About This Role
This Policy Advisor role involves shaping the policies, guidance, and knowledge resources that support the colleague and manager experience across the Student Loans Company. The advisor will ensure these resources remain relevant, accessible, and aligned with the needs of a changing organization, working with a high degree of autonomy to review, develop, and refine people policies.
Responsibilities
- Help shape the policies, guidance, and knowledge resources that underpin the colleague and manager experience across SLC
- Ensure policies remain relevant, accessible, and aligned to the needs of a changing organization
- Take ownership of reviewing, developing, and refining people policies
- Draw on employment legislation, emerging best practice, and organizational priorities to inform recommendations
- Work closely with stakeholders across the business to contribute to how people policy supports strategic objectives, legislative change, and consistent application of people practices
- Operate independently, build relationships, and use judgment to identify opportunities for policy improvement while balancing business needs, colleague experience, and compliance requirements
- Play an important role in helping managers understand and apply people policies effectively
- Ensure managers have the guidance, resources, and confidence needed to make informed people decisions and deliver a consistent colleague experience
- Drive improvements in the colleague and manager experience through the development of modern, accessible, and digitally enabled policy and knowledge resources
- Help identify innovative ways to provide clear, reliable information, making it easier for colleagues and managers to access the guidance they need
- Influence how policies evolve and contribute to a more inclusive and user-focused approach to people policy through consultation, insight, and relationship building
- Support the development of practical guidance, learning resources, and knowledge content that build capability, improve colleague and manager understanding, and enable greater self-service across the organization
Benefits
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Important Details
- Contract: Fixed Term End: 07-12-2027
- Schedule: Blended working model, typically 2 days in the office and 3 days from home
About the Company
Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organization that provides loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, it has enabled customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate, and efficient assessment, payment, and repayment services. The company's values are Honesty, Empowerment, Accountability, Respect, and Trust.