IT PMO Analyst

4 weeks ago


Warrington, United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Full time
Summary

Job Description for the IT PMO Analyst:

There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.

We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.

The IT Portfolio Management Office Analyst role ensures company standard governance and change practices and approaches are followed and applied whilst supporting the Portfolio Manager and PMO Manager in planning and managing the portfolio.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for the IT PMO Analyst:

  • Supports the PMO Lead and Portfolio Manager is Portfolio Planning and Scenario Planning.
  • Supports the PMO Lead in defining the appropriate standards by which projects are managed.
  • Responsible for implementing PMO Governance and Assurance Standards.
  • Manages Key-Stakeholder relationships at Senior Leadership level.
  • Responsible for monitoring of Programme reporting, managing and compiling programme related MI and Board Packs.
  • Act as PMO representative at Executive Change Boards, facilitating programme governance.
  • Supporting Delivery Teams to ensure projects are delivered within agreed timescales, budget and project objectives.
  • Supporting the Project/Programme Managers to ensure effective delivery is achieved by implementing RAID management, change control, planning and generation of management information.
  • Undertake a quality assurance audit role in line with defined PMO process.
  • Providing support and guidance to Delivery Teams.
  • Supports T&DC Portfolio Manager and Demand & Release Manager in the management of the end to end Demand and Delivery process.
Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for the IT PMO Analyst:

  • Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).
  • Excellent MS Project and Excel skills, with emphasis on portfolio planning/scenario modelling.
  • Good analytical skills with a focus on attention to detail.
  • Able to design and implement typical project and programme governance processes.
  • Excellent understanding of business complexity and project interdependencies.
  • Able to create and manage project plans.
  • Ability to critically evaluate project outputs and challenge project and programme managers whilst maintaining good relationships throughout the team.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Able to clearly illustrate processes clearly through business process mapping.
  • Familiarity of software development methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall.
  • Self-motivated, proactive and customer focused with excellent organisational skills.
  • Demonstrable blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills.

Desirable Criteria for IT PMO Analyst:

  • Demonstrable PMO Analyst experience.
  • Comfortable managing small scale projects to time and budget if required.

Why join us?

NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

  • Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
  • NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
  • Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
  • Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
  • Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
  • Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
  • Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
  • Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
  • Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
  • Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
  • Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
  • Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.


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