PMO Analyst

Tewkesbury, full time hybrid. Salary £35/40k

Our well established and growing technology client is looking for a highly competent PMO Analyst to join the team and support the continued growth of the business. Your role will focus on ensuring the generation and maintenance of accurate information from their project management systems and to actively engage with the continuous improvement of these systems.

Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be required to obtain and maintain an appropriate UK security clearance.

Key Accountabilities

The purpose of the PMO Analyst is to support the Project and Programme Managers and our Engineering teams in delivery, including co-ordination, planning, control, reporting, analysis, and the generation of insights. Typical activities will include:

·         Generation/maintenance/review of schedules and plans.

·         Generation/collation and maintenance of business data – including reports, and project and financial status summaries for wider business consumption and decision making.

·         Risk, action, issue and dependency management – particularly ensuring consistency of approach across projects.

·         Assistance with the planning, coordination, and execution of the company opportunity process to better understand bids and opportunities via our Capability Development colleagues and Commercial team.

·         Assisting Project Managers. Resource Managers and functional leads to help manage resource demand, allocation and variances.

·         Expert knowledge on our Project Management practices and ways of working, providing advice and guidance to colleagues and the wider business to ensure consistency and conformity.

·         Championing change and improvement to our tools and ways of working to improve the quality, automation, type, and timeliness of our business data.

·         Working with colleagues to support activities across other management systems, as may be required from time-to-time.

·         Working towards, or membership of, a relevant professional institute, e.g. APMG

Experience & Qualifications

Whilst we don’t expect you to have all of the below, we have constructed this list based on the practices and tools we use, so it would be advantageous if you had at least some coverage.

·         A degree-level qualification wherever possible.

·         Project Management qualifications that could include PRINCE2, APMG, AgilePM etc.

·         Knowledge of, or real experience of working in a Project Management Office.

·         Experience in working with Agile practices and teams.

·         Atlassian Certified Associated – JIRA certification(s) / JIRA Masterclass, or experience of using Jira.

·         Atlassian Certified Associated – Confluence certification(s) / Confluence Masterclass or experience of using Confluence.

·         Experience in the use of Tempo (Jira project management plugin suite).

·         Experience in the use of eazyBI (Jira dashboarding/BI plugin), or a related BI tool.

Our client offers great benefits and encourages and supports personal development. Excellent working conditions and parking available. 

If you think you have the qualities and skills required, please email you up to date CV details to Lorraine and call to discuss further.

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