Senior PMO Manager
- Location:
- Tweedside Park, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, TD1 3TE
- Salary:
- £62,111 per year plus c.28% employer pension contribution
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
- Work From Home:
- Hybrid
Job description
Ready to lead PMO excellence delivering secure pensions for Scotland's key services?
The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) administers pensions for Scottish Teachers, Police, Firefighters' and National Health Service employees on behalf of the Scottish Government. We're responsible for protecting the financial futures of over half a million people - that's around 1 in 10 people in Scotland. If you're looking for meaningful work, a supportive environment and a career with purpose, you'll find it at the SPPA. Our office is based in Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders, the train station is a short two-minute walk away and offers regular services to and from Edinburgh Waverley, making it a convenient and well-connected location for commuters. The surrounding area offers access to green space, walking routes and a strong sense of local community, supporting wellbeing both in and outside of work. Our modern office building is designed to support flexible and collaborative working, with spaces for teamwork, quiet focus and hybrid working. Colleagues benefit from a comfortable, welcoming environment that reflects our commitment to wellbeing and inclusion.
The Senior PMO Manager is responsible for ensuring the PMO delivers the critical services needed to guide SPPA portfolios, programmes and projects from inception to closure - by setting standards, co-ordinating and supporting delivery and providing assurance to SPPA SROs. In doing so, the postholder will lead the PMO and be a role model for portfolio, programme and project success across the SPPA.
Responsibilities
- Ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place and are operating smoothly, with SROs and relevant groups receiving meaningful and timely reports which support effective decision making and delivery of measurable benefits and improvements.
- Act as a role model for portfolio, programme and project hygiene, providing support to project teams on planning, resource forecasting, change control, milestone management and risk, and issue and dependency identification and management. Ensure standardised documentation is accurate, high quality, relevant and timely.
- Develop a suitable library of tools and processes in areas such as RAID, quality and benefits management and work closely with project teams to embed high standards of portfolio, programme and project management across the SPPA. Provide constructive challenge to ensure delivery of milestones and achievement of outcomes.
- Lead and coordinate portfolio, programme and project assurance activities (e.g. Gateway and audit) and contribute to the management of related frameworks and standards.
- Support the Head of Programme Delivery in preparing timely and meaningful advice to the Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Operating Officer, ensuring emerging issues and risks are escalated as required.
- Build cohesion and resilience within the PMO, supporting the personal development of Band B team members and ensuring they contribute fully.
Qualifications
Senior PMO Managers must have a professional level qualification, such as APM's PMQ or Axelos' P3O qualifications.
Proof of qualifications will be checked at the assessment stage.
Proof of qualifications will be checked at the assessment stage.
Success profile
Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of behaviours, experience and technical criteria (if applicable) the candidates will be assessed on.
Experience:
(Lead Criteria) - You must have experience of managing or leading in a PMO for complex projects and defining and maintaining standards for any element of delivery.
Technical / Professional Skills:
- Governance - Expert - Governance is the ability to clearly define roles, responsibilities and accountabilities and establish controls and approval routes appropriate to each stage of the project to monitor project progress and compliance.
- Benefits Management - Expert - Benefits management is the ability to identify, quantify, map and track project benefits to justify investment in the project, and to provide assurance that the benefits identified can be realised.
- Risk & Issue Management - Expert - Risk and issue management is the ability to systematically identify and monitor risks and issues, planning how to mitigate / respond to those risks and issues and implementing the responses.
Definition of Expert - You are required to have extensive knowledge and experience of performing in a Project Delivery capacity. By your expertise, you can improve processes and structures to reduce risk or support greater delivery, and could be expected to train and supervise the work of others, building their capability in the process.
Behaviours:
- Changing and Improving - Level 4
- Leadership - Level 4
Find out more about what the different levels for the behaviours mean in our candidate guide.
How to apply
Apply online, providing a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 1,000 words) providing evidence of how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above.
Stage one (Initial Review):
An initial review will be conducted using the CV and Supporting Statement on the below Lead Criteria:
Experience: You must have experience of managing or leading in a PMO for complex projects and defining and maintaining standards for any element of delivery.
Candidates who pass the initial review will have their applications fully assessed against all remaining criteria in the Success Profile, including the behaviours and technical skills detailed above.
