Job Description

Role: PMO Manager - DV

Location: Aldermaston, Reading (3 days/week on site)

IR35: Inside

Rate: £63.41/hr (Umbrella)

Duration: 18 Months

Security Clearance: DV

Job Purpose:

To support the PMO Lead by providing an effective PMO that serves as a centre of standardisation and coherence for the various workstreams and projects, enabling them to deliver to time, quality, cost and compliant with the organisations and relevant government processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Schedule management – Effectively manage the integrated schedule for the transformation. This includes ensuring the currency of the schedule and proactive management of deliverables including escalation of risks and issues using MS Project.
• Proactive management of the programme risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities (RAIDO) and the programme master data and assumptions list (MDAL) ensuring their currency and relevance.
• Quality & Assurance Management – implement the quality & assurance management strategy ensuring the programme delivers to specification with proportionate reviews undertaken at defined times with appropriate follow-up actions swiftly implemented.
• Draft relevant programme reports, briefings and artefacts.
• Information Management - Implement the information Management Plan ensuring that the right people have access to the right information at the right time while complying with information management processes.
• Act as the secretariat for the regular cross-workstream workshops and meeting to ensure coherence of overall programme.
• Be flexible and resilience to undertake appropriate project management tasks across the programme to ensure the smooth running of the programme.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Evidence of successfully leading cross-functional teams in a moderately complex programme
• Proven experience of project delivery
• Build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships
• Read, analyse and interpret charts, spreadsheets, schedules and (in some business areas) technical drawings
• Clear and concise communication approach, both oral and written, at multiple levels. Compile and present presentations to peers and Senior Managers
• Build good team morale and spirit and motivate others
• Manage resources effectively (people, budget, equipment)
• Allocate and manage work of team members, taking account of individuals’ different abilities and workloads
• Listen to stakeholder requests, assimilate and convert into project team action, plans and schedules
• Hold people to account when they under deliver or let standards slip
• Use Microsoft Office tools

Desirable Skills, Experience:

• Motivating and managing in a highly regulated environment
• Membership of a relevant professional body.
• Evidence of project management competence e.g. APM qualifications.

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181