Project Support Analyst

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with M&G to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of M&G, AMS are looking for a Project Support Analyst based in Edinburgh/ Stirling/London for an initial 6- month contract. It is a hybrid model.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer workplace accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Purpose of the role:Supporting Project Managers in the planning, delivery, and governance of projects while working closely with PMO teams to ensure adherence to project standards and controls. Responsible for project reporting, governance meeting support, stakeholder communication, and providing recommendations to reduce risk and improve project delivery effectiveness.

What you'll do:

• Assists Project Managers in application of planning standards and guidelines, such as baselining, tolerances, milestone levels, planning stage checklist, plan approval arrangements.
• Review projects adherence to the Project Change Standards, including supporting in the bi-annual change standard attestation process.
• Support with the execution when implementing project plans by liaising with team members, assigning tasks, and following up on the progress.
• Facilitate the regular review of risks and issues, ensuring that these are documented and communicated to relevant parties.
• Act as a point of contact for communicating project information between the project team and stakeholders.
• Attend project related meetings and programme steering committee, issuing packs and minutes
• Provide support to project managers with project documentation and data analysis to provide MI to stakeholders

The skills you'll need:

• Organisational skills to support diary management, producing of packs and minutes for formal governance meetings
• Ability to support the facilitation of workshops and meetings
• Strong communication skills verbally and written so that key messages are understood, ability to tailor to a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to apply common project controls as specified in the Project Change Standard - such as milestone-based scheduling, RAID management, status reporting, change requests, document control and retrieval
• Ability to use, and guide others in using, a project management system such as ServiceNow
• Analytical skills to probe and deconstruct what you read, combining data from multiple sources, identifying inconsistencies
• Attention to detail when assessing project documentation, reports and data to ensure accuracy when reporting MI to stakeholders

Next steps

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.