PMO Analyst

Are you more than just a PMO analyst? Do you love to get your teeth stuck into projects? We are looking for someone who wants to and can do more than just reporting! It is an exciting time to be joining the Finance & Accounting workstream of NHS Shared Business Services, with a huge transformation project underway, this is your chance to be part of something significant that can make a real impact.

We provide a dynamic and rewarding working environment with plenty of opportunities for development and growth. Our PMO Analyst role offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of our customers, while also providing an exciting and meaningful experience. You will use your skills and expertise to supervise the successful implementation of projects, while also gaining invaluable experience in project management!

We can offer excellent career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

The role is working on a hybrid basis, with 2 days a week in the Leeds office and the rest from home.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide Programme Management Office support to members of the assigned Programme / Projects including (but not limited to) arranging meetings, producing reports, chairing calls, capacity planning and pipeline planning


• Administer, measure, support, and ensure quality & project control standards are maintained


• To own and deliver low complexity projects or work packages, ensuring that they conform to customer and NHS SBS project management governance standards, and time, cost, and quality specifications.


• To support Variation/ Change Management requests.


• Management of risks, issues, actions & decision's, raising awareness of risks to ensure cost-effective and prompt resolution of issues.


• Responsible for delivering capacity and demand planning activity, including managing relationships with resource owners and project managers, delivery of demand and capacity reporting and escalation process


• Supports the formal closure of projects and the completion of project, post implementation support and lessons learned reviews, in order to make sure that lessons learned are captured and passed to the relevant forum for action and enhance own and teams' development, skills enhancement and overall contribution.


What you'll bring:

• Knowledge of the latest PMO analysis tools and techniques


• A proven understanding of PMO Services.


• A proven understanding of project management lifecycle


• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills


• Ability to provide accurate reporting on project status


• Ability to be flexible, coordinate, prioritise, meet deadlines and work independently


• Ability to tailor approach to individual partners


• Ability to absorb and learn information quickly and proactively resolve problems


It would be great if you had:

• experience in Microsoft Project


• PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner certificate


• P3O Foundation or Practitioner certificate


• Agile Delivery Experience


If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Leeds
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Chloe
Salary: Up to £40,000 depending upon experience and development needs
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.
We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.
Would you like to join us on our journey?


• Knowledge of the latest PMO analysis tools and techniques


• A proven understanding of PMO Services.


• A proven understanding of project management lifecycle


• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills


• Ability to provide accurate reporting on project status


• Ability to be flexible, coordinate, prioritise, meet deadlines and work independently


• Ability to tailor approach to individual partners


• Ability to absorb and learn information quickly and proactively resolve problems


It would be great if you had:

• experience in Microsoft Project


• PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner certificate


• P3O Foundation or Practitioner certificate


• Agile Delivery Experience
  
  NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.

We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.
Would you like to join us on our journey?

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.