Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Officer

Aster Group Ltd.; Andover; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in project management is looking for a PMO Officer to join their Portfolio Management Office. This hybrid role involves ensuring all projects run smoothly and delivering value by maintaining governance frameworks and enabling informed decision-making. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and experience in PMO roles. The organization values flexibility and promotes colleague wellbeing through various initiatives. You will work within the Hampshire and surrounding areas.

Benefits

Flexible working

Colleague wellbeing initiatives

Defined Contribution Pension

Volunteering hours

Savings at cinemas and gyms

Enhanced leave

Personalized recognition initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and PMO best practice.
• Experience supporting project lifecycles and governance in PM or PMO roles.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain governance frameworks and delivery standards.
• Monitor performance, risks, and resources across the portfolio.
• Prepare dashboards and reports that inform strategic decisions.

Skills

Knowledge of project management methodologies

Experience in PM or PMO roles

Proficiency in project management tools (MS Project, JIRA)

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Communication and stakeholder engagement

Experience in public sector or regulated environments

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Premium Planner

Job description

At Aster Group, we believe that successful change starts with strong foundations - clear processes, reliable data, and consistent governance. That's where you come in. We're looking for a PMO Officer to join our Portfolio Management Office (PMO) and help us deliver transformation that improves lives.

This is your chance to play a vital role in ensuring every project and programme runs smoothly, meets standards, and delivers value. You'll provide operational support across the PMO, enabling informed decisions and continuous improvement.

Why this role matters

• Keep us on track, maintaining governance frameworks and delivery standards.
• Enable visibility, monitoring performance, risks, and resources across the portfolio.
• Turn data into insight, preparing dashboards and reports that inform strategic decisions.
• Champion consistency, ensuring templates, tools, and processes are applied across all projects.
• Collaborate widely, supporting project teams and working closely with Portfolio Managers.

Our operating region includes Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and London.

Introduction to the PMO

The Portfolio Management Office is a newly formed strategic function designed to evolve our Group-wide approach to change delivery. It provides a holistic view of all change activity, ensuring initiatives are prioritised, sequenced, and resourced in line with organisational capacity.

Working closely with stakeholders across the organisation, the PMO aligns plans with corporate strategy and strategic priorities, supports effective decision-making, and ensures value for money. By embedding consistent frameworks, standards, and governance, the PMO enables high-quality delivery across the change portfolio and drives continuous improvement.

This function is central to achieving our long-term goals, ensuring every change initiative contributes to organisational success and delivers measurable benefits for our colleagues and customers.

What's in it for me

• Flexible working - whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business' needs
• A focus on colleague wellbeing - workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues' careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• Enhanced leave
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives

Ready to lead change that matters?

You're organised, detail-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You'll bring:

• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and PMO best practice.
• Experience supporting project lifecycles and governance in PM or PMO roles.
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Premium Planner, JIRA).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Great communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Ideally, experience in public sector or regulated environments.

This is a hybrid role enabling you to work from home if you wish. Travel for the role will be necessary to meet with stakeholders, attend meetings and work with the team. So being happy to travel across our operating region is a must.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it's subsidiary brands.