About Us

Spence and Partners (part of 3173 Group), is a UK firm of pensions experts with a focus on consultancy, actuarial, administration and the development of specialist IT solutions.

Spence specialises in advising on and managing defined contribution and final salary pension schemes (including the provision of the services of a Scheme Actuary) in the United Kingdom and Ireland and acts as a provider of administration to employers, trustees, pension plan members and professional advisers.

We are a leading provider of pensions data audit and pensions benefit audit services for pension scheme trustees and have significant expertise in remedial pension scheme data work often in the run up to Buy-Out or during a Pension Protection Fund Assessment Period.

We are looking for an experienced professional to take a role of Project Coordinator in the Spence business. Many of the projects will be in the area of scheme installations/transitions, but other pensions and other internal projects will be in scope for the role depending on demands.

About You

You will be keen to develop your career as a Project Coordinator, becoming an integral part of our team and play a key role in delivering key projects across the business.

Teamwork is essential, and you will join a focused, high-performing team committed to making you a valuable contributor from day one. You will thrive in a dynamic environment where you can grow personally and professionally within an award-winning organisation. You will be a conscientious and detail-oriented individual with strong analytical thinking and logical problem-solving abilities.

We are looking for candidates who are intelligent, motivated, and enjoy working with people. You should be passionate about solving complex challenges and have a genuine interest in the pensions industry and its evolving landscape. You will be well organised, calm under pressure, and able to communicate clearly and confidently at all levels, both verbally and in writing.

Youll be driven to make a meaningful impact, showing initiative and enthusiasm in supporting implementation projects from start to finish. You will be dependable, methodical, and adaptable to change, consistently delivering high-quality work. Strong attention to detail and advanced IT skills are essential for success in this role.

Responsibilities & Criteria

As a Project Coordinator, you will play a central role in coordinating the successful delivery of projects in the Spence business. Working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you will help ensure that projects are delivered on time and to a high standard and to agreed budgets.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating the end-to-end project delivery, ensuring clear timelines, task ownership, and status updates across teams
• Acting as a key point of contact between teams during projects
• Monitoring project workflows and proactively managing assigned tasks
• Maintaining oversight of key milestones and escalating risks or delays where necessary
• Gaining working knowledge of our Mantle software to support coordination and communication across teams for installation processes

Essential Criteria

• Excellent IT Skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Circumstances

• Location: Belfast, or Glasgow.
• Working hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with additional hours as and when required.
• Our Company is committed to work life balance and our flexi-working policy and opportunity for remote working enables individuals to maintain that balance.
• All roles are subject to a six-month probationary period and all prospective employees are required to complete an Access NI check.
• As part of the pre-hire process the successful candidate will be subject to reference checking security vetting.
• 3173 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applying with a disability or long-term health condition?

As part of our belief that we benefit from the differences among us, we are committed to increasing the representation of disabled colleagues and want to remove any barriers or challenges that get in the way of candidates with a disability or long-term health condition from applying to work with us. As part of this commitment, we guarantee to automatically interview anyone with a disability who meets the minimum criteria.

If there is support or an adjustment that we can provide to enable you to be at your best during the recruitment and selection process, we encourage you to advise us in good time so that we may make suitable arrangements. We understand that being open with us may feel uncomfortable so please only share with us the information that you are comfortable to share, and rest assured that we will use this only to provide you with the right support.

Any information you give us will be treated completely confidentially. To discuss this further please call and ask to speak to a member of the People team.