Procurement PMO Lead — Major Programmes & Governance

Birmingham City Council; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive pension

Generous annual leave

Staff wellbeing initiatives

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Major Procurement Programme and Projects Office Practitioner to join our newly established Major Procurement Programmes and Projects Office (MPPPO).

This exciting role supports the delivery of high-value procurement programmes, coordinating governance, tracking actions, and producing performance information to drive informed decision-making across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in project support, programme coordination or a PMO environment.
• Experience managing governance processes, project reporting, risk registers or similar project controls.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and present management information.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating governance meetings, Project Boards and assurance reviews, including agenda planning, minute-taking and tracking actions.
• Producing and analysing project reports, dashboards and performance information to support decision-making.
• Maintaining programme risk, issue, dependency and decision logs; ensuring information is accurate and actionable.
• Supporting QA by reviewing procurement documents to ensure governance standards before publication.
• Managing procurement trackers, contract repositories and programme records with milestone accuracy.
• Identifying opportunities to improve project management processes and templates.
• Organising programme workshops and lessons-learned events to support collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

Experience in PMO environment

Governance process management

Project reporting & dashboards

Analytical and data interpretation

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Process improvement

Job description

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Major Procurement Programme and Projects Office Practitioner to join our newly established Major Procurement Programmes and Projects Office (MPPPO).

This exciting role supports the delivery of high-value procurement programmes, coordinating governance, tracking actions, and producing performance information to drive informed decision-making across multidisciplinary teams.