PMO Assistant - Building Safety Unit

What you'll be doing? Reporting to the PMO Manager, this role involves supporting the delivery of a large remediation programme across BDW’s legacy portfolio. The prime driver behind having a dedicated PMO team is to support the administration and monitoring of a large and long programme through ensuring that all of its complex sub-projects adhere to the timelines and the team is connected to meet the ultimate goal. Main responsibilities of the PMO Assistant would include: portfolio support; programme planning including milestone management; and risk and issue management. Integral to delivering these responsibilities will be financial management; maintaining risks, issues, assumptions, actions logs; resource forecasting; dependency management; and programme reporting. The team and each individual within the team provides and enables project prioritisation, management information, financial reporting, decision making and potentially resource planning and recruitment. You will be expected to: Support the successful implementation of the PMO’s strategy, responsibilities, services and deliverables. Support Programme reporting and assist team in reporting to Senior Management and stakeholders. Update and maintain the Risk Log, Action Log, Decisions Log, and Issue Register Track financial reporting whilst ensuring that the programme and projects adhere to the agreed budget Ensure cross-programme dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained. Regularly challenge project control and governance Provide Project planning, Milestone management, Scope management, Resource forecasting; Support preparation of status reporting for BSU leadership Keyboard Shortcuts F9 - Move focus from the edit area to the Footer Toolbar F10 - Move focus from the edit area to the first toolbar button Shift + TAB - Move focus from the edit area to the last toolbar button What You’ll Need To be successful in the role, we are looking for: Experience of planning, executing, controlling and closing projects and the ability to manage a project and its components simultaneously with minimal supervision Dedicated to creating and maintaining project and programme plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS project Excellent written/oral communication skills for reports and presentations Diplomatic ability to influence others at all levels of the business Ability to competently mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions Exposure to project level financial management Personable, pro-active, professional and able to demonstrate full commitment to exceptional customer care and service in all activities. Work as a key member of the team Ability to communicate and interact at all levels of the organisation Exemplary communication skills. Pursue excellence in all aspects of project. Possess the expert knowledge to identify opportunities for change and the ability to convey the need for change. Benefits Our Company and Benefits We’ve been nationally recognised as a 5 star housebuilder since 2010 for supplying high-quality homes for all generations. That’s more than any other major housebuilder. It’s because we combine the brightest minds, the latest technology, and a genuine commitment to putting customers first. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building. We have tailored opportunities for apprentices, graduates, experienced professionals and ex-Armed Forces personnel to come and help us stay one step ahead, and build the homes that Britain needs. Barratt adopts a hybrid way of working which assumes that where roles allow, our office-based colleagues divide their time between working in the office, on our construction sites and sales offices, and working from home, as the role dictates. We recognise the many benefits that an effective hybrid working culture brings to both the Company and our colleagues. We are building an organisation where anyone with drive and talent can pursue the career they want. We are building a culture where anyone, regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, disability, background or any other characteristic, can progress and be proud to work for us. As part of working for Barratt Redrow PLC and specifically for this role we offer: Competitive Salary Competitive Bonus Scheme Private Medical Cover - Single Cover Annual Medical Health Assessment 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days) Choice of Flexible Benefits Enhanced Family Friendly Policies Our Benefits Are Fit To Measure Today’s housebuilding professional need tomorrow’s benefits, so they’re ready for whatever the future brings. When you join Barratt, you get the kind of support you would expect from a business built for a modern working world. Private medical cover Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more — including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members. Pension First-class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions. Annual Health Assessment All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing. Financial Benefits As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable – from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts. Lifestyle Benefits Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers… These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle. So much more… From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.