Role Title: PMODuration: contract to run until 31/12/2024Location: Northampton, Hybrid 2 days per weekRate: £365.72 p/d Umbrella Role purpose / summaryWhat will you be doing?Developing, implementing & embedding PMO standards across the programme phasesMaintaining and managing initiative documentation and facilitating key governance fora Supporting the production of Portfolio level forum papers, agendas, and various reports and taking and managing actions and minutes at Portfolio level governance meetingsAssisting with ensuring workstreams and projects have the relevant documentation, plans and RAIDs in place, and maintained in a timely manner at the right quality Being responsible for determining, monitoring and managing workforce and financial requirements, drawing insights from available information to inform daily delivery Assessing risk, including the tracking of thematic issues, early identification, and management of RAIDs; and completing a Delivered Risk Assessment (DRA) Tracking outcomes, ensuring that planned outputs deliver the agreed outcomes and remain relevant; through provision of MI and estimating, scheduling and planning activity Supporting the development and managing integrated programme plans based on source data with maintaining overall plan structure and integrity Developing and managing a centralised Change control process, ensuring the business case is updated and managed through appropriate governanceKey Skills/ requirementsDemonstrable PMO experience, working on business driven initiatives with cross functional delivery impact with experience of delivering PMO services across a portfolio of projectsExcellent communication, verbal and written, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work with and present to senior stakeholders Excellent PC skills, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word, MS Project and Visio, ability to master and navigate new subject domains quicklyExperience collating cross workstream plans and maintaining central integrated plans with execution tracking and analysisAbility to work across multiple sub-teams, divisions and geography, with excellent team working skills, including working effectively within a remote team Ability to identify ‘hidden’ delivery issues and proactively escalate items for resolution to reduce programme execution risk Broad knowledge of Group operating structure, Functions, and their purpose/scope (Operations/Technology/ Treasury/Risk/HR/etc)Previous experience of strategic change programmes Delivered risk assessment, Documentation, developmentAll profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!