PMO Officer

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PMO Officer (risk management) - risk management, project management, programme management, PMO, project governance

6 month fixed-term

Central London - £37,000 plus benefits (Pension, Private Health Care, Life Assurance, and more)

Portfolio and Risk Executive - we are looking to recruit a Portfolio and Risk Executive to join a friendly, outgoing and collaborative team within one of our long-standing clients, a consumer focused money guidance not for profit organisation, based in Holborn.

You will make an effective contribution to the team by supporting the portfolio and risk manager with analysing and presenting portfolio level data, whilst also ensuring consistency and governance with the portfolio management framework.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Provides project management governance guidance, training, tools, and techniques to project managers, and others involved in delivery of the portfolio.

* Supports the provision of up-to-date project and portfolio-level status reporting to executive management (covering delivery plans, expenditure and quality assurance).

* Provides secretariat services for the Portfolio Board(s), and other related meetings. This includes

* Pro-actively facilitates and adds value to the risk management approach.

* Supports and contributes to the annual operational planning process.

* Assists with the coordination and monitoring of centralised business benefits realisation plan to assist in the realisation of benefits identified in the portfolio.

* Maintain a continuous improvement framework for the Portfolio.

REQUIRED SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

· Proven project management office skills and expertise across all aspects of project governance, from inception to delivery and handover.

· Experience of risk management co-ordination or a similar corporate management process.

· Knowledge of business benefits realisation management.

· Proven organisational level planning experience and skills.

· Good facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills.

· Solid expertise in planning, financial management, reporting and running governance or similar boards.

· Knowledge and use of project management methodologies.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

· Demonstrable understanding of public sector governance issues.

· Ability to take a holistic view of the organisation and with a good understanding of business drivers to inform risk and opportunity management.

· Strong prioritisation and planning skills.

· Strong proficiency with all standard MS Office applications, including MS project.

If this opportunity sounds of interest, please click "apply" or contact James Spence-Evans at Experis for further information.