Overview
PMO Governance Officer – Hybrid working – Office base is New Shire Hall – Alconbury, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Please note this is a fixed term post to 30/04/2027
Reporting to the PMO Manager, the PMO Officer will plan an important role in supporting the development, review, monitoring and reporting of Projects and Programmes, contributing in effective management and governance across the entire portfolio of programmes and projects in the Change and Delivery Service. In line with the Council’s Project Management Framework.
Working with the services, the role will support the smooth running of portfolio-wide board and gating meetings, the identification, reporting and escalation of risks and issues that require consideration at this level and an overview of all programme/project resourcing to provide early warning of resource constraints.
About you
- Ability to interpret and explain complex issues to a wide range of audiences, presenting complex data sets in a clear and meaningful way and skilled at writing and supporting the preparation of papers such as committee papers.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with ability to self-direct and work under own initiative.
- Ability to approach problem solving in an adaptable and insightful way to provide innovative and beneficial solutions.
- Excellent set of inter-personal and communication skills – able to communicate with and influence a range of different stakeholders.
- Ability to negotiate with key partners and businesses to build collaborative solutions that recognise the diverse needs of our communities; Confidence to follow up on actions, chase submissions, etc.
- Ability to build support for new, and sometimes unpopular, ideas and processes.
- Ability to be proactive and take a systematic approach in the organisation of work.
- Ability to challenge where necessary with a wide range of stakeholders using good networking and influencing skills.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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