2130 - PMO Manager

Construction Industry Training Board; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in Peterborough seeks an experienced PMO Manager to lead the Project Management Office. This role involves strategic leadership, resource management, and adherence to governance frameworks. The ideal candidate has significant PMO leadership experience and relevant qualifications. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible working conditions.

Benefits

33 days holiday

Flexible benefits including childcare vouchers

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in PMO leadership within a complex project or programme delivery environment.
• Proficient in using a structured project delivery framework.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic PMO leadership and delivery support.
• Manage project and programme reporting and performance.
• Support resource and capability management.

Skills

Project Management

Resource Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Analytical Skills

Education

Project Management Qualification (PRINCE2, MSP)

Tools

MS Project

Power BI

Project Online

Job description

PMO Manager

Location – Peterborough

Working Pattern – Based in Peterborough with flexible working, subject to business requirements

Salary – SL2 £67,162 per annum

Duration - 1 year Fixed Term Contract

Benefits – Car Allowance

You’re in the right place at the right time. We’re CITB and we’re bringing a wide range of exciting career opportunities as we drive forward our plans for the Construction Industry. This is a unique opportunity for brilliant people to join our team and get involved in helping to shape our organisation and achieve our shared ambitions. CITB’s job is to attract talent and support skills development across the construction industry. And we need ambitious, talented people like you to make it possible.

CITB aims to lead the construction sector by example to ensure fairness, inclusion and respect for all. We seek to build a workforce that reflects Britain’s diverse population and people from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply for vacancies.

Our main objective is to create a culture that helps all of our customers strive towards a workforce that is reflective of today’s society.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic PMO Manager to join our recently established Central Portfolio Office (CPO) to lead the Project Management Office (PMO) and Resource Management capability at CITB. This role is multi-faceted – you will be working directly with delivery teams to provide high-quality PMO services; with the Head of PPCM Centre of Excellence looking at how to embed consistent project delivery processes; and establishing a standard approach to Resource Management.

You will be working directly on a high-profile transformation programme that spans multiple areas of the business. You will work closely with the Programme Manager and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) to ensure there is robust governance, planning and reporting across the programme and its constituent projects and workstreams. You will play a critical role in ensuring the programme is delivered successfully with proportionate governance, transparency and control.

Alongside your delivery role, you will work with the Head of PPCM Centre of Excellence to define and embed a standard process for Resource Management ranging from planning, forecasting, allocating, and managing project delivery resources. You will proactively identify resource gaps, overallocations and potential conflicts and highlight accordingly to the CPO leadership team.

This is a key role in supporting the successful delivery of change at CITB by ensuring projects and programmes comply with the CITB Project Design and Delivery Framework, by overseeing the needs of the changes, projects and portfolio to support overall governance, whilst ensuring that all improvement initiatives and portfolio projects follow the agreed delivery framework, policies and practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Strategic PMO Leadership and Delivery Support
• Governance, Assurance and Change Control
• Project and Programme Reporting and Performance Management
• Business Case and Financial Oversight
• Risk, Issue and Stakeholder Management
• Resource and Capability Management
• Best Practice, Knowledge Management and Continuous Improvement
• Line management of PMO team members

Essential

• Significant experience in PMO leadership within a complex project or programme delivery environment, particularly working in matrix environments.
• Significant experience in providing PMO services including monitoring, tracking and reporting across milestones, risks, financials, dependencies and deliverables.
• Experience working within a structured project delivery environment, following a standard project delivery framework.
• Strong resource and demand management skills, including the ability to define and establish new ways of working for resource and capacity management.
• Proficient in using project management and portfolio tools (e.g., MS Project, Power BI, Project Online).
• Recognised project or programme management qualification e.g. PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP Practitioner, or APMQ, or equivalent.
• Analytical skills.
• Proactive, highly organised and results driven, with energy, determination and resilience, alongside an ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills with experience of working with colleagues at all levels of the business, including at senior levels.

Desirable

• Experience in a public sector or ALB environment.
• Knowledge of UK government project delivery governance, based on the Government Functional Standard for Project Delivery (GovS 002).
• Experience in benefits management, including identifying and tracking programme benefits.
• Experience supporting the development of a Centre of Excellence or project delivery community of practice.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday per year (Including bank holidays)
• Flexible benefits including childcare vouchers, cycle to work and insurance
• Pension scheme
• Employee discounts
• Long service awards
• CITB recognition scheme
• Employee assistance programme

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the stated closing date. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, therefore early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.