Role Tile: Project Manager Location: Glasgow, Darlington or Llandudno Salary: £ 60,000.00 - £70,656.00 GBP Annual Advert Closing Date: 12/02/2025 Contract: 12 months FTC Pension: 28.97% - Alongside your salary, Student Loans Company contributes £17,382 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. 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. SLC has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our team to lead and manage the delivery of internal and external facing business change and technology projects. The Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of the required outcomes, including ensuring the appropriate governance and assurance, monitoring and reporting on project progress, managing risks and issues and ensuring the business readiness for change. SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home. What you bring: 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. 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. 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 SLC are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive for all candidates and 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 ask_recruitmentslc.co.uk.