Senior Change & Transformation Office/QA Analyst

We have an incredible opportunity for a Senior C&T Office Analyst to join our Change & Transformation team on a permanent basis, based in either the Darlington or London office (hybrid based).  

Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £34 billion in assets and the administration of several pension schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme, one of the UK's largest and longest established pension funds.

Our heritage of looking after the pension needs of the rail industry and its employees gives us our name and our unique outlook on how we serve our members. Railpen takes a holistic view, focusing on how we serve members today and how we can positively impact the communities and the world they will retire into.

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As a Senior C&T Office Analyst, you will be a valued member of the Change & Transformation Office team providing expertise, challenge and advise on governance, quality assurance and controls. You will support and enhance the effectiveness of project management processes across Change & Transformation.

This role involves overseeing the execution and delivery of projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, and maintaining consistent project governance.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

We are looking for someone with proven experience in managing project portfolios and providing project governance in a complex, multi-project environment. An ability to provide effective support to the Project Managers with the creation and tracking of detailed and high-level project plans is fundamental for this role. You will have the ability to produce comprehensive reporting, presentations and MI for various board and senior leadership meetings. Evident knowledge and experience of using industry standard Change and Transformation Office tools is key to succeed in this role.

As the Senior C&T Office Analyst, you will provide support across a variety of business disciplines and have the ability to deliver clear communication to a variety of stakeholders cross functionally within Railpen. The ability to work using your own initiative is key for this role, as is having the courage to have a view on difficult decisions and provide constructive challenge where needed.

Organisational skills and a proven ability to adapt and re-plan due to competing or changing priorities is key. The successful candidate will look to lead by example and introduce new ideas and ways of working to help develop best practice within Change.

Our values of integrity, community and alignment are the guiding principles that influence our behaviour. They help us make decisions and shape our relationships with others. They’re what we stand for. You will actively demonstrate our values, helping to create a safe environment, to place the needs of the community above oneself and, through a culture of ‘fair challenge’, align to the best interests of our members. 

Rewarding you

• A competitive salary

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Generous annual bonus plan

• We provide membership of the Railways Pension Scheme, a Defined Benefit arrangement under which you get a pension for life and a lump sum when you retire, based on your length of service and pay

• 4x Life Assurance cover

• Colleague referral scheme

Heath & Wellbeing

• Employee assistance programme

• Heath cash plan

• Eye care vouchers

• Flu vaccination

Lifestyle

• We support hybrid and flexible working along with very generous family leave including 12 months full pay maternity leave and 6 months full pay paternity leave

• Buy and sell holidays

• Give as you earn scheme

• Paid volunteering days

• Flexible half days leave

• Electric vehicle leasing

• Cycle to work scheme

Please apply for the apply button or visit Careers Page by Thursday 29th January 2026.

Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life