Overview
PMO Governance Manager – 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
We are looking for an experienced PMO Governance Manager to lead the governance and performance management of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Change Portfolios. Reporting to the Head of Change and Delivery, you will play a key role in leading the Project Management Office, managing the Council’s approach, controls and processes for change, and supporting effective delivery across major programmes and projects.
This is an important leadership role at the centre of the Council’s change activity. You will oversee portfolio reporting, assurance, financial and benefits monitoring, future planning and continuous improvement of the Council’s project management framework. You will work closely with senior officers, programme and project teams, finance colleagues and other PMO leads to ensure that programmes and projects are well governed, consistently managed and set up to deliver their intended outcomes.
As PMO Governance Manager, you will lead the Council’s approach to portfolio governance, assurance and performance reporting. You will monitor progress against the annual portfolio plan, support future planning in line with business plan development, and provide senior leaders with clear information to support decision making.
You will own and continuously improve the Council’s Project Management Framework, ensuring clear accountabilities, gateway control points, required documentation, highlight reporting and benefits tracking. You will provide assurance across programmes and projects, identify risks and interdependencies, and act as a senior point of escalation where delivery challenges need to be addressed.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact pmo@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
You will be an experienced PMO, programme or project governance professional with strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills. You will bring a detailed understanding of project management methodologies, tools and techniques, alongside experience of operating in a complex organisation where priorities, risks, resources and dependencies need to be managed carefully.
You will be confident working with senior stakeholders, able to explain complex information clearly, and comfortable constructively challenging colleagues to support consistent, high-quality delivery. You will be results-focused, professionally resilient and committed to continuous improvement.
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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