PMO Analyst (6mth FTC)

Polo; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A project management firm in Cheltenham is seeking a highly organised PMO Analyst for a 6-month fixed term contract. The role involves supporting project governance, planning, and reporting across multiple projects. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of project support experience and a strong understanding of project management methodologies. Benefits include competitive salary, annual bonuses, and a comprehensive perks package with hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary annual bonus

24 days annual leave

Private health insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project support, PMO, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support project planning, scheduling, and delivery tracking.
• Maintain project documentation, including plans and status reports.
• Analyse project data to identify trends and variances.
• Maintain RAID logs across projects.
• Oversee project plans and collaboration tools.

Skills

Project support experience

Understanding of Agile methodologies

High proficiency in MS Office

Experience with Jira

Experience with Azure DevOps

Tools

MS Project

Power BI

Job description

Overview

Department: Project Management

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Cheltenham

Description

We are seeking a highly organised and analytical PMO Analyst to join us on an initial 6 month FTC to support project governance, planning, progress tracking, and reporting across a diverse portfolio of projects. This role plays a key part in ensuring projects are well controlled, accurately reported, and aligned with organisational priorities, while maintaining high-quality documentation and strong stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Project Support & Coordination
  • Support project planning, scheduling, and delivery tracking.
  • Analyse project progress and report on performance against timelines and budgets.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and delivery consistency.
• Governance & Control
  • Maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, risk logs, and change logs.
  • Ensure consistent tracking of tasks, milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables across the portfolio.
• Reporting & Analytics
  • Analyse project data to identify trends, variances, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
  • Produce dashboards, status reports, and presentations for senior stakeholders.
  • Track KPIs, milestones, and deliverables across multiple projects.
  • Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Risk & Issue Management
  • Maintain RAID logs across projects.
  • Support the development of mitigation strategies and assist with escalation where required.
• Resource & Workplan Management
  • Maintain and update resource allocation schedules.
  • Oversee project plans and collaboration tools such as MS Project, SharePoint, Teams, Jira, and Azure DevOps.
• Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Draft, coordinate, and distribute project reports.
  • Support stakeholder engagement and alignment across delivery teams.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project support, PMO, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using project and delivery tools such as MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Power BI.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a minimum 24 days of annual leave (with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days using our Annual Leave Flex Benefit), you will also get an excellent benefits package, including flexible, hybrid working, private health insurance, life assurance, income protection, enhanced pension contributions, and occupational maternity and paternity pay.

You will also have access to company volunteering days, an Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing scheme, an employee assistance programme with retail discounts and savings, a generous employee referral scheme, regular sports and social events, and free Cheltenham bus travel.