Job Title - Programme Office Manager

Location - Milton Keynes

Rates - £351.49 p.d

In Scope of IR35

About the role / project:

The Deployed PMO Lead reports to the Portfolio Leads and will be responsible for driving the accurate tracking and reporting of delivery progress. They will also provide an independent analysis and guidance and assistance on financial, quality, project issues and risks provide recommendations on alternatives and solutions as appropriate and provide leadership and direction to Project Manager on PMO processes, such as the lifecycle, Schedule Inspections and Risk Workshops.

What you will do:

RAID Management

• Carry out regular independent RAID review ensuring risk and issues are recorded and regularly maintained in ARM
• Carry out periodic RAID review sessions with all project teams within the portfolio
• Monitoring and follow up on RAID and ensure they are actively managed by assigned owners

Resource Management

• Liaise with the Resource Management team to ensure the timely and smooth on-boarding of team members (tools, training and log in Id's)
• Assisting the Portfolio Leads with co-ordination of Resource Requests

Finance Management

• Responsible for management and tracking portfolio finances
• Assisting PMs in collation and completion of project financial reports (OPSOCs)
• Production and circulation of Purchase Order Reports and management of invoices
• Liaising, where necessary, with other RSIT teams to resolve financial /commercial queries e.g. Purchase Order reconciliation (CCOs), Budget Change Orders.

Quality Management

• Document control and management is being applied across the portfolio's
• Ensuring adherence to document quality and configuration management principles
• Liaising with the central PMO to ensure current templates are available and ensuring that correct reporting templates are used across the team.
• Maintenance of Portfolio Hub sites including regular content reviews
• Schedule Inspections

Reporting

• Assist Project Manager in the production of regular status reports - weekly and periodically
• Ensure adherence to the Portfolio Reporting Cycle
• Responsible for consolidation and presentation of Portfolio Report
• Facilitation of periodic portfolio meeting
• Status reporting and presentation for Project Governance and Steering board meetings
• Facilitation of SI/supplier scorecard process and programme and project meetings as requested

Scope Control Management

• Carry out stage gate readiness meeting and assist the PMs in preparation for RSIT Stage /Quality Gates
• Project Performance Analyses - measuring and monitoring progress at clearly defined points
• Ensure all projects in the Portfolios have Critical path analysis and issue resolution
• Change Request Management (CCN, Route Services IT Change Requests)
• Independent analysis of portfolio processes and procedures and recommendation on alternatives

Coaching and mentoring other team members

• Presenting and training other team members on best practice and approach to planning, reporting, Risk and issues management, Dependency Management and any other areas that would be beneficial to the team
• Identify areas of continuous improvement and recommend \ lead improvements.

Miscellaneous

• Provide project administration support and assistance to the team.

What you'll get in return

Network Rail (powered by Capita), understand what it is like to work as a contractor and do everything they can to make it a simple process for you - this includes a dedicated Onboarding and extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are.

About our client - Network Rail

Network Rail is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. We are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years we will be spending around £23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - Click apply now. You will then be directed to a Capita owned microsite that will assist you with your application. Once completed you will then be contacted by the relevant recruiter.

Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.