inclusion, demonstrating ability to adapt strategies across different cultural and geographical contexts.

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.