LGBT Great Careers Partner: Nest

About Nest

Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest by membership in the country

Today we’re the largest workplace pension in the UK, helping over 14 million people save. But we started as a powerful idea – the idea that everyone deserves to have some extra income on top of their State Pension when they’re ready to retire.

Our journey

We were set up by the government in 2010 to help give every worker in the UK somewhere to save for retirement. We’re a public body, which means we have no owners or shareholders. We’re run entirely in the interests of our members. This is core to who we are. We have a public service obligation, much like the BBC or NHS, to serve the British public. Our focus is always on providing value for money for our members and the employers choosing us, delivering some of the best risk-adjusted returns in the market. Our investment solutions and fund designs have won many awards.  

14 million members

Over 500,000 employers

Our principles

Our Values

At Nest, we believe that in order to serve our members we need to be boldly, caring and driven together.

These values are at the heart of what we believe in and we champion them inside the organisation.

Championing diversity

We want everyone who works at Nest to be respected. That’s why we encourage people to stand up and be an ally, as well as fostering a working environment where people of all backgrounds feel included and valued.

We have six working groups which are championed by our senior leaders, and they all play a critical role in helping us to achieve our ambitious targets. Our seven working groups are:
 
1.    Disability and Neurodiversity working group 
2.    Gender working group 
3.    LGBTQ+ working group 
4.    Mental health working group 
5.    Race working group
6.    Social diversity working group

We also have our Christian and Muslim networks.

Supporting our LGBTQ+ colleagues

Our commitment to our LGBTQ+ colleagues goes beyond support for Pride and LGBT+ history month . We encourage our people to be respectful of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

LGBT Great Membership

They support us in several ways, including with their valuable insights, visibility and outreach initiatives that empower Nest to thrive. The LGBT Great global member platform connects us with their global members and provides a safe space for LGBT+ people and allies to network and learn.

We’ve become a member to ensure that we create a fully inclusive and accepting culture and working environment for our candidates and colleagues, while celebrating the value LGBTQ+ people bring to Nest. LGBT Great provides access to training, events, resources, toolkits and additional networks, all of which will help us support our LGBTQ+ colleagues and ensure they can be their authentic selves at work.

We’re proud to have been awarded the Silver iiBT Standard by LGBT Great, recognising our ongoing commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace.

At Nest, we strive to provide a flexible and inclusive working environment, where every colleague can feel authentic, equal and respected. This recognition reflects the progress we’ve made, and we know there’s always more to do. 

An opportunity 

We have our eye on the future. Working at Nest, you’ll have the opportunity to shape this future as we anticipate and adapt to changes in the pensions industry, market conditions and global climate. We’re looking forward to developing our market-leading responsible investment strategy and supporting financial resilience and wellbeing for our members and other savers in the UK.  

We offer an inclusive and flexible working environment and we’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self.