PMO Analyst (12-month FTC)
Posted 1 week ago by St. James’s Place
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The PMO Analyst role is a 12-month fixed-term contract based in London Paddington, focusing on supporting the Business Change PMO Function across multiple portfolios. The position involves providing comprehensive PMO Analyst support, managing risks, and assisting with governance and project management tasks. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a PMO Analyst role and strong communication skills, particularly with senior leadership. This role is part of a hybrid working model, requiring three days in the office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide full PMO Analyst support, including managing RAID (Risks/Assumptions/Issues/Dependencies).
- Assist with administration for governance meetings, including minutes, agendas, and actions tracking.
- Manage access permissions to SharePoint content and ensure data organization.
- Assist workstream PMs in developing Business Cases.
- Track and monitor workstream project plans.
- Manage the Governance Model and ensure adherence to core Programme discipline.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in a PMO Analyst role.
- Understanding of data analytics, reporting, and budgeting.
- Strong Office 365 skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Proficiency in project and portfolio management tools.
- Excellent communication skills, including with C-suite leaders.
- Ability to organize and prioritize tasks with minimal input from stakeholders.
- Attention to detail and understanding of PMO's role in business change.
- Experience using Microsoft Planner Premium (desirable).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Associate
Industry: Other
Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.
At a glance:
- Location: London Paddington (hybrid working 3 days in office)
- Workplace Type: Hybrid
- Employment Type: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract
- Seniority: Associate
The role:
You will play a key role in the Business Change PMO Function, which supports more than 10 business-aligned portfolios of work. The role will support one or more Portfolios as well as supporting and developing the overall PMO Function.
What you'll be doing:
Responsible for providing full PMO Analyst support at a competent level, including:
- You’ll work with the sub-teams / workstreams to ensure RAID (Risks/Assumptions/Issues/Dependencies) is managed appropriately.
- Assist with the administration around the various governance meetings (minutes/agendas/actions tracking).
- Manage access permissions to SharePoint content, ensuring data held in SharePoint is orderly.
- Assist workstream PMs with developing Business Cases.
- Tracking and monitoring of workstream project plans.
- Governance Model management.
- Ensuring core PoL / Programme discipline is followed by the various Workstream leads.
Essential Criteria:
- Proven experience within a PMO Analyst role, including:
- To have an understanding of data analytics, reporting and budgeting.
- To have good Office 365 skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Proficiency in project and portfolio management tools.
- Great communication skills including with C-suite leaders.
- Able to organise and prioritise with minimal input from role stakeholders.
- To have excellent attention to detail.
- A good understanding of the wider role of the PMO and how it fits into business change and project processes.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience using Microsoft Planner Premium.
What's in it for you?
We reward you for the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts. We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:
- Competitive parental leave (26 weeks full pay)
- Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
- 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)
Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.
What's next?
If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.