Governance & Reporting Lead

1 month ago


Berkshire, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time

What you’ll be doing

as a Governance & Reporting Lead

Project Governance:

Actively monitor and manage the reporting of programme performance against plan. Establish and maintain frameworks and standards for Programme and Project Management. Provide and maintain a capacity planning and resource tracking service across the Programme.

Risk Management:

Record Risks, Issues, Assumptions, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO) with business leads, project managers and SMEs. Maintain the department records across multiple platforms to allow for risk monitoring at every level from team to Exec. Prepare regular updates and progress reports to keep the momentum of risk mitigation. Present a risk overview monthly to the senior leadership team.

Performance Reporting:

Work with data owners to identify and format required data to feed into KPI creation. Work in conjunction with the Data and Reporting Leads/Analysts to ensure robust performance reporting across governance, costs, and benefits throughout the lifecycle of our programmes or projects.

Management of Administration:

Facilitate slide pack creation and updates as required for senior leadership meetings including weekly, monthly and quarterly schedules of regular and ad-hoc requirements. Ensure governance documentation is maintained across all programmes, projects, and initiatives inclusive of Stage-Gate administration. Work collaboratively with the Data Analysts and Finance Business Partner to ensure project forecasts and actuals and maintained and up to date. Maintenance of project spaces such as through Sharepoint.

What should you bring to the role?

Essential:

Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Powerpoint, MS Project and Visio are essential.

Desirable:

Qualification in PMO or other relevant Project Management or Project Governance subjects. Someone with previous experience working within a PMO or reporting function who has experience supporting small- or large-scale projects. The ability to work as part of a team, with strong interpersonal and communication (both oral and written) skills, with the ability to influence and challenge at all levels.

What’s in it for you?

Salary - Offering up to £46,900 per annum depending on experience and skills. Location – Hybrid Kemble Court, Reading, RG2 6AD.

Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed with offers and information to save you money and support your well-being.

Who are we?

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We must keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.


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