Project Management Support

Location: London, Hybrid

Length: 6 Months 

PAYE only

Overall purpose of the role

We are seeking a proactive and organized Project Management Support Specialist to support a regulatory change project within the OPAM (Oak Pension Asset Management Limited) team at Barclays responsible for Barclays UK Pension allocations. This role will play a critical part in supporting a key regulatory change project, ensuring the smooth delivery of project plans and milestones.

Key Accountabilities

• Track, update, and maintain project plans across multiple workstreams, ensuring all deliverables are met within established timeframes.

• Work closely with Subject Matter Experts, deliverable leads, and team members to consolidate and align plans.

• Act as a liaison between the team, HR, and trustee representatives to provide updates and escalate issues when necessary.

• Coordinate with senior management, external advisors, and trustees to ensure project alignment and progress reporting.

• Attend PMO meetings, provide updates, and ensure that all project activities are documented and communicated effectively.

• Facilitate interactions between the in-house investment team and other departments, ensuring clarity.

• Support change processes by defining requirements, managing change control, and ensuring adherence to risk frameworks.

• Assist in the transition from planning to execution phases, ensuring project milestones are met.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in project management support, ideally in regulatory or change management projects.

• Understanding of pension schemes, regulatory frameworks, or finance-related projects is highly desirable.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple workstreams and stakeholders.

• Experience working with SMEs and deliverable leads to align project plans and timelines.

• Proficiency in managing stakeholder relationships at all levels, including senior managing directors and trustee groups.

• Familiarity with change processes and risk frameworks, with the ability to translate complex concepts into actionable plans.

• Excellent communication skills, to engage with internal teams and external advisors.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.