PMO Project Support Officer
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Area | Nottingham, United KingdomMaidstone, United KingdomWarrington, United KingdomStratford Upon Avon, United KingdomHomebased, United Kingdom |
| Sector | IT |
| Start Date | |
| Job Ref | LH10409 |
- Description
Salary: up to £35,000
Our client are a software house and they provide clinical software (EPR/PAS) systems to the NHS and they are seeking a Project Support Officer to join their busy team.
The purpose of the PSO is to support the Project and Programme Managers and their team in delivery including co-ordination, planning, control, reporting, analysis, and their insights, as well as supporting the Head of PMO in the delivery of PMO initiatives.
Person Specification:
· Degree educated or equivalent (significant work experience may be acceptable as a substitute for academic qualifications)
· Solid background in PMO, project and programme management
· Project Management methodologies – PRINCE2 an advantage
· A successful and proven track record in working to tight deadlines in a busy challenging environment
· Ability to work well within a team
· Experience of working in a consultancy role and/or communications with key stakeholders at board level in client organisations
Skills required
· Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills both orally and in writing
· Good commercial awareness
· Able to communicate and organise effectively at all levels
· Ability to organise and co-ordinate areas of work for yourself and others
· Excellent analytical, problem-solving and planning skills
· Self-starter with great determination and motivation to succeed
· Good time management and planning skills
· Good teamwork, person-management and motivational skills
· Able to work away from home and willingness to travel essential
Main Responsibilities:
· Maintain effective project and programme governance and processes
· Implement governance standards across the portfolio, including tracking, monitoring and updating the status of programme deliverables
· Provide support and guidance to programme/project managers
· Prepare, produce and present regular progress reports as directed by the Head of PMO
· Supporting risk and issue management, highlight reporting and project planning
· Responsible to the Head of PMO for keeping all project documentation up-to-date
· Build up a repository of standardised project templates/tools both technical and management to support the Project Managers
· Liaising with project team members and providing suggestions or solutions to unforeseen issues when needed
· Continuously evaluating projects to ensure they are meeting company standards, adhering to budgets, and meeting deadlines
· Reuse project learning and knowledge
· To be responsible to the Head of PMO for analysing interdependencies between projects and recommending actions to prioritise/revisit priorities to ensure delivery of best added value
· Ensuring the application of a standardised approach to the management of projects
· Manage level Lessons Learned repository; attend Post Project Review meetings to
· identify key areas of improvement to be captured into the Lessons Learnt repository
Job Title: PMO Project Support Officer
Location: Flexible on location (preferably near to Warrington, Cheshire, Nottingham, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire or Maidstone, Kent
Salary: up to £35,000
Job Type: Permanent
Job Reference: LH10409
Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an Employment Agency for this role
