Programme Support
Job Title: Programme support admin
Reports To: Head of PMO & Portfolio
Overall Job Purpose:
The role of the PMO Support is to provide specialist support expertise for PMO / programme / project managers. They'll be known as experts and will play a proactive role in supporting PMO / Programme & Project managers to apply programme and project management methods and implement best practice processes. This will include the application of practical management controls that support improved project/organizational performance.
Responsibilities:
- Development and maintenance of a Project Management toolkit
- Stage Gate support and sign off
- Capability and Capacity management (flex up, down)
- Learning and Development programmes
- Communities of Practice
- Induction support
- Integrated Planning
- Support adoption and delivery of corporate governance expectations
- Share information, good practice, and expertise with others
- Risk mitigation / RAID logs
- Project board meetings
- Preparing project board packs
- Presentation at C-suite level
- Scheduling
- Resource management
- Attend board meetings, put together board packs, take minutes & actions
- Work closely and support the Project/Programme Manager
Qualifications:
- Degree level in relevant subject (IT, Business Studies, etc.)
- Prince2/PMI/PM Certification
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in an equivalent role
- Excellent understanding of the application of the project lifecycle
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Proven success in a similar role
- Good knowledge and experience of industry-standard best practice Portfolio and Programme Management
- Proficient user of the MS Office suite, MS Visio, and MS Project
- Good exposure to the application and support of PPM tools
- Good IT knowledge
Behavioral Competencies:
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Solid communication and interpersonal skills
- Works well under pressure
- Team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills
