PMO Support Analyst (ICT Project Manager –Junior)

Key Experience/ Competencies/Skillsets

Experience working in Project Management Office in a PMO Support role, ensuring team adherence to PMO processes including Project Life Cycle and Stage Gate approvals (preferable)

• Experience maintaining project information in systems and compiling information from multiple sources for portfolio management reporting

• Familiar with Teams Meeting, setting agendas, facilitating calls, issuing minutes and maintaining action trackers

• Knowledge and experience of financial tracking and ability to analyze and interpret financial data and report on variances

• Ability to work as part of a team, be flexible, inquisitive, helpful, collaborate across functions, a willingness to seek opportunities and improvements in existing systems and processes

• Experience using a Portfolio & Project Management tool an advantage Have an ability to work independently, with limited supervision, using own initiative, strong attention to detail and require limited repeated correction

• A vested/ avid interest in the progression & delivery of the strategic projects from a cross-organization vantage point

Responsibilities

• Experience working in Project Management Office in a PMO Support role
• Ensuring team adherence to PMO processes including Project Life Cycle and Stage Gate approvals (preferable)
• Experience maintaining project information in systems and compiling information from multiple sources for portfolio management reporting
• Familiar with Teams Meeting, setting agendas, facilitating calls, issuing minutes and maintaining action trackers
• Knowledge and experience of financial tracking and ability to analyse and interpret financial data and report on variances
• Ability to work as part of a team, be flexible, inquisitive, helpful, collaborate across functions, a willingness to seek opportunities and improvements in existing systems and processes
• Experience using a Portfolio & Project Management tool an advantage
• Have an ability to work independently, with limited supervision, using own initiative, strong attention to detail and require limited repeated correction
• A vested/ avid interest in the progression & delivery of the strategic projects from a cross-organization vantage point
• Experience managing projects, preparing project plans, assigning resources, tracking costs, maintaining RAID logs, reporting to key stakeholders and other PMO governed project management activities
• Good understanding of project management methodologies, in particular Waterfall and Agile, is essential
• A recognised project management qualification (preferable)
• Strong administration and excellent organisation/ planning skills, with ability to prioritise tasks
• Has excellent communication (both written and verbal)
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite (including MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Project, Visio)
• Highly motivated with an ability to initiate projects/ tasks and see them through, be a problem solver, committed to finding a resolution to issues in a positive and proactive manner