Location: Bedfordshire
Contract: Fixed Term (18-Months)
Salary: £66,000 per annum
Start Date: ASAP
Contact: greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk
*Hybrid Working – 2 days per week in office*
Job Description
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a statutory body in Bedfordshire for a Project Manager (UK Financial Wellbeing Strategy) to join the team on a temporary basis. This role is critical in leading the end-to-end delivery of the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing review and refresh, coordinating cross-nation planning, stakeholder engagement, evaluation, and publication activities.
The postholder will work at the heart of a collaborative effort involving Country Managers, policy and insight teams, evaluation partners, and Devolved Governments to shape a strategy that improves financial wellbeing across the UK.
Main Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining a clear project plan and critical path for the review and refresh process, aligned with internal governance and external stakeholder timelines.
- Leading day-to-day project delivery, including planning, risk management, budget tracking, and reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Coordinating the commissioning and delivery of the evaluation with Ecorys, in close collaboration with the Insight and Evaluation Team.
- Integrating MoneyView survey data into the analysis of progress against national goals, working with Strategy and Insight and Evaluation teams.
- Planning and facilitating stakeholder engagement across the four nations, ensuring inclusive and effective input into refreshed delivery plans.
- Preparing high-quality reports, briefings, and presentations for governance groups, Executive Committee (ExCo), Board, Devolved Governments, and stakeholder partners.
- Overseeing publication planning, working with Communications and Digital teams to prepare materials for external audiences.
- Proven experience in leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects or programmes, ideally within public sector, policy, or strategy environments.
- Understanding of financial wellbeing, financial inclusion, or the consumer policy landscape across the UK.
- Strong project management capabilities, including planning, risk management, stakeholder mapping and engagement, and reporting.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to produce clear briefings and confidently engage senior stakeholders.
- Experience in managing evaluation or insight activities as part of project delivery.
Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed
