Languages: Strong written and spoken English, as well as Dutch or French
Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
Context
We are looking for a proactive and well-organised Project Management Officer (PMO) to support a multi-workstream programme.
In this role, you will help ensure that commitments, deliverables, milestones and dependencies are followed up effectively across the programme. You will act as a central coordination point for day-to-day activities, working closely with stakeholders to keep planning on track, identify risks early and ensure actions are completed on time.
Responsibilities
- Track deliverables, milestones and deadlines across multiple workstreams.
- Proactively follow up with action owners to ensure commitments are delivered on time.
- Maintain and update action, decision, risk and issue logs (RAID logs), ensuring outstanding items are followed through to closure.
- Organise and facilitate recurring project meetings, working groups and steering committees.
- Prepare meeting agendas, minutes and follow-up actions.
- Escalate blockers, delays and unresponsive stakeholders to the Programme Manager or Sponsor when needed.
- Coordinate cross-team dependencies and ensure timely handovers between workstreams.
- Monitor adherence to the programme plan and timeline, identify deviations early and support corrective actions.
- Support resource planning and tracking, including follow-up with team leads on capacity and availability.
- Prepare status reports and dashboards for management and steering-committee audiences.
- Ensure the consistent use of programme documentation, templates and governance processes.
- Build effective working relationships with stakeholders to obtain timely input, sign-offs and deliverables.
- Act as the central point of contact for day-to-day programme-coordination matters.
Required Skills and Experience
- At least 2 years of experience as a PMO, Project Coordinator or in a similar project/programme-support role.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders in a project or programme environment.
- Hands-on experience maintaining RAID logs and driving actions, risks, issues and decisions through to closure.
- Experience preparing status reports and dashboards for management or steering-committee level.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly for reporting, tracking and presentation purposes.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with excellent attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Dutch or French.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership and remain aligned with broader programme objectives.
- Assertive and diplomatic approach, with the confidence to follow up persistently and escalat[e] issues when deadlines are at risk.
- Strong stakeholder-management and relationship-building skills.
- Structured, proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
- Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure while managing multiple priorities.
Nice to Have
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum ways of working.
- Experience supporting large-scale, multi-workstream transformation programmes.
- Basic knowledge of process-modelling tools and notations, such as BPMN or Visio.
- Master’s degree, or equivalent professional experience.
Working Conditions
- Hybrid working model: 50% on-site and 50% remote.