People Projects Specialist - 12 Month FTC

Job Description

About AXA:

AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.

AXA UK Support Functions look after our three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make sure we can be there for our customers.

Job overview:

As a People Project Specialist, you’ll bring your project delivery experience to our People team for a 12-month FTC. In this role, you’ll help support and deliver People projects that tie into our overall business strategy and transformation efforts. You’ll work closely with our Strategic People Partners and the Centre of Excellence (COE) teams, helping them with research and coordinating efforts to come up with practical, value-driven solutions through data collection and analysis. You’ll also be a go-to contact for project teams and stakeholders, taking a hands‑on approach to get things done and making sure everything stays on track across different initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting with scoping, planning, and tracking of People projects to ensure on‑time delivery within defined scope and value targets.
• Building collaborative relationships across the organisation, provide regular progress updates to the Strategic People Partners and the Projects and Transformation Lead, and helping to unblock blockers.
• Preparing concise project packs, status reports, and change communications, and supporting the execution of change activities where required.
• Maintaining project plans, actions, risks, and dependencies, and supporting risk and issue management with appropriate escalation.
• Providing practical guidance on People policies and procedures relevant to the project, and escalating complex policy questions to subject matter experts as needed.
• Collecting and analysing HR data to identify trends and inform practical recommendations, and producing short, actionable insights for cross‑functional teams.
• Coordinating with COEs, Legal, IT, Security, and other functions as needed to ensure data privacy, procurement, and governance requirements are observed in project work.
• Participating in AXA UK wide HR related projects to share learnings and contribute where applicable.

Work arrangements:

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events. There is a requirement to travel to London 2 times per month for collaboration. We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

We know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this job and the prospect of working at AXA but you’re not sure you tick every box, we’d still encourage you to apply.

Your skills & experience:

• Significant experience in HR, change/transformation support, or project coordination with exposure to HR projects or reward‑related initiatives being desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or a related field with professional change/project management credentials (PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile) being an advantage.
• Project and Change management fundamentals and ability to apply methodologies coupled with strong data analysis and the ability to derive insights linked to business priorities.
• Stakeholder management with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to tailor communication to audiences at different levels.
• Pragmatic consultancy approach with the ability to influence without formal authority.
• High level of organisation, prioritisation, ability to manage multiple tasks, and resilient under time pressure.
• Maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information.
• Expertise in Excel and PowerPoint / experience managing project plans.
• Up to date knowledge of relevant employee legislation and its business impact.

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

How to apply:

To apply, click on the ‘apply now’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long‑term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to

We encourage you to apply for this opportunity as soon as possible, as we may close this advert earlier than the listed closing date.

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