As our new Programme PMO Analyst, you will provide PMO services within the Smart Waters Programme. The role is to support and assist the Programme Manager and their Project Managers with the planning, organisation, administration, governance, control and reporting of the programme.
You will help to provide 'central' PMO services across the whole programme, supporting the functional teams responsible for delivering the Smart Waters Programme.
This is a 24-month fixed-term contract.
What you'll do
In this varied role, you will:
- assist the Programme Manager and Project Managers to plan, manage and control the programme
- plan and track resources
- assist with the creation of investment approval documents and change requests
- assist with programme and project planning and scheduling, including work breakdown structures, schedule updates, critical path analysis and dependency management
- construct, update and maintain the programme progress tracker, liaising with stakeholders to ensure accurate progress reporting, proactive assessment of issues and implementing improvements to tracker functionality
- prepare for and attend programme/project board meetings and other team meetings
- manage the actions coming out of programme meetings
- prepare programme/project documentation, such as Statements of Work, highlight/status reports, KPIs and RAID logs
- prepare and participate in gate reviews, audits, lessons learned reviews, and other governance meetings
- assist the Programme Manager with the resolution of issues and creation of remediation plans.
What you'll need
- strong organisational skills are critical, with an attention to detail
- an excellent communicator at all levels, with the ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure and to tight timelines
- someone who uses their own initiative and is self-motivated and determined
- a proven track record as a PMO or similar role
- experience in a similar role in a complex and dynamic programme environment
- knowledge and experience of portfolio, programme and project management methods, such as Prince2, Agile, P3O, MSP and similar
- knowledge and experience of planning and governance methods, including risk and issue management, standard project artefacts, project lifecycle and gate control, resource planning and cost control, scheduling and baseline management, KPI measurement and reporting, business case development and Statement of Work creation
- excellent O365 skills, particularly in the use of MS Project, Teams, Planner, ADO, PowerPoint and Excel
- experience in a similar role (or similar, eg, PMO Lead/Analyst, Assistant Programme/Project Manager, PSO, Project Coordinators)
- the ability to gain broad knowledge of WW and Group applications and internal customers, including other YTL companies.
What you'll receive
- A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
- Career progression and professional development opportunities.
- 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
- The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
- The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
- A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
- Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
- The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
- Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
- One paid volunteering day each year.
- Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
- Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
- Support from trained mental health first aiders.
- A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are passionate about diversity and inclusion - with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.