Border To Coast Pensions Partnership
Junior Project Manager
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Competitive Salary + Benefits
Leeds – 3 days office
Permanent: 37.5 hour per week
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.
As a Junior Project Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the planning, coordination, and delivery of projects across the business. You will work alongside project managers and cross-functional teams to help manage timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and stakeholder engagement. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your project management skills while playing an important role in ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to a high standard.
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.
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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
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Attention to detail and problem-solving ability
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, 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?
At Border to Coast, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to excellent benefits:
- 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
- Pension scheme
- Stunning Leeds city centre location only a short walk to the train station
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance of 6 times of salary
- Sustainable travel plans
- Range of discounts for Leeds gyms, shops and restaurants
- Hybrid working
- Onsite gym
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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 Scheme 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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