AMS PSR

On behalf of National Savings & Investments, we are looking for an IT Project Manager (Inside IR35) for a 12 Month contract based in London, Lytham St Annes, Durham or Glasgow (2 days a week in office).

NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with more than 24 million customers and over £218 billion invested. We are both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our origins can be traced back more than 150 years to 1861.

A small company with a big reach. We care for colleagues, respect one another, invest in our people and manage talent effectively.

This role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard and financial credit checks.

As an IT Project Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Plan and manage project delivery for all NS&I and partner activities, reporting to the Programme Manager and governance forums.
• Oversee day-to-day project management, making key decisions within agreed tolerances and ensuring adherence to standards and best practices.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, maintaining clear reporting throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure alignment with objectives and benefits, capturing requirements effectively and coordinating with design and architecture teams.
• Manage financials and third-party suppliers, securing funding, maintaining forecasts and budgets, and ensuring deliverables meet time, cost, and quality targets.

Essential:

• Hold a current project management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner) with practical experience, plus sound knowledge of project management practices across the full lifecycle.
• Extensive experience in project delivery and change management, ideally within banking, including assurance techniques and stakeholder leadership.
• Skilled in managing multiple concurrent projects, coordinating strategic partners and suppliers, and guiding cross-functional teams effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft Project and familiar with other project management tools; able to produce accurate, timely reports for senior stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to align projects to business objectives while working at pace and ensuring clarity of deliverables.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, NS&I guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant 

National Savings & Investments guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".