Here at Stonewater, we are seeking a Senior PMO to help the business achieve business excellent by ensuring a robust project and programme management governance framework is in place to support delivery of our Strategic Plan and realise benefits of strategic projects and programmes.
As guardians of the PPM framework, you will ensure that methodologies are consistently applied across Stonewater. You will support the Assistant Director of Projects and Programmes in providing assurance to our Strategic Delivery Board on the integrity and coherence of Stonewater's portfolio of programmes, projects and change initiatives enabling continual improvement and increasing delivery confidence.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have experience of working in PMO support functions, developing PPM frameworks, and improving PPM processes.
- Have strong delivery governance experience, within a small to medium Change & Transformation organisation.
- Have a good understanding of Project & Programme delivery and lifecycle management.
- Have knowledge and experience of both Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
- Have experience of using and maintaining PPM tools and Microsoft collaboration tools such as SharePoint, Teams, corporate intranet systems and PowerBI.
- Have excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
- Have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to manage and prioritise own workload.
- Be focussed on successful delivery of outcomes.
- Have a pro-active and collaborative approach to team working/partnering.
Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.
Discover Stonewater:
Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 39,000 homes, serving 82,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.
Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market. Stonewater was one of the first social housing providers in the UK to adopt the Sustainability Reporting Standard (SRS), published by Good Economy. Using the Housing Association's Charitable Trust (HACT) Value Insight model, we calculated that we made an impact of over £28m during 2022/23. We know that life can be hugely challenging for many of our customers right now, and we are pleased to say that more than 400 customers have been supported into work, education, training and independent living. If you would like to read more please visit: Stonewater's Social Value Report
We're looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people's lives.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.
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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.