Project Manager

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

11/30/2024

Introduction

Discover a world of endless possibilities at Gallagher Benefit Services, where you'll have the power to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you become the driving force behind positive change, helping clients build environments where employees thrive. Embrace the opportunity to impact lives, unlock potential, and create a legacy of remarkable transformation.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly organized Project Manager to join our team of pension and implementation analysts. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the full project lifecycle for both new and existing clients, from initiation through to closure. You will ensure that projects meet all client requirements and criteria, manage risks effectively, and report progress to steering groups. You will also build effective relationships to support the implementation and delivery of ongoing services, and seek opportunities to improve our processes through lessons learned.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Management of the full project lifecycle from initiation through to closure, including all associated project outputs.
• Day-to-day management of projects ensuring they deliver against all client requirements and criteria outlined in the project initiation document.
• Ensure project teams have a clear understanding of requirements; champion quality; integrate team efforts through status meetings and share appropriate information.
• Manage risks optimally, including the development of contingency plans.
• Report progress to steering groups.
• Adhere to team standards, using best practices, project assurance criteria, and audit requirements.
• Build effective relationships to support the management of the implementation and delivery of ongoing services.
• Seek opportunities to develop and improve the implementation delivery for both existing and prospective clients through lessons learned.
• Assist with the management of Errors & Omissions.
• Carry out such other duties as may be agreed from time to time.
  
  

About You

• 5 years of client-facing project management experience.
• Prince2 Practitioner qualified.
• Experience in pensions or financial services environment is desirable.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Adaptable to changing business, client, and project needs.
• Ability to make timely, informed decisions that consider the facts, goals, constraints, and risks.
• Promote the organizational mission and goals and demonstrate ways to achieve them.
• Attention to detail is essential, along with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office to an advanced level. MS Project experience is essential.
• Ability to manage own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
• Well-organized and detail-oriented.
• Eligible to work in the UK
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
  
  

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…
  
  

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.