Project Management Officer
Posted 1 week ago by Forsyth Barnes
£400 Per day
Inside
Onsite
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The PMO Officer role involves establishing and embedding a new Project Management Office for a global utilities company undergoing transformation. The position requires designing governance frameworks, creating reporting structures, and implementing processes to ensure consistency and control across multiple programs. The successful candidate will play a key role in project governance, assurance, and reporting, driving quality delivery within the organization. This is a contract position with a focus on building PMO functions from the ground up.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage new PMO processes, frameworks, and governance models.
- Establish portfolio-level controls, stage gate methodology, and assurance standards.
- Develop and maintain reporting dashboards, templates, and performance tracking.
- Lead on RAIDO (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, Opportunities) management.
- Engage with programme and project managers to embed PMO best practice.
- Drive continuous improvement across tools, templates, and ways of working.
- Provide insightful reporting to senior leadership to inform strategic decision-making.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience setting up or maturing PMO functions.
- Strong understanding of project governance, portfolio controls, and assurance frameworks.
- Advanced reporting, data analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Confident managing complex RAIDO and performance reporting processes.
- Sector experience in utilities, engineering, or other regulated industries.
Salary (Rate): £400 daily
City: Farringdon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Title : PMO/ PMO Officer (Contract)
IR35 : Inside IR35
Day Rate : £300–£400 per day
Contract length : 12-Month Contract
Location : 3 Days a Week in Farringdon
Sector : Utilities Sector
Please send your profile to : james.robinson@forsythbarnes.com
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced PMO Lead / Officer to establish and embed a brand-new Project Management Office (PMO) for a global utilities giant undergoing a major transformation. This is a rare opportunity to build a PMO function from the ground up — defining governance frameworks, creating reporting structures, and implementing processes to bring consistency and control across multiple programmes. You’ll play a pivotal role in setting up the foundations of project governance, assurance, and reporting — driving structure, visibility, and quality delivery across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage new PMO processes, frameworks, and governance models.
- Establish portfolio-level controls, stage gate methodology, and assurance standards.
- Develop and maintain reporting dashboards, templates, and performance tracking.
- Lead on RAIDO (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, Opportunities) management.
- Engage with programme and project managers to embed PMO best practice.
- Drive continuous improvement across tools, templates, and ways of working.
- Provide insightful reporting to senior leadership to inform strategic decision-making.
Essential Experience:
- Proven experience setting up or maturing PMO functions.
- Strong understanding of project governance, portfolio controls, and assurance frameworks.
- Advanced reporting, data analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Confident managing complex RAIDO and performance reporting processes.
- Sector experience in utilities, engineering, or other regulated industries.