Salary:
£39,458.00 - £46,689.00 GBP Annual pro rata. (0.6 FTE £23,674.80 – £28,013.40)Pension:
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Please refer to the Civil Service Pensions website for more information.
Type:
Part timeFixed Term End:
07-06-2028**Please note: The advert will close at 11:59PM the night before the listed closing date.**
SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.
Is it time you unlocked your potential?
Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.
Our Values
Culture is at the heart of everything we do at SLC and we are guided by our five values which help make SLC a great place to work:
Honesty: We act with integrity and transparency, sharing information openly and addressing challenges with courage.
Empowerment: We enable people to take initiative, make impactful decisions, and continuously learn and grow.
Accountability: We deliver on commitments, own our successes and mistakes, and strive for quality outcomes.
Respect: We value diverse perspectives, actively listen, and create an inclusive environment where everyone belongs.
Trust: We collaborate across teams, build dependable relationships, and work as one to deliver for our customers.
These values are more than words—they guide our decisions, shape our collaborations, and strengthen our impact on the students we serve.
About the Role
This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in one of the most strategically important transformation programmes SLC has undertaken, sitting at the heart of the Transform the Organisation pillar. As a Culture & Engagement Specialist, you will help shape how culture and engagement are embedded into the new operating model, influencing programme decisions through insight, expertise and professional judgement. You will work in an agile, fast‑paced environment, navigating complexity and challenge while translating colleague sentiment into meaningful action at pace. The role offers significant development in project‑focused and change‑driven work, while being fully supported by a highly collaborative, open and ideas‑led Culture & Engagement team. This 0.6 FTE, two‑year fixed‑term role is ideal for an experienced specialist motivated by impact, innovation and working at the forefront of organisational change.
All candidates must submit a CV and a personal statement of no more than 300 words outlining their suitability for the role.
What you Bring:
Demonstrable skill in gathering, interpreting and using qualitative and quantitative colleague sentiments and insight to inform culture and engagement interventions, practical opportunities for improvement and support evidence‑based programme decision‑making
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to convey cultural insight, complex data and strategic priorities in an engaging, compelling way to diverse audiences.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across People teams and wider organisation.
Ability to plan, prioritise and deliver multiple initiatives simultaneously with minimal supervision, meeting agreed timescales and quality standards.
Sound judgement and professionalism when handling sensitive colleague feedback, ensuring confidentiality, integrity and appropriate escalation where required.
Ability to adapt approach and messaging to suit different audiences, organisational contexts and levels of change readiness.
Strong understanding of modern People practices, including organisational development and people analytics, and how these are applied in transformation contexts.
Ability to influence business decisions, acting as a trusted expert on organisational culture and supporting behavioural change and inclusive workforce practices
Practical experience delivering culture, engagement or colleague listening activities within a complex organisation
Experience gathering, analysing and interpreting colleague feedback from multiple sources, such as surveys, focus groups or qualitative insight
Proven experience working with a wide range of stakeholders, building effective relationships and influencing without formal authority
Experience translating insight and feedback into practical recommendations and actions that support organisational priorities
Experience contributing to cross‑functional projects or programmes, balancing business‑as‑usual delivery with improvement activity
Experienced HR professional with specialism in insights, culture and engagement
Proven expertise in organisational culture development, with a track record of diagnosing cultural challenges, influencing culture-change strategies and contributing to multi-year culture transformation programmes in complex organisations
Demonstrated experience in developing organisation-wide colleague engagement frameworks, including design, delivery and action-planning approaches that drive measurable improvement
Experience of building strategic relationships within HR and the wider organisation
Substantial experience of providing insights (differentiated for different audiences) through analysing complex statistical data/reports.
Experienced in co-creation and participatory design approaches, ensuring colleagues’ voices genuinely shape cultural priorities, interventions and solutions
You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:
28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
Option to buy/sell annual leave
Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available
Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme
To find out what’s it’s like to work at Student Loans Company click here SLC Careers
The Legal Bits
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some background checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include employment history, criminal record check, credit reference check and fraud check.
EDI
As a proud Disability Confident Leader, we’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that empowers people of all abilities. Our team actively promotes accessible hiring practices, supports candidates with disabilities throughout their employment journey to help build a diverse equitable workplace at SLC.
SLC will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk.
Use of AI in Job Applications
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