Commercial PMO Assistant: Projects & Procurement

Great British Energy - Nuclear; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Great British Energy - Nuclear is recruiting for two permanent positions: Commercial Assistant Project Manager based in London or Warrington, with regular travel to either office. The role provides project coordination, governance and administrative support to enable delivery of major projects within Commercial.

You will work with the Commercial Project Manager and wider teams to track actions, coordinate reporting and support governance activities.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing project coordination, administration or PMO support within a fast-paced project or programme environment.
• Good understanding of project governance, reporting cycles, action tracking, decision management and risk administration.
• Experience of supporting the development and maintenance of project plans, schedules, logs and trackers, including identifying dependencies and following up on actions.
• Experience of supporting projects through approvals, assurance and governance processes, including coordinating materials and maintaining evidence or document trackers.
• The ability to establish and develop productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, bringing people together to benefit the project.
• Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to gather inputs, follow up actions and support timely decision-making.
• Experience of providing secretariat or meeting support, including preparing agendas, taking minutes, recording actions and maintaining decision logs.
• Exceptional organisational skills, with keen attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience in/ prior knowledge of the nuclear sector is desirable.
• Experience of supporting high value or complex procurements would be advantageous but not essential, particularly through planning, reporting, scheduling, workshop coordination and risk or decision tracking.

Responsibilities

• Support procurement plans development, tracking activity against milestones, dates and critical paths.
• Provide project administration and governance support, including secretariat duties for boards and minutes.
• Coordinate inputs from cross-functional teams to manage procurement dependencies and delivery constraints.
• Support risk tracking, updating risk registers and following up with owners.
• Lead on compiling regular project and procurement reporting with progress, decisions and milestones.
• Support assurance and approvals activity, including evidence gathering and document trackers.
• Coordinate workshop schedules and meeting logistics, ensuring follow-ups are tracked.
• Maintain action, decision and dependency logs for governance and audit readiness.

Education

Degree level qualification preferably in a relevant subject, or equivalent level of knowledge & experience

Job description

Great British Energy - Nuclear is recruiting for two permanent positions: Commercial Assistant Project Manager based in London or Warrington, with regular travel to either office. The role provides project coordination, governance and administrative support to enable delivery of major projects within Commercial.

You will work with the Commercial Project Manager and wider teams to track actions, coordinate reporting and support governance activities.