Assistant PMO Manager

Government Recruitment Service; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking an Assistant Programme Management Office Manager to enhance project management processes within its Estates team. The role involves working collaboratively across various teams to ensure high standards of documentation and effective stakeholder engagement. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications in Property and Construction Project Management and experience in managing project deliveries. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a mission-driven organization focused on optimizing real estate services.

Qualifications

• Experience in project and programme management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain standards for project management across DWP.
• Monitor and assure project and programme delivery.
• Create high-quality documentation and metrics.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Capacity planning

Performance monitoring

Risk management

Financial reporting

Education

Relevant qualifications in Property and Construction Project Management

Job description

Overview

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the government’s largest public service departments with a sizeable annual budget, serving over 20 million citizens.

The estate spans 1.4 million square metres across 800+ sites and supports around 78,000 colleagues.

Our vision includes DWP colleagues, supply chain, partners and, most fundamentally, the customers the Department exists to serve. They are the reason for our existence.

We are responsible for the day-to-day operation of our vast Estate by managing a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as Security Guarding, Maintenance, Property and Leasehold Management, Construction, Cleaning and Facilities Management.

DWP Estates is not just about maintaining buildings - it’s about transformation. Our strategic goals include:

• Transitioning to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estate to meet future needs
• Investing in infrastructure through planned replacement works
• Embedding sustainability in line with Government Greening Commitments (GGCs)
• Delivering cost-effective services while maintaining high standards
• Creating a professional, best-in-class working culture across the Government Property profession

Our Estates strategy ambitions have been refreshed to take us through to 2030:

• OPTIMISE: Continue to transition to a more affordable and adaptable DWP estate that creates productive environments

• INVEST: Investment in an improved environment that better meets the needs of customers and colleagues and minimises service disruption

• SUPPORT the drive for sustainability throughout DWP

• DELIVER: Expertly deliver improving, cost-effective services for DWP

• THRIVE: Continue to develop a working culture for DWP Estates that is best in class across government

There is no better time to join the award winning DWP Estates team.

Role

As an Assistant Programme Management Office (PMO) Manager, you will work closely with all teams within the Real Estate Projects and Investment Team (REPIT), the supply chain network, and the Estates Programme Assurance Service (EPMS). Reporting to the SEO PMO Manager, you will work as part of a collaborative team to define and maintain standards for project and programme management within DWP. The PMO will strive to standardise and introduce economics of repetition in the execution of projects and programmes. The PMO will be the source of high quality and timely documentation, guidance, and metrics on the practice of project and programme management and execution within DWP. The PMO Team will have key accountabilities across the 3 key PMO functions, as described below.

Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link)

This role sits within the following:

• Job Family – Property and Construction Projects
• Core Role - Property and Construction Project Management
• Level - Practitioner

Key accountabilities

Portfolio Planning Function

• Programme & project set-up & closure
• Stakeholder engagement & communication
• Capacity planning & resource management
• Performance monitoring (including Supply Chain Management)

Programme & Project Delivery Function

• Monitoring, review & assurance of projects & programmes
• Project & programme level reporting
• Risk & issue management
• Change control
• Financial reporting
• Quality assurance
• Information management
• Secretariat

Centre of Excellence Function

• Standards, methods, processes & tools
• Internal consultancy
• Organisational learning & knowledge management
• People & skills (PPM competencies & upskilling of team members)