PMO Analyst
- 549764
- Closing at: Aug 7 2024 at 23:55 BST
About the Role
Base Location: We need your base 'home' location to be ideally Glasgow or Reading although other locations may be considered.
Salary: 33,500 - 50,300 + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.
Working Pattern: 18 Month Fixed Term Contract Role| Full Time |
We have an exciting opportunity for a PMO Analyst to join our expanding Enterprise business at SSE. This is an exciting time to join our team as we progress a wide range of new and innovative energy infrastructure and digital solutions, helping the UK and Ireland accelerate to net zero with whole system thinking.
Working as part of our Business Planning function, in this role you will be key to supporting our business and projects with our Enterprise and Group level governance, providing insight to project and portfolio performance, working closely with Sector Directors, Project Directors and a wide range of senior stakeholders to support tracking and reporting of portfolio progress, key risks and opportunities for meeting our ambitious targets.
Your understanding of how a project management office operates, and experience of working in utility or major project organisations will play a crucial role in driving and increasing our success, and in doing so, drive business growth. You will have the opportunity to grow as a professional individual while you help grow the business, and you will be supported in your personal development throughout.
What do I need?
- Extensive experience of Project governance including gate reviews and assurance and supporting project boards
- Ideally you will have experience of working in a project management office (PMO) or business planning team in a utility company or project delivery organisation. A project management qualification would be ideal
- Experience of Improving project process and governance
- Exposure to key project controls (cost, schedule and risk) using these to shape the insight and management information required to enable a wide range of stakeholders to understand business performance.
- You should be able to communicate, influence and manage the expectations of a range of internal stakeholders - making sure information is presented accurately and effectively understood by the audience. This could be to support project approvals, facilitate stakeholder discussion/decision making within the business units, performing governance checks etc.
- Experience of producing management reporting for Executive and Board teams is desirable.
About our Business
SSE Enterprise Utilities is the Enterprise business of SSE plc. We finance, own, operate and maintain energy infrastructure for commercial, industrial and residential customers - providing them with a market leading project development service and certainty of operational performance and asset management. In order to accelerate progress towards net zero SSE Group is investing £7m a day on low carbon infrastructure, creating 1,000 green jobs a year in the process, as part of its £25bn NZAP (Net Zero Acceleration Programme).
What's in it for you?
An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact
Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.
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