Project Manager

Salary:

Pension:

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Please refer to the Civil Service Pensions website for more information.

Type:

Fixed Term End:

**Please note: The advert will close at 11:59PM the night before the listed closing date.**

SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home. 

Is it time you unlocked your potential?

Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK.  Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.

Our Values 

Culture is at the heart of everything we do at SLC and we are guided by our five values which help make SLC a great place to work: 

• Honesty: We act with integrity and transparency, sharing information openly and addressing challenges with courage.

• Empowerment: We enable people to take initiative, make impactful decisions, and continuously learn and grow.

• Accountability: We deliver on commitments, own our successes and mistakes, and strive for quality outcomes.

• Respect: We value diverse perspectives, actively listen, and create an inclusive environment where everyone belongs.

• Trust: We collaborate across teams, build dependable relationships, and work as one to deliver for our customers.

These values are more than words—they guide our decisions, shape our collaborations, and strengthen our impact on the students we serve.

About the Role

SLC is offering an exciting opportunity for 2 skilled Project Managers on a fixed term contract basis to lead the delivery of business change and technology projects that have real impact across the organisation. You will be responsible for ensuring successful project outcomes by applying robust governance, monitoring progress, and effectively managing risks, issues, and dependencies. The role involves coordinating stakeholders and suppliers to support smooth project delivery and ensuring the business is fully prepared for change. You will also play an active role in embedding best practice by contributing experience, insight, and lessons learned to our project management community. 

We’re looking for experienced Project Managers with a strong track record of delivering complex initiatives. You’ll bring experience applying recognised project management methodologies, confidently engaging and influencing senior stakeholders in challenging environments, and managing strategic partners and suppliers.  A clear communicator and effective influencer, you’ll be adaptable, proactive and resilient, with experience of transformation or technology/solution transition desirable.

These roles are most suited to experienced Project Managers who have extensive experience across a wide range of projects, not solely IT projects.  We are particularly keen to hear from candidates who understand working within the Public sector environment.  In addition, one contract is likely to support our transition from a bespoke GDPR technical solution to Salesforce so experience in this area may be desirable.

These roles are not suited to candidates who have more Delivery Manager or Scrum Master experience or have been exclusively IT project focused.

Please note that there are 2 vacancies available:

18.5 month fixed term contract

10 month fixed term contract

What you Bring:

• Experience of delivering IT-based systems and project solutions

• Experience of effectively managing and controlling project budgets

• Experience of managing internal and external suppliers and in leading multi-discipline teams

• Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills with experience of reporting to a senior audience

• Effective stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships by communicating, influencing and negotiating at all levels with technical and business teams, project stakeholders and sponsors

• Focus on continuous improvement and developing working practices, for self and others

• Self-motivated and highly organised with strong attention to detail

• Uses initiative to resolve issues and is confident in ability to make decisions

• Strong MS Office suite knowledge, including Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

• Option to buy/sell annual leave

• Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available

• Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme

• Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary

• Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption

• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme

• To find out what’s it’s like to work at Student Loans Company click here SLC Careers

The Legal Bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some background checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include employment history, criminal record check, credit reference check and fraud check.

EDI

As a proud Disability Confident Leader, we’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that empowers people of all abilities. Our team actively promotes accessible hiring practices, supports candidates with disabilities throughout their employment journey to help  build a diverse equitable workplace at SLC.

SLC will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email [email protected].

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