PMO Project Management Officer

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled PMO Project Management Officer to join their dynamic Transformation Office. This role offers the opportunity to support innovative projects that drive the company's evolution in the parcel delivery market. The ideal candidate will excel in project governance, stakeholder management, and financial tracking, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget. With a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, including a 10% annual bonus potential and flexible working arrangements, this position is perfect for professionals eager to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking environment.

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Paternity Leave

Adoption Leave

Shared Parental Leave

Generous Sick Pay

24/7 Wellbeing Services

Discounts on Groceries and Holidays

Extra Annual Leave Purchase Option

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in project governance/PMO roles.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience in financial tracking and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support all aspects of programme and project delivery.
• Ensure effective project governance controls and reporting.
• Monitor risks, issues, and dependencies for decision making.

Skills

Project Governance

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Financial Tracking

Process Improvement

Education

Project Management Certification

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

MS Project

Confluence

Jira

Planview

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05.05.2025

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Job reference 324421
PMO Project Management Officer

Competitive Salary, 10% annual bonus potential, company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates and generous annual leave offering of 25 days, plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase extra annual leave days.
Permanent, Full time
Location:This is a Hybrid Working role with a requirement to attend, your closest geographical office - London, Chesterfield, or Glasgow.

Royal Mail is going through one of the most exciting periods in its history. We are currently innovating and transforming our business for the future, adapting towards a parcel delivery market, as well as taking environmental responsibility for our impact as a business. There has never been a better time to join us.

Are you a professional PMO Project Management Officer looking for a new challenge? Do you excel in time management, communication and able to challenge stakeholders at all levels? Do you have excellent project governance and reporting skills?

If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a Project Management Officer to join our Team. Interested?

About the role

• As Project Management Officer within the Transformation Office, you will provide support on all aspects of programme and project delivery. In doing so you will be confident, organised, and an experienced PMO with a keen eye for detail. You’ll monitor plans, deliverables, progress, review finances, holding suppliers and workstream leads to account when necessary.
• Working closely with the programme / project manager teams, you will ensure consistent, robust, and effective project/programme governance controls and reporting to centrally defined standards.
• You will have proven record of reporting at executive level, experience of preparation and quality assurance of materials ahead of regular meetings and reporting cadence.
• Experience of identifying and monitoring progress on Risks, Issues and Dependencies; supporting effective decision making. Timely maintenance and management of the RAID log – actions, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, etc.
• Ability to understand the project and deliverables, reviewing content, challenging (time/cost/quality paradigm) and validating content, etc. Plan reviews/updates.
  

About You

• To truly excel in this role, you’ll possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below:
• At least 3-5 years’ experience working within a project governance /PMO role.
• Must be able to work on multiple projects/programmes simultaneously.
• Ability to review and recommend process improvements, governance refinement, etc.
• Proactive and effective communication, both verbal and written; evidence of good collaboration, stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Financial tracking and raising of requisitions, purchase orders, supplier quotes and monthly reporting.
• Previous experience in a large-scale transformation is desirable.
• Experience of the full Microsoft 365 suite, MS Project desirable.
• Experience with Confluence/Jira/Planview is desirable.
• Project Management experience useful but not essential.

•Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
•Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
•Supportive and generous company sick pay
•Your Wellbeing -you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

Closing Date: Sunday 11th May 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

The next stage of the selection process will be a virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date:. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.