PMO & Pre-Project Consultant

Our Programme and Project Management function enables the delivery of OS's multi-million-pound investment portfolio, delivering real-world benefits across Britain and internationally, through our valuable data and know-how.

Join us and you’ll have an opportunity to empower projects central to OS’s vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

About the role

As a PMO & Pre-Project Consultant you'll work closely with the Programme Manager/s of your assigned Programmes leading on day-to-day planning, tracking, and financial reporting for large programmes - ensuring effective governance, and controls, to successfully deliver Programme outcomes.

You'll be responsible for maintaining a Pre-Project pipeline for your allocated programmes, scoping and shaping new stakeholder identified projects; translating ideas and initiatives into clearly defined delivery plans, and guiding these through our internal governance process as the conduit between 'Idea' and ‘Delivery’.

Working closely with our Capability and Delivery Managers, Capacity Management team and wider stakeholders you'll identify resourcing strategies which support new projects. Your inputs will also be sought in the preparation of business cases; and in generating governance materials to inform Programme Boards and aid project decision making/approvals.

What we’re looking for

If you are interested in joining a Portfolio Management Office that lies at the heart of what OS is about, we are looking for an individual who can demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Experience of working in a Programme or Portfolio Management Office

• Industry level PPM qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and provide challenge to stakeholders

• Excellent reporting and analytical skills

• High levels of Commercial awareness

• Excellent facilitation skills to define stakeholder requirements and manage Programme and Project governance processes

The rewards

We want you to love what you do. That’s why our benefits package rewards a job well done. We’ll give you: 

• Salary: Up to £54,664 - £64,310 (depending on experience)

• Performance-related bonus

• A competitive pension scheme

• We embrace flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your circumstances

• 25 days annual leave - (rising by 1 day each year to a maximum of 30) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas

• Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location

We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be required to spend 2-3 days a week, with the remaining time being a personal choice as to whether you work from home, or spend more time at OSHQ.

Security

OS conducts DBS background checks for all joiners and some of our roles require additional security clearance, including to SC or DV level in some cases. We will tell candidates at the appropriate time during the recruitment process if additional clearance will be required for this role.

Closing date – Sunday 21st April 2024

We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together – in an encouraging and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We believe combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way.

We are looking for passionate and experienced individuals from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background or religion.

We’re individually dedicated and collectively powerful and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.

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Skills required for this role:

Change Management, Financial Management, Management Reporting, Project Delivery, Project Management, Quality Standards, Risk Management