PMO Analyst
Location: Farnborough, UK (Hybrid)
We currently have a permanent vacancy for a PMO Analyst to work alongside the Programme Manager for Agile Change for our Government client. This position is a full time, permanent role and applicants must have DV clearance or be willing to undergo the clearance process.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that robust programme documentation is maintained and applied in accordance with industry best practice.
- Maintain (and help implement) processes to collect, monitor and analyse data to support financial and resource management and planning across the programme.
- Develop, manage or maintain high quality reports, dashboards and performance metrics to support senior leadership decisions and forecasting, ensuring outputs are timely, accurate and aligned with governance cycles.
- Support the design and delivery of engaging, user friendly dashboards and reports using tools such as Power BI and Excel.
- Build strong working relationships with the programme delivery teams to ensure outputs are fit for purpose, accurate and timely.
- Support PM and Engineers with scoping Work Packages with clearly defined inputs and outputs, risks, assumptions, dependencies.
- Appreciate Risk Management through robust mitigations and burn down tracking.
- Support key programme stakeholders to triage contract changes ensuring new work proposals are developed at pace.
- Collaborate with Scrum Masters and Programme Managers to drive delivery at pace and adapt the approach to the needs of a large programme of work across multiple sites.
- Provide clear and effective reporting to support programme leadership and senior stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate and up to date project documentation.
Qualifications
- Experience in a PMO, QA or Project role successfully delivering PMO outputs.
- Strong attention to detail, capable of interpreting complex information.
- Good interpersonal skills and judgement for dealing with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to engage and work within a multi functional programme team comprising client, supplier and internal staff.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstratable experience in document writing, reporting, presenting, facilitating and requirements gathering.
- Strong analytical and investigative skills with a keen eye to detail and ability to see trends and interdependencies.
- Works within deadlines, prioritises effectively and delivers at pace.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Apps (Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, MS Project, Teams, Outlook).
- Qualifications in recognised project management methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2 Foundation, APM PMQ) or equivalent experience (2+ years) in a project/PMO environment with demonstrable delivery experience.
- Experience working on an Agile Programme.
Benefits
- Contributory Pension Scheme.
- Private Medical Insurance.
- 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays).
- Access to Flexible benefits (life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme).
- Flexi Time.