Project Management Officer Job in London

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Project Management Officer Job in London

Job Description
Permanent

Salary £50,000 up to £70,000

Hybrid Working – 2/3 days a week in the office

Location – London

Description

As a PMO you will support our clients to successfully deliver projects to schedule, quality and cost. You will define and maintain standards and be regarded as the central hub between senior management, department heads, resource managers, controllers and project managers.

Responsibilities include

* Set the standards and requirements to be followed by the project in compliance with the programme/organisation

* Ensure effective processes are in place to support the project and resolve issues effectively and timely

* Collaborate with stakeholders and wider team, collate and distribute regular communication, reporting packs and updates as per project cadence

* Provide support in facilitating meetings and workshops including document agendas, minutes and actions for meetings and ensure appropriate follow up

* Maintain and responsible for the accuracy of PMO Documentation including RAID Logs, Status Reports, Change Logs and Decision Logs

* Provide general support for the project manager in all elements of the project

* Contribute to the excellence of the PMO function by maintaining the change framework, induction packs and document library, ensuring compliance with organisational standards

* Facilitate governance and improved decision making through assurance, communication and reviews e.g. via project health checks, audits, stage gate reviews and lessons learned

* Review project plans with key stakeholders and colleagues to provide challenge and feedback to ensure consistency and quality

* Engage with stakeholders to understand resource requirements and develop resource plans

* Provide support in understanding costs and forecasts to manage the overall portfolio and project level finances

* Depending on assignment, may work across projects to ensure the business adheres to the same standards and support identification of dependencies, risks & issues between teams

* Undertake other Transformation & Change lifecycle roles/responsibilities as required

Skills and Experience

* 3+ years in a PMO role

* 2+ years in Investment Banking

* Strong attention to detail: project timelines, risk assessments

* Stakeholder management and a clear, confident communication style

* Ability to communicate across multiple workstreams and identify inter-dependencies, risks and issues

* Able to challenge members of the project team to make sure reporting is accurate, and individuals are accountable for their commitments

* Experienced in keeping projects on track and delivered to plan

* Familiar with PMO strategies, processes, and methodology

* Strong expertise in MS Office applications and Microsoft Project

* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

* Conversant in both waterfall and agile methodologies

* Comfortable with technical concepts and flows

* Experience working in fast-paced and demanding environment

Pragmatic approach to delivery and can-do attitude

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: London
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: London
County: London
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £50000 – £70000/annum
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