Negotiable
Inside
Onsite
Warwick, England, United Kingdom
Job title - PMO Specialist
Location: Warwick
- Hybrid basis 2 days pw in office (Thurs is anchor day)
- Remote - considered if you live too far, but you ll need to be able to go in from time to time
Contract length: 6 months
Start: ASAP
Rate: c. 20 - 25ph PAYE - Inside IR35 (may pay more for the right person)
Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services is currently recruiting for a PMO Specialist to join a leading company which specialises in energy technology.
You ll be working in the Project Management office, doing mini projects.
To oversee the governance and management of tools for the project execution team.
The role is dealing with the Project Managers, covering various portfolios, different frames they have projects with.
The Role:
Establishes, drives, and supports the Project Excellence within the AGT Portfolios and functions, to ensure compliance, harmonisation and continuous improvement of our project management offerings. Provides single point of accountability for PE@SE Certification and framework and project management best practice, as well as the governance and management of the project management tool OnePM.
Key Skills and experience required:
- MUST have previous experience working in a PMO function
- Previous experience of working on projects and with project teams
- Understand what the workstream is, what the process is, document that and get it into place
- Understanding of methodologies and how projects work
- Used to working to a PM Standard and PM framework
- Be capable of facilitating improvements
- Used to working with Project Managers and other stakeholders
- Experience of working with stakeholders to understand what workstream is, what process is, document that and getting it into place
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to have more in depth communications, delving deeper by asking questions
- Experienced in using Word and Excel to a good standard
- You will need to be very well organised
Responsibilities:
- Provides expertise and guidance on the framework and AGT specific process
- Acts as single point of contact for project management certification within AGT and project management competency requirements
- Providing process governance of the framework throughout the portfolios, functions, and regions in relation to the AGT product line
- Ensures project compliance of the processes to ensure all projects conform to the standard provided
- Identifying and implementing continuous improvement of project management process and procedures to ensure the most efficient and effective management of projects.
- Creating and implementing departmental communications to ensure high quality information regarding Project Customer Quality initiatives, and knowledge sharing.
Project Excellence:
- Single point of contact for the framework expertise
- Provide support and guidance to PM community
Project Management Certification:
- Monitor and maintain the Project Management Competency Matrix in conjunction with Heads of Projects to ensure all Project Managers are either certified or working towards respective certification
- Act as point of contact between the project manager and the Competency team to provide informed and efficient certification process for AGT PCC Project Managers
- Support the organisation of PM training for various initiatives (including Bitesize learning sessions).
Process Governance:
- Ensure adherence to process by undertaking regular checks of procedures, project documentation and respective Project Management tools eg; OnePM
- Monitor and maintain the Project Compliance Matrix
- Provide reporting on project compliance with action plans for non-compliant projects to work in conjunction with respective Project Manager to closure of issue
- Review relevant processes and procedures on a regular basis to identify any improvement requirements in conjunction with the portfolios, functions, and regions in order to simplify and harmonise
Communications:
- Liaison and creation of articles covering various activities/initiatives and updates for distribution to AGT PM community.
- Ensure distribution lists are up-to-date
- Work with team and other stakeholders for variety of articles/information for publication on a month basis (minimum).
- Ensure PCQ social media channel is up-to-date and regular updates/information is posted
- Organisation of an Open Door Session session for PCQ team to provide overview of what they do for the Warwick office.
- Organisation of Bitesize learning sessions throughout the year work with other team members for content, etc.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and encourage all qualified candidates to apply. While the hiring process may not be expedited, we urge all interested candidates to submit their applications promptly to ensure their consideration.
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