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About us

We are professional, agile, and our goal is to About the organisation: PLP is a growing Project Management Office, Project Management, Training and Risk Management company providing consulting services. We provide responsive, quality services to support the delivery of complex and challenging client projects. Our team of professionals provide services over the full lifespan of projects. We understand the requirements and risks of projects and the need for robust and professional cost and schedule control from the outset; early engagement allows our proactive approach to maximise control and minimise risks. As a growing organisation, we are expanding and looking for adding additional Consultants to join the team to work within our PMO / PM consultancy, providing PMO and PM expertise to our clients. PLP collaborates with several industry leaders in Rail, Technology, Retail, Infrastructure, Healthcare and Public sector, throughout the UK. Depending on the demands, our consultants may need to visit our client locations. To ensure that PMO deliverables are effectively carried out, our consultants closely collaborate with the staff of our clients on every project to which they are assigned to ensure they deliver an effective and tailored services aligned to their requirements. It is undeniable that PL Projects is an excellent company with a great working environment. What makes us unique? It’s the people and the people make the culture. If you’re looking for a career that you would value, we believe you are at the right place..

Our work environment includes:

• Modern office setting
• Food provided

Role

PMO plays a very important role in the success of the project right from project kick-off to project delivery, PMO as a function has many responsibilities to play.

The PMO Consultant will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining governance frameworks, PMO processes and project management methodologies, across Waterfall, Agile or hybrid projects.

The PMO Consultant will be assigned to an account and support one or multiple clients. PLP client accounts work together to achieve the project’s objectives. The PLP team usually consists of planners, PMO support, risk manager, PM and PMO manager. Depending on the clients’ project, you will be working in a variety of industries and departments. Depending on the clients’ project, you will work alongside departments like technology, HR, administration, marketing, senior management, etc. The PMO Consultant will integrate the business and project processes to support the delivery of projects that are aligned with clients existing governance.

PLP adds value to its clients by supporting projects to meet their resource, cost, quality and schedule objectives. Our PMO consultants need to be comfortable working in a fast-pace, ever changing environment, to quickly gather information and offer and implement recommendations to make improvements.

Responsibilities

· Establish a governance framework of processes, tools and methodologies that support successful project delivery and align with client requirements

· Promote and contribute to the development of the PMO function

· Continuously assess QA processes to ensure adherence and suitability

· Create project report templates at portfolio, programme and project level and co-ordinate regular cadence of reporting

· Form strong and positive relationships with stakeholders at all levels

· Produce and maintain decision, action and risks, assumptions, issues and dependency logs

· Define and apply best-practice planning principles

· Assist and or lead the production of project plans using Microsoft Project, Primavera (or similar depending on client demands)

· Facilitate workshops and meetings, providing support to achieve agreed meeting outcome

To qualify candidate must have

· 5+ years of experience in a PMO support type position, exemplifying similar responsibilities as described above,

· Candidates must be comfortable working in waterfall, agile or hybrid work environment with multiple stakeholders in a client facing environment.

· Will need to have strong PMO experience, ideally with Project Management / Change Management certifications.

· Experience with using a suite of Microsoft 365 products, project planning software eg: Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 or similar tools.

· Ability to deal efficiently with escalations and challenging situations under pressure.

· Excellent self-management, influencing, information presenting and interpersonal skills.

Core Competencies

Occupational competencies (Association for Project Management)

· Setting up Governance

Business case, life cycle, governance arrangement and portfolio shaping

· Planning and management

Requirements, Resource, Schedule, Budget, Risk and Control

· People and behaviours

Stakeholder Management, Team Management and Leadership

· Change Management

Procurement, Benefits and Assurance management

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management or equivalent

· A recognised project management qualification, for example:

o APM PMQ or above

o Project Management Professional (PMP)

o Prince II

Message to interested candidates: PL Projects are committed to enhance our staff’s learning and development experience and foster a positive and friendly culture. We are looking for individuals who bring passion and professionalism to their role, have the desire to succeed and open to new opportunities are always willing to learn new skills and adapt them for our clients. We also look for team players who work collaboratively within our PLP team and take the drive to succeed into a strong client service.

What's next?

If you believe you have the desired skills and experience, please respond to email id [email protected] and send us a copy of your latest CV. If successful, we will be in touch to discuss in more detail.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary as well as other generous benefits which include:

Benefits

· Excellent inhouse training and growth opportunities through the PLP Academy including the APM qualifications

· Company sponsored events

· Cycle to work scheme where applicable

· Pension

· Annual leave up to 30 days including bank holidays

· Hybrid working

· Wellbeing and Mental health support

· Access to private boat in Halifax

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Halifax, HX1 5ER: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Project Management: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Halifax, HX1 5ER

Reference ID: PL Projects