PMO Analyst

This is a remote position.

Rate: £300-£400 per day (outside IR35) depending on experience

Duration: 6 month contract

Location: Remote with 1 on-site day a week at either the Manchester or London office

Please note, although this is a remote position we are only considering candidates based in the UK. Also, we are not currently able to support those who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

• Project Partners is dedicated to helping clients achieve their strategic goals as well as educating and inspiring employees to be amazing.
  
  


• Our Mission is to build a community of project professionals with the individual and collective expertise to deliver great projects for our clients.
  
  


• Our Just Cause is to empower people everywhere to deliver excellent change for any organisation.
  
  

Project Partners provide a range of extensive services to one of our established clients Handelsbanken.

The PMO role sits within their Change PMO team.This role is to provide essential support to at least 2 projects as well as feeding into central PMO resource team and practice. You ll collaborate closely with project teams to ensure planning, finance, risk and resources are all carefully monitored and managed.

NB. Our client is gradually moving to agile towards agile methodology therefore all HB resources must be able to demonstrate working in both an agile and waterfall projects.

• Provide both Project and Programme level PMO services to a range of projects feeding into the central programme office
  
• Devise and implement all financial, resource and budget tracking and forecasting
  
• Support the assessment and production of change request impacts, design committee submissions including collation of data/info to support smooth, swift decision making
  
• Reporting on project stages to ensure that each stage is completed appropriately and within time/budget
  
• Managing Portfolio and Project level, critical path and detailed plans
  
• Maintaining open and effective communication with Project Managers and stakeholders
  
• Ensuring that presentation packs for governance meetings are issued in a timely manner to a consistent standard
  
• Work closely together with cross-business stakeholders and support functions, acting as an interface for the projects/programme program and work streams to the business and IT
  
• Facilitate information sharing and work closely central PMO practice
  
• Support the clients desire to embed a strong PMO culture in the organisation, imparting knowledge to people and teams
  
• Liaise with others in the business to increase awareness of projects, programmes
  
• Coordinate and run meetings and workshops
  

Requirements

• Professional competence and relevant experience in PMO at both Project and Programme level
  
• An excellent understanding of change risk, governance, and controls
  
• Highly experienced in the creation and maintenance of project and portfolio plans, documentation and financial tracking
  
• Strong technical MS Office skills, specifically in relation to Excel and PowerPoint
  
• Highly competent in the use of MSP and similar planning tools
  
• Good working knowledge of Jira, Confluence and Agile ways of working
  
• Experience of Project and Programme Management best practice, including financial business case preparation (costs/benefits)
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to analyse, articulate and present complex issues clearly and concisely
  
• Professional standard of presentation skills
  
• Ability to build strong professional relationships at all levels
  
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with impact with people at all levels
  
• Integrity and strong self-discipline/responsibility to work remotely (when required)
  
• Ability to work well under pressure
  
• Attention to detail and an organised approach to work
  
• Experience of working in an environment where systems/procedures lack maturity and being prepared to devise and implement best practice based on your own experience
  

Desirable/additional skills

• Business Analysis
  
• Data Analysis
  
• Cost/Benefit Analysis
  
• Project Management