Resource Lead

**This is a 12 week contract role**
**Who are we?**
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes_,_ keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.?
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
**What you’ll be doing**
The Portfolio office resourcing analyst is responsible resource management covering but not exclusive the utilisation, allocation, on-boarding and off-boarding of the TTA Portfolio Office pooled resources and portfolio office resources. The role will collaboratewith other key stakeholders to manage a proactive resourcing view of the pooled resources. The role will also be engaged with the appraisal / PDR process to capture capability updates to ensure alignment with new initiatives in the portfolio plan. Supportthe portfolio planning process to ensure that inflight, pipeline and predictive programme and project demand is fully understood, planned and visualised for senior management.
**Role Responsibilities**:

- Manage collection the requirements of the Pooled Resources.
- Ensure the resource profiles are pro-actively resourced to allow for the delivery of the portfolio plan
- Scrutinise and challenge resourcing requirements appropriately
- Facilitate the resourcing process including raising of PAWS, PO’s and extension and termination of contract,
- Allocate resource based on requirements of planned portfolio initiatives
- Ensure updates of competency reviews are embedded into the resource management process,
- Responsible for the off-boarding of pooled and portfolio office resources
- Ensure input into the resource management reporting,
- Analyse and provide insight into the utilisation of the resources,
- Address ad-hoc reporting requirements
- Provide guidance to users (Process and procedures)
- Responsible for the Programme Delivery resources to completion of timesheets and their approval
- Support ‘what-if-analysis’ for additional demand into the portfolio,
- Prepare for resource management meetings with HR and agency staff

**What you should bring to the role**:

- Educated to Degree level or similar relevant qualification
- Prince2 and or MSP practitioner
- P3O qualification or at least good understanding
- Project management and delivery experience
- Highly Competent with all MS office software and Sharepoint
- Expert MS Excel user
- Pro-active approach to delivery and issue resolution
- Stakeholder management skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong interest in project delivery and controls
- Understanding of project delivery methodologies
- Effective trainer, mentor and coach
- Demonstrates the ability to engage and communicate persuasively with a broad range of stakeholders, up to and including board level

**What’s in it for you?**
Our competitive salary and package include a bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, an excellent contributory pension, and 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service.
Thames Water is a dynamic,?rewarding?and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner.If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working?arrangements?and really great benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunityemployer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader employer.?
Find out more about?working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally round to support our customers. As part of your role, you’ll be required to participate in a rota to provide CustomerIncident Support, as requested by the Company from time to time. This may be by supporting our customers on the frontline as an Ambassador or being part of the team managing the incident as a Control Tower Lead. This is incredibly rewarding, and you’ll begiven full training - it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.