PMO - Assurance and Governance
Posted 1 week ago by Hays Specialist Recruitment
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Oxfordshire, UK
Summary: The role of CPMO Assurance Lead involves providing independent scrutiny and assurance across major programmes within a large local authority undergoing significant transformation. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to engage with senior stakeholders to ensure accurate reporting and risk visibility. This is a critical role that supports the credibility of the CPMO by delivering evidence-based insights on delivery health. The position is hybrid, based in Oxford, and offers a competitive day rate for a 6-month contract.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide independent scrutiny and assurance across major programmes.
- Ensure reporting is accurate and risks are visible.
- Challenge unclear or overly positive reporting and escalate concerns.
- Support portfolio level insight and maintain consistent standards.
- Identify patterns or systemic issues across programmes.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in PMO, assurance, or portfolio oversight roles.
- Excellent analytical skills and high attention to detail.
- Ability to engage with senior stakeholders confidently.
- Understanding of governance, delivery controls, risk, and dependency management.
- Experience in public sector or regulated environments.
Salary (Rate): £550 per day
City: Oxford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
PMO - Assurance and Governance - Paying up to £550 Per Day, Inside IR35, Based in Oxford, Hybrid Working, To Start ASAP, 6 Month Contract
Your new company
This large, upper tier local authority is undergoing a far reaching transformation, including major organisational change and Local Government Reorganisation. To support this, the organisation is investing in a new, independent CPMO function designed to provide a single, authoritative view of delivery performance, risk and confidence across the entire change portfolio. The CPMO is deliberately separate from delivery teams, enabling objective oversight, honest challenge and consistent standards. As part of this function, the Interim CPMO Assurance Lead will play a critical role in ensuring leaders are working from accurate, reliable information.
Your new role
As a CPMO Assurance Lead you will provide independent scrutiny and assurance across major programmes, ensuring reporting is accurate, risks are visible and concerns are surfaced early. This is not an administrative PMO role. You will actively challenge unclear, incomplete or overly positive reporting, test assumptions and escalate concerns where confidence cannot be justified. Your work will underpin the credibility of the CPMO by ensuring that senior leaders receive a true, evidence based picture of delivery health. You will work closely with CPMO Delivery Leads and the CPMO Director, supporting portfolio level insight, maintaining consistent standards and helping spot patterns or systemic issues across programmes before they escalate.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have strong experience in PMO, assurance or portfolio oversight roles within complex change environments and be confident engaging with senior stakeholders. You will have excellent analytical skills, high attention to detail and the courage to question information that doesn't stack up. You will understand governance, delivery controls, risk and dependency management and be able to turn complex information into clear, concise insight. Experience within public sector or similarly regulated or political environments is essential.
What you'll get in return
This role offers exposure to a highly visible transformation portfolio and the opportunity to influence senior decision making by improving the quality and integrity of information at the top of the organisation. You'll work within a strong CPMO team, with a competitive day rate and potential for extension as the portfolio matures.
What you need to do now
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