PMO Assistant

National Grid; Warwick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the National Grid as a Project Management Office Assistant in Warwick, playing a central role in a £120 million digital transformation. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to enhance project execution and support strategic decision-making in a dynamic digital environment.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Financial support for professional memberships

Health and wellbeing apps

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Project Management or Operations, preferably in Utilities.
• Proven track record in process and performance improvement.
• Strong ability to work with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project execution and maintain documentation.
• Collaborate with teams to manage task tracking in JIRA.
• Contribute to KPI analysis and process improvements.

Skills

Process improvement

Interpersonal skills

Project Management

Tools

JIRA

MS Project

Power BI

Confluence

Job description

View more categories View less categories Discipline Electrical Sector Power Job Type Engineer

A High-Impact Role in a £120M Digital Transformation

Are you ready to step into a visible, high-profile role at the heart of a major digital transformation? This is an exciting opportunity to join the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) business as a Project Management Office Assistant, where you’ll help shape and steer the delivery of a £120 million digital investment portfolio. Based at Warwick, in office 2 - 3 days required.

In this role, you’ll gain exposure to enterprise-scale programmes, collaborate with senior stakeholders-including ET and Group Executive teams-and play a vital part in building governance, performance, and insight for transformative change. This is a perfect opportunity for someone who’s looking to elevate their career, build influence, and develop within a dynamic and growing digital environment.

You’ll be a central part of the NGET Asset Operations Digital team, helping to grow our delivery capability, improve visibility across platforms, and provide expert insight to support strategic decision-making. Your work will empower leadership to act confidently, backed by accurate data and robust performance intelligence.

Support end-to-end project execution by coordinating timelines, milestones, and resources, while maintaining documentation, dashboards, and standardised templates. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, manage task tracking in tools like JIRA, and facilitate the adoption of PMO best practices. Monitor project risks, escalate issues, and contribute to KPI analysis and retrospectives. Additionally, assist in identifying and implementing process improvements, tools, and workflows to enhance overall project delivery and operational efficiency.

Must Haves:

• Experience of supporting Project Management or Operations preferably in Utilities, Tech, Digital.
• A proven track record in process and performance improvement, using data to drive meaningful outcomes.
• Experience with project management tools - MS Project, JIRA, and Confluence, reporting tools - Power BI
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work confidently with senior stakeholders, understanding their needs and managing expectations.
Desirable
• IT PMO experience

Pay and Benefits

• A competitive salary up to £38,481 pa + Training and Development
• 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory days.
• 37 Hours Monday - Friday
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. Totalling 18%.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave - relevant to your role.
• Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

If you’re looking for a role that blends analysis, delivery, communication, and strategic impact - and you’re passionate about digital change - we’d love to hear from you.

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Company

National Grid is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies and lies at the heart of the energy industry in the UK, keeping people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. We’re dreamers, big-thinkers, innovators and builders.

Building a clean, fair and affordable energy future is no easy feat, and it takes all of us and every role is integral to our mission.

With Innovation and technology enabling us to supercharge the path to finding a better way, as we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark.

We’re hiring right across our company to support net zero and the largest upgrade of the energy network in a generation – and we need you!

So, join us and find what makes you Superpowered.

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