Programme Manager

Salary:

73,824.00 - 84,801.00 GBP Annual

Pension:

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

Type:

Full time

Fixed Term End:

31-03-2027

**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

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead the delivery of complex, high-impact change across a portfolio of interdependent programmes and projects. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining integrated plans across multiple complex programmes, ensuring dependencies, resources, risks, milestones and competing priorities are aligned to support successful delivery of strategic outcomes. Working closely with senior internal and external stakeholders, including Executive and C-suite leaders, you will use your proven ability to influence, challenge and build consensus to drive decision-making, remove barriers and maintain momentum. Success in this role will come from your ability to navigate complexity, connect activity across organisational boundaries and lead through collaboration in a matrix environment where outcomes are achieved through credibility, persuasion and strong programme leadership rather than direct authority. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in translating strategic ambition into coordinated delivery, ensuring change is effectively implemented and benefits are realised.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FIXED TERM ROLE UNTIL 31 MARCH 2027.

What you Bring:

• Relevant technical experience where appropriate which may include leading the team to deliver the design, build, test and transition into production for bespoke and off-the-shelf software, hardware, infrastructure solutions, data migration, integration and other technology solutions or business processes

• Relevant procurement and implementation experience where appropriate which may include the implementation, configuration, customisation, integration and transition into production of business packaged software, security or other specialist technical software

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

• A proven people manager with experience in approaches and techniques to manage and develop teams

• Include relevant experience, Include any qualifications that are essential for the role

• Experienced in working in a matrix environment

• A proven background in successfully managing larger scale Projects or Programmes, delivering project solutions and following project methodologies

• Excellent communication and relationship skills to build and maintain effective working relationships with business teams, stakeholders and senior management

• Good working knowledge of MS Office suite, including PowerPoint, Excel and Project (Online)

• Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills experience of producing business cases, programme (project) board documentation and reports which include complex data

• Ability to plan, manage and prioritise work and deliver to strict deadlines

• Excellent skills in collaboration, tenacity and leadership are key to be successful in this role

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].

Use of AI in Job Applications

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