A place that supports your journey
We're here to help people imagine the later life they want and live retired life their way. We can only do this with people who are passionate about putting customers first, working together as one team and aiming high to meet our ambition of being the UK's leading retirement savings and income business. In return, we give our colleagues the flexibility, development and support to do their best work where it really matters for our customers.
Life has lots of twists and turns, and your career is no different. We're here to support you on your career journey, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone can be themselves, share values and express differences. By doing this, our colleagues feel more engaged and supported to deliver the best outcomes for the millions of people who trust us on their journey to and through retirement.
To learn more about what we offer. Careers | Standard Life plc
Reward and Benefits
We’ll offer you a competitive base salary to get you started, but we’re not done there! We offer lots of other benefits that make up your total package.
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Annual bonus
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38 days annual leave (flexibility to work a bank holiday and take it off somewhere else as well as buy or sell up to one week of holiday)
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Generous pension
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12x salary life assurance
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Private medical cover for all colleagues, including fertility support (e.g IVF) and menopause support
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One year maternity leave and 6 months paternity leave
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Take a career break of up to 12 months
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10 paid days of carers leave
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Group income protection of 50% of your salary
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Share schemes
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Flexible benefits including employee discounts, financial coaching, critical illness cover, cycle to work schemes etc
The benefits we provide play an important part in helping us to attract, retain and motivate the best people. We recognise however, that everyone is different and the benefits that are right for one person are not necessarily right for the next. My Choice gives you more control over your benefit package and provides you with the opportunity to select the benefits that suit your lifestyle and personal circumstances.
Encouraging and celebrating flexibility
Our flexible working policy looks across all aspects of flexibility; when you work, how you work and where you work.
We value people over places. We prize performance over hours spent. We’re dedicated to supporting you to be at your best and will help you to design your working week. All jobs are advertised as flexible and Phoenix Flex helps us to achieve our ambition to be the best place that any of us have ever worked.
With 6,600 colleagues, it's not a one size fits all. Our customer and business needs are at the heart of what we're about, but we know these can be met in a number of different ways. Flexible working is a core part of our employee offering and it's advertised as standard on all our job adverts, including being open to part-time and job share arrangements. And we'll continue to develop this further.
In 2024 our flexible working programme was awarded Best Flexible Working Initiative at the CIPD People Management Awards.
A way of working that works
Looking at where you work, we're a hybrid organisation. Most colleagues work a mix of days at home and in the office.
In terms of when you work, we have colleagues working a variety of hours and patterns, and many more taking advantage of informal flexibility when needed. Your working arrangements can be discussed ahead of you joining, and throughout your employment here.
How we work, looks at how our policies, IT and ways of working are in place to support maximum flexibility. When you start, we'll provide you with a great set up that allows you to perform at your best.
Making sure you can switch off
Working from home offers fantastic flexibility for colleagues. But the blurring of your working and personal spaces might lead some people to feel like they're 'always on.' That's why we've published our Right to Disconnect policy.
This policy formalises your right to set boundaries. No more being online outside of working hours. No more responding to emails on holiday. No more monitoring IMs when you're off the clock. There may be exceptions, but these will always be by prior agreement and will never be the norm.
All of our jobs are advertised as open to flexibility as standard, including part-time and job-share.
We will discuss flexibility, what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements throughout the recruitment process.
Learning and Development
Growth is one of our core values and we know that as we grow, learn and develop individually, we also grow as an organisation.
We support our colleagues to forge the career path they want to follow. We know that development can mean moving sideways as well as upwards.
You'll have regular conversations with your line manager to discuss your performance and career aspirations. You'll have twice yearly performance reviews and quarterly career performance conversations. We also have a range of coaching and mentoring programmes available.
Take a look at our Learning and Development pages Learning & Development | Standard Life plc
Supporting our communities
We’re dedicated to supporting carers and helping communities thrive. From financial education to volunteering and charity partnerships, our initiatives make a real and lasting impact. At Standard Life, community engagement is central to creating a brighter future for everyone.
We offer paid time off each year for voluntary work so you can spend time with the causes that matter to you.
For more information on Community Engagement visit Community engagement | Standard Life plc
