National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a PMO Analyst to join our team in the East region. The PMO enables the achievement of capital investment and operational expenditure delivery plans through effective programme management. The PMO Analyst will perform a key role in ensuring the quality and completeness of programme data and delivering accurate and timely reporting to decision makers.
This role can be based from our Bedford offices.
What you’ll be leading on
1. Support and enable development and delivery teams in the maintenance of accurate and complete project and programme data and information on the National Highways systems (PfP/CDMT etc). In accordance with National Highways reporting requirements, ensure the quality, completeness and integrity of data uploaded to National Highways business management systems.
2. In accordance with National Highways governance policies and reporting cycles, develop and deliver analytical reports enabling effective management of project and programme scope, cost, schedule, outputs and efficiencies. Be prepared to develop and deliver bespoke reports on request.
3. Support project and programme governance meetings including Project and Programme Board and Management Meetings, Scheme and Stage Gate Reviews and Working Day Round meetings. Develop and deliver analysis, insights and recommendations to decision makers. Support business planning processes, ensuring that complete and accurate baselines with appropriate budgets are developed
4. Support in the maintenance of registers of project and programme risks, opportunities and issues, and facilitate monthly reviews in accordance with National Highways governance policies. Working with project development & delivery teams, ensure that effective risk and issue management actions are recorded and completed within agreed timelines.
5. Support Change Control governance for project and programme to facilitate weekly/monthly reviews in accordance with National Highways governance policies.
6. Support culture of continuous improvement through insights and analysis and the identification of lessons learnt and opportunities for business improvement. Participate in the delivery of business improvement initiatives and transformation projects.
About you.
7. Knowledge and experience of Project and Programme Management and Controls Methodologies
8. Knowledge of the Microsoft Office with good knowledge of excel to enable effective data analysis.
9. Knowledge of contractual relationships between a client organisation and suppliers
10. Knowledge of business management information systems and applications (PfP/CDMT/Confirm etc)
11. Develop and sustain effective working relationships with key stakeholders in National Highways and the supply chain
About us.
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.