At a Glance
- Tasks: Support project planning, coordination, and stakeholder communication to ensure successful project delivery.
- Company: Join Border to Coast, a leading UK asset manager focused on sustainable investments.
- Benefits: Enjoy 30 days holiday, health insurance, professional development, and a vibrant city centre location.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in securing pensions for over a million people while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and experience in project coordination or administration.
The predicted salary is between 27000 - 33000 £ per year.
- Full time (we welcome flexible working discussions)
- An opportunity to make a difference
At Border to Coast our purpose is to make a difference and we’re looking for a Junior Project Manager to join our award-winning team on a permanent basis.
As a customer-owned and customer-focused organisation, integrity is one of our values, as is our collaborative and sustainable approach.
Our focus is to secure the pensions of over a million people who have provided valuable service to their communities and society.
We’re the largest UK asset manager outside London or Edinburgh, and we provide innovative investments that deliver sustainable returns over the long term.
The role – what you’ll be doing
- Project Coordination
- Support the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring activities are completed in line with agreed timelines.
- Maintain project plans, schedules, documentation and action logs.
- Track project milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
- Coordinate project meetings workshops and team communications.
- Stakeholder Management
- Communicate project updates to stakeholders.
- Support stakeholder engagement and assist in managing stakeholder expectations.
- Prepare project status reports, presentations and other project communications.
- Escalate issues and risks to senior project managers and business SMEs when required.
- Risk and Issue Management
- Maintain project risk and issue logs.
- Monitor mitigation actions and ensure agreed actions are progressed.
- Follow up on outstanding risks, issues and dependencies, providing updates to project leads.
- Financial and Resource Management
- Support project budget tracking, reporting and financial administration activities.
- Monitor project expenditures against forecasts.
- Assist with resource planning, scheduling and allocation activities.
- Governance and Reporting
- Ensure compliance with project management methodologies, governance standards and reporting requirements.
- Prepare governance packs and project status reports.
- Maintain accurate project records and documentation to support project assurance and audit requirements.
About you - and the value you’ll bring to our team
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Attention to detail and problem-solving ability
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Teams)
- Experience in project coordination, project support, business administration, or a related role.
- Experience in supporting project teams and coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders.
Why join Border to Coast?
- Vitality Health Insurance for all employees
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A generous holiday allowance of 30 days a year, plus bank holidays
- Professional Development including the opportunity to gain fully funded qualifications (e. g. IMC)
- Critical Illness Cover
- Stunning Leeds city centre location only a short walk to the train station
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance of 6 times of salary
- Range of discounts for Leeds gyms, shops and restaurants
- Onsite gym
We welcome applications from people of all experience levels and backgrounds and value diversity of thought.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and engaging workplace, ensuring that colleagues maintain a work life balance.
We encourage colleagues to progress, be themselves and be their best through both personal and professional development.
If you have a disability, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we would be happy to discuss making reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.
We’re looking for people with the right values, behaviours, skills and experiences and if you meet some of the role’s criteria and are interested in finding out more about Border to Coast and the team, we’d love to hear from you.
About Us
Based in Leeds, Border to Coast is the largest LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme) pool in the UK.
It is owned by 18 Local Government Pension Schemes funds (‘Partner Funds’) which collectively represent over 5,000 employers and two million members.
The Partner Funds are Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Durham, East Riding, East Sussex, Essex Hertfordshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Surrey, Teesside, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire and West Sussex.
The 18 Partner Funds have approximately £120bn of assets, strengthening the Border to Coast partnership’s ability to harness scale to be more effective, more resilient, and more impactful.
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
- Registered in
- England
- Number: 10795539 and
- Registered
Office: 5th Floor, Toronto Square, Toronto Street, Leeds, LS1 2HJ.
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