PMO Controller

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**Your new role, what's involved?**
The IT PMO controller works within a busy UK IT Project Management Office and will be responsible for ensuring that delivery of projects within the PMO is consistent and follows agreed processes and governance. These could be traditional waterfall or agile projects.

The Project Controller will report into the Head of UK IT PMO and work closely with the wider IT team and project managers to assure the deliver of the IT portfolio.

**Responsibilities**:

- Management and maintenance of PMO tool
- Assisting with PMO portfolio management
- Identify all support services readiness activities and ensure they are in place for the go live date, working closely with Project Managers and OSS teams
- Supporting the accurate assessment of project status at all times and provide reports to the main stakeholder and Head of PMO
- Facilitate Cost Risk Assessment and produce reports
- Assisting in the productions of issues, threats, opportunities and the management of the actions and mitigation
- Supporting the process of accurate assessment of risk, contingency, trend and change management
- Support the development of the risk schedule and the development of a live risk register
- Interface with the wider global IT Organisation and global IT PMO as necessary e.g. roadmaps
- Assisting Head of PMO and wider IT SLT with the budgeting process, including assisting with IT CAPX budget and reporting
- Work within the company’s financial processes
- Engage with stakeholders as required
- Working outside of normal working hours where project delivery requires it

**We'd love to hear from you if you have**:

- You are professional with strong focus on delivery
- You have a track-record of supporting the adoption & improvement of project governance, processes and documents
- You fully appreciate the requirement to balance good governance with rapid delivery whilst ensuring quality outcomes and continual improvement
- ITIL v3 Foundation and PRINCE would be beneficial with preference for certification in one of more of the following: Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation, Continual Service Improvement.
- Practical knowledge or willingness to learn methodologies and frameworks: Lean, six-sigma, Agile. PMI-ACP desirable
- Excellent written and verbal communication, supported by excellent interpersonal skills and an attention to detail
- Effective use of Microsoft 365 and in particular MS Teams would be an advantage.

**What's in it for you?**
- **Work-life balance?**

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important - whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.
- **Inclusivity & Diversity?**

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.
- **Health & Wellbeing?**

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.
- **Flex your time?**

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
- **Your development?**

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.
- Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date._

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Job Reference: WSP10634