PMO Analyst

Job Description

The Company:NHS Shared Business Services is a unique partnership between Sopra Steria and the Department of Health. We provide crucial corporate back office services to NHS organisations.We are market leaders in corporate service delivery with around 40% of the NHS using one or more of our products. With unrivalled knowledge and experience, we provide high-quality, value-for-money finance, procurement and employment services to the NHS, helpingthem overcome any challenges they face in the back office.We work closely with NHS organisations all over the country to replace outdated, time-consuming and error-prone paper processes, with affordable digital systems and more efficient ways of working, and in addition to our core services, we are designing and developinginnovative digital technologies and piloting brand new ways of working, which further improve efficiency and quality, and better support the NHS workforce to deliver world-class patient care.We are passionate about using our expertise to save the NHS time and money and are more relevant today than ever before.The Day Job:Are you a "thinker" and not just a "doer"Do you have PMO experience and strive to get under the hood, so to speak of the projects you are involved inWe are looking for a PMO Analyst to join our Portfolio Delivery team! As part of the NHS SBS transformation journey, we are forming an Enterprise PMO to support the organisations strategy.Reporting to the ePMO Manager this role will be a key part of the new team providing support and governance to our Portfolio Projects and organisational insight.Key Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and continuous improvement of the Portfolio, Programme and Project Management standards, mentorship and templates that support the organisations PPM Framework, ensuring that these standards are used consistently across the NHS SBS project environment
• Support Product and Project Managers on overall activities such as project planning and tracking, running RAIDD logs, facilitating meetings and workshops, and preparing project reports.
• Through engagement with projects and the delivery of Project Assurance Health Checks and Stage Gate Reviews, to provide early warning that a project is at risk of not delivering to scope, time or cost.
• Delivery of the PMO Service Catalogue
• Curation of the NHS SBS Project Management Knowledge Library
• Where required provide management services support to project delivery directly
• Support and contribute to the development and delivery of accurate portfolio reporting including the compilation of Portfolio governance reports to a range of partners on a weekly and monthly basis

Required SkillsYou need to have:

• Recent and relevant PMO experience with a track record of delivering to required standards.
• Proven delivery experience, ideally within a portfolio environment
• Experience of working with hybrid project delivery teams, including offshore, dedicated staff, seconded staff, client staff and contractors.
• Sound understanding of the IT & Business Change processes

It would be great if you had:

• Project Management Certification (APM, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent)
• Experience of supporting projects utilising Agile techniques (SCRUM, DSDM)
• Working understanding of technology and business change projects and programmes

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what were looking for, please do apply, wed love to hear from you!Contract Type: Permanent, Full TimeLocation: LeedsInternal Recruiter: KatieSalary: up to £30,000 per annumBenefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fundAlthough this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if youre interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Keyskills :
AnalysisProject ManagementPMO