PMO Lead
Contract until December
£557/Day Inside IR35
Aberdeen
We are seeking a PMO Lead for our Government client based in Aberdeen. This role will be office based 2-3 days per week and the remainder remote. The PMO Lead role will be a contract until 21/12, paying between £500 - £557/Day Inside IR35.
This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.
Role Profile:
- Leading delivery activity, establishing effective PMO discipline, and owning programme‑level governance and decision‑making structures
- Demonstrate that they have delivered projects and programmes in a fast pasted environment as well as being adaptable in their approach
- Supporting business leads and operational PMO managers in establishing and setting up projects and programmes for success
- Setting delivery standards, ways of working, templates and controls across the organisation (including support and evolution of the PM Delivery Framework)
- Leading the delivery of discrete projects or complex workstreams, from initiation through to closure, including scope definition, planning, dependency management, risk control and benefits realisation
- Managing key project and programme processes including monitoring and reporting, risk & issue management, planning and governance, translating complex delivery information into clear, actionable insight for key stakeholders
- Designing, implementing and continuously improving programme and portfolio governance, ensuring it is proportionate, outcome focused and supports decision making
- Coordinating across the organisation with other functions and stakeholders, such as finance and commercial, to collate cross functional inputs and prepare reports
- Working closely with shareholder teams to ensure a common understanding of deliverables, consistency of reporting and sharing best practice
- Have experience in delivering either complex or high-risk projects or programmes within an agreed time, cost and quality constraint
- Be adaptable when applying knowledge of project management tools and methodologies, able to design and tailor delivery structures, governance and controls to suit an organisation at an early stage of maturity
- Have practical experience in actively managing project risks and issues, able to make decisions, engage in dialogue on risk management strategy, and demonstrate a level of skill beyond simply 'managing a process'
- Be experienced and credible in dealing with a broad and complex range of stakeholders both in writing and in person, with the confidence to engage with senior leadership
- Have a proactive stakeholder engagement approach, seeking out opportunities to effectively communicate and influence
- Be solutions focused, able to apply your skills to a range of risks, with a sound understanding of how they relate to wider strategy
- You will have, or be working towards, a recognised accreditation in professional project management, such as;
PRINCE2 Practitioner
MSP Practitioner
Agile Project Management Practitioner
APM Practitioner Qualification
APM Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)
Civil Service Project Leadership Programme
If you are interested in the above, hit the Apply now button!
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