Job Description
National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a PMO Analyst to join our team in the East region. The PMO enables the achievement of capital investment and operational expenditure delivery plans through effective programme management. The PMO Analyst will perform a key role in ensuring the quality and completeness of programme data and delivering accurate and timely reporting to decision makers.
This role can be based from our Bedford offices.
What you’ll be leading on
- Support and enable development and delivery teams in the maintenance of accurate and complete project and programme data and information on the National Highways systems (PfP/CDMT etc). In accordance with National Highways reporting requirements, ensure the quality, completeness and integrity of data uploaded to National Highways business management systems.
- In accordance with National Highways governance policies and reporting cycles, develop and deliver analytical reports enabling effective management of project and programme scope, cost, schedule, outputs and efficiencies. Be prepared to develop and deliver bespoke reports on request.
- Support project and programme governance meetings including Project and Programme Board and Management Meetings, Scheme and Stage Gate Reviews and Working Day Round meetings. Develop and deliver analysis, insights and recommendations to decision makers. Support business planning processes, ensuring that complete and accurate baselines with appropriate budgets are developed
- Support in the maintenance of registers of project and programme risks, opportunities and issues, and facilitate monthly reviews in accordance with National Highways governance policies. Working with project development & delivery teams, ensure that effective risk and issue management actions are recorded and completed within agreed timelines.
- Support Change Control governance for project and programme to facilitate weekly/monthly reviews in accordance with National Highways governance policies.
- Support culture of continuous improvement through insights and analysis and the identification of lessons learnt and opportunities for business improvement. Participate in the delivery of business improvement initiatives and transformation projects.
- Knowledge and experience of Project and Programme Management and Controls Methodologies
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Office with good knowledge of excel to enable effective data analysis.
- Knowledge of contractual relationships between a client organisation and suppliers
- Knowledge of business management information systems and applications (PfP/CDMT/Confirm etc)
- Develop and sustain effective working relationships with key stakeholders in National Highways and the supply chain
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Why you should join us
At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.
So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.
A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.
We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.
Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.
Our benefits package
- Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
- Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
- Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
- Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
- A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
- Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are
- Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
- Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
- Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
- Right to work check
- 3 year employment history references
- DBS criminal record check
- Social media and adverse journalism check
- Driving licence check (if applicable)
- Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
- Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)
And finally
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