PMO Project Administrator - IT Projects
Halifax, West Yorkshire - £25k-£30k
Permanent
Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location
PMO Project Administrator - IT Projects
Halifax, West Yorkshire - £30,000 basic salary + benefits
An opportunity has arisen within a leading software house for a PMO Project Administrator, to join their dynamic and customer driven project team. The role of PMO Project Administrator will see you responsible for assisting with project governance, reports, documentation, and monitoring project activities. The PMO Project Administrator will work across a range of projects, managing resources across the team, and be responsible project planning, as well as risk and issue management. The PMO Project Administrator will spend time supporting Project Managers, ensuring that projects are delivered to time and budget, as well as interacting with the software development and business analysis teams.
Key Experience:
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At least 12 months experience working in a project support or PMO role
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Experience of project planning, and producing reports
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Resource management, as well as risk and issue management experience
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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Ability to work in a fast paced, customer driven environment
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A background working in a software development/IT environment
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An understanding of formal project management tools and methodologies
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Good knowledge of Excel and MS Project would be beneficial
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Exposure to the financial services or similar sectors would be advantageous
Salary and Benefits:
Basic salary up to £30,000
Matching contributory pension
25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
Option to purchase additional holiday days
Life assurance
Additional flexible benefits
This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leading IT business, working in a key role in their dynamic project management department The PMO Project Administrator will be given the chance to train and develop their project management skills, with the goal to eventually moving into a Project or PMO management role in the future.
PMO Analyst, Project Support Officer, Project Administrator, Junior Project Manager, Project Assistant, Project Co-ordinator, Project Analyst, Project Management Office, Programme Management Office
PMO Planner - Retail
As the PMO Planner you will be requires to support the Senior PMO Lead with all aspects of planning, dependency and resource management across the programme.
The project needs you to take charge of the project plans to standardise key milestones and give a strong overview to all the dependencies, other responsibilities and skills will include;
Responsibilities
*Expert knowledge of Microsoft Project and building an integrated Programme Plan.
*Experience creating planning best practise guidelines.
*Ability to embed planning best practise within the workstreams and coach the Project Teams.
*Setup weekly planning ways of working to ensure plans are updated and can be reported on.
*Previous experience with Dependency Management, can explain how the process would work and be established.
*Can describe a roadmap for maturing the project and programme planning capability.
*Comfortable talking through plans and presenting back critical path, key milestone and dependency information to the PMO Lead and senior management.
Skills
*Advanced Knowledge of MS Project and building an integrated programme plan.
*Excellent English (written and spoken) language
*Methodological towards working and document quality
*Ability to work in a fast dynamic environment whilst administrating competing priorities and ensuring completeness / accuracy of work
*Flexible and enthusiastic self-starter with a "can-do" attitude
*Comfortable working with a mixed and changing portfolio priorities
*Strong communication skills
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Duration: Initial 3 months
Location: West London