Project & Operations Associate S2 Operations Milton

Project & Operations Associate | S2 | Operations | Milton Keynes

Country: United Kingdom

**WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING**

**Interested in part-time, job-share, flexible working, and hybrid locations? We want to talk to you**

**Join our community.**

We are currently recruiting for a unique opportunity as a Project & Operations Associate within Santander Universities, where you will help 1 million people access the skills and experiences needed to help reach their potential and prosper.

You will be supporting on the delivery of a range of activities from higher education scholarship programme, entrepreneurship initiatives to adult learning programmes and giveaways and given the opportunity to work with different teams across business groups and geographies.

**The difference you’ll make**:

- You will help people and business prosper by managing projects and relationships that create transformational opportunities for people and businesses to create and achieve the jobs that they want. _
- Managing relationships and deliverables with stakeholders across different parts of the business including in other countries.
- Ensuring that our programmes and initiatives meet the highest standards of compliance and quality.
- Managing relationships with suppliers and partners external to the bank where external expertise will help us deliver projects, programmes, and research of exceptional standard.
- Ensuring that projects are delivered on time by working effectively with others and meeting the expectations of senior stakeholders.
- Identifying and suggesting where things can be done differently and improved.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Foundation Level qualification in Prince Project Management.
- Previous experience working within a Project Management position with the ability to work under own initiative.

**It would also be nice for you to have**:

- Project Management experience within research would be desirable but not essential.
- Have an interest within data driven research with the ability to look at trends and make recommendations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills at all different levels.

**What else you need to know**:
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. We aim to offer different ways of working to ensure the best experience for you and for our customers. We have a hybrid working model, and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.

We are making our roles available to help you meet both your work and personal goals and offer different working arrangements to allow people flexibility where needed. If you see a job that is of interest to you that doesn’t state part-time availability, or you’re interested in a job-share opportunity, we would still love to hear from you _. _

**Everyday Inclusion**

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains, and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

**How we’ll reward you.**

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.
- £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
- Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
- Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including : Bupa medical insurance, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
- Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
- 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more
- Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans
- Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships

**Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies**

**What to do next**

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.