Project / GMP Specialist - Consultant

Isio; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Isio’s Projects Team delivers complex actuarial and data projects across our benefits and administration workstreams. This national role allows hybrid work from any Isio office and offers collaboration with colleagues across the business.

We welcome permanent, fixed-term, or shorter day-rate contracts, reflecting flexible arrangements to fit your needs and client demands. The role emphasises strong delivery, client liaison, and technical problem solving within GMP Equalisation and related areas.

Qualifications

• Actuarial or pensions project experience, especially GMP Equalisation.
• Experience delivering large or complex projects and owning workstreams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for technical challenges.
• Excellent client-facing skills and stakeholder relationship abilities.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end delivery of large, complex actuarial and data projects.
• Take responsibility for key workstreams within projects, ensuring quality outputs and timelines.
• Contribute to project planning and coordinate delivery team activities.
• Build relationships with clients, acting as a day-to-day contact.
• Mentor junior team members and share knowledge across teams.

Skills

Actuarial or pensions project

Strong analytical skills

Client-facing skills

Communication & organisation

Tools

GMP Equalisation

Job description

Join Isio's Projects Team, a specialist team focused on delivering complex project work across our actuarial and administration business. This role will involve supporting the delivery of large-scale, data-intensive, and technically challenging projects in areas such as Benefit Rectification, Insurance Readiness, and GMP Equalisation.

This role can be based in any of our Isio offices in a hybrid workstyle. It is a national role, offering the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients and collaborate with colleagues across the business.

We are open to considering those looking for a permanent role, a fixed term contract, or if readily available, a shorter-term day rate contract.

What does the role entail?

Project Delivery & Support

• Support the end-to-end delivery of large and complex actuarial and data projects.
• Take responsibility for key workstreams within projects, ensuring high-quality outputs and adherence to timelines.
• Contribute to project planning and help coordinate delivery team activities.
• Build effective working relationships with clients, acting as a day-to-day contact.

Technical Expertise & Problem Solving

• Deliver solutions for complex and non-standard cases, escalating where appropriate.
• Apply technical knowledge to support decision-making and help guide more junior team members.
• Contribute to resolving data and actuarial challenges within projects.

Technical Development & Innovation

• Support the development of solutions for niche and complex actuarial issues.
• Work closely with the technical team, initially with a strong focus on GMP Equalisation, with opportunities to broaden into other areas.

Collaboration & Team Contribution

• Work across multiple offices and teams, building strong internal relationships.
• Support knowledge sharing and contribute to developing best practices within the Projects Team.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to junior team members where appropriate.

What we’re looking for?

• Actuarial or pensions project experience, particularly in:
• GMP Equalisation
• Benefit Rectification
• Insurance Readiness or similar project work
• Experience contributing to large or complex projects, including ownership of workstreams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle technical challenges.
• Good client-facing skills and ability to build effective stakeholder relationships.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience working across multiple projects or clients is advantageous.

Why Join Isio

Isio is a fast-growing professional services business, that offers career development through an evolving client base, diverse and meaningful work, nationwide opportunities, and a culture that rewards high performance and accountability. We hold ourselves to the highest standards andour values guide how we advise our clients, how we operate as a business and how we work together as a team. We call it the Isio Attitude. We encourage our people to be bold, to communicate with conviction, and to deliver advice that matters. Here, growth brings opportunity - more responsibility, more clients, and work that stretches and develops you. We invest in training and development so you can expand your skills and explore different career paths across diverse markets to make your mark. Isio is a place to realise your potential and build a career with impact. You can find out more about Isio and the benefits we offer on our career's website Isio - Careers & Benefits.

About Isio

A progressive advisory firm, partnering with clients of all sizes to deliver expertise in pensions, employee benefits and wealth advisory services. Working with pension trustees, employers, individuals, families and their offices, we are supported by talented colleagues across 10 UK offices. With a Big 4 heritage we combine a strong focus on quality with a fresh perspective challenging traditional thinking. Our culture shapes our work; we foster a supportive environment where we develop our people to grow and fulfil their potential. We invest in our services, products and technology, and provide clear, expert solutions for our clients. This brings clarity, confidence, and better outcomes for everyone. At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact. We can offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work, supporting a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. If you think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for any reason at any stage of your recruitment process, please ask us [e-mail]