Summary: The CAA is seeking a Portfolio Analyst to join their PMO Team, focusing on ensuring adherence to project governance and delivery frameworks within the aviation sector. The role involves liaising with project leads, maintaining project artefacts, analyzing data, and providing insights for senior leadership. The successful candidate will drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure effective communication across project teams. This position is permanent and full-time, with a salary range based on experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaising with project/programme leads to ensure adherence to delivery framework and governance standards
• Providing guidance and support to projects including the maintenance of project artefacts (e.g. PID/finance trackers/risk logs)
• Maintaining and updating the programme/project framework to support CAA delivery methodologies
• Triaging and analysis of data, highlighting issues, trends and making recommendations
• Leading the development, maintenance, and assurance of programme level plans
• Providing milestone tracking and forecasting, ensuring realistic timelines and proactive issue resolution
• Ensuring project teams align with programme objectives, mitigating risks of misalignment or inefficiencies
• Reporting, including the design and implementation of dashboards
• Presenting information back to senior leadership for informed decision making
• Supporting and facilitating governance forums and daily standups
• Tracking, monitoring and updating of Project and/or Programme status
• Leading initial development, ongoing maintenance and quality assurance of high level and detailed plans
• Providing valuable insight and new ideas for continuous improvement in PMO operations
• Identifying and monitoring key performance indicators
• Tracking and monitoring programme/project budgets, providing insights on financial variances and risks
• Ensuring benefits realisation plans are embedded into plans, tracking and reporting outcomes
• Holding senior stakeholders and project leads accountable for delivery commitments
• Ensuring effective communication and collaboration across project teams
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in a PMO or programme office role
• Strong working knowledge of programme and project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP, APM, Agile)
• Ability to analyse programme data and provide actionable insights
• Proficient in financial tracking, risk management, and benefits realisation
• Experience in prioritising projects and tracking outcomes against business objectives
• Strong problem solving and numerical skills
• Advanced MS applications proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Teams)
• Experience in SharePoint management
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills
• Confident and persuasive communicator
• Experience in reviewing and updating project documentation
• Highly organised, proactive, and adaptable

Salary (Rate): 40000

City: Gatwick

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other