Job Introduction

Are you looking for unique opportunity to be involved in building and shaping the future of Your Housing Group regarding systems, processes and new ways of workings?

As a part of a dynamic  PMO, you will  support the needs of the PMO team. The role is to provide co-ordination to the set of projects in a programme that share a common objective; ensuring effective tracking, reporting and control.

You will have basic  PMO and project management experience in a dynamic fast paced challenging business together with strong skills in MIcrosoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint

A good  influencer with strong  people skills with the ability to challenge stakeholders and inspire others to achieve goals through personal enthusiasm and commitment by giving on-the-job support. You will be robust, resilient and able to work in a fast paced challenging change environment where you will be supported by a dynamic and focussed team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the PMO Manager and team in the management of the programme.
• Maintain benefits tracking, risk and issue logs, status report consolidation and other key PMO deliverables.
• Support the co-ordination of scope, objectives, plans, dependencies, resources, risks and issues across the programme
• Assist and administrate individual project authorisation, approval gates and initiation activities
• Assist in the management of the change control process
• Assist individual project managers in the YHG methodology and PM/PMO processes
• Help facilitate the effective flow of information within the programme and between: Client departments, Senior management, Other key stakeholders
• Responsible for proactively building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and managers across the business, and the team (working with the PMO lead)
• Administrates reviews and checkpoints for projects

Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 32,000 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and an innovative private rental offer in Hive. Widely regarded for its expertise in regeneration, Your Housing Group prides itself on providing homes which help people to live independently and on enabling people to get on and off the property ladder at different stages of their lives. With a pioneering, creative workforce, Your Housing Group is a business that successfully combines a commercial head with a social heart.

You will be joining a supportive environment, where we live our values within an IIP Gold accredited organisation and Employer of the Year, Cheshire Business Awards 2014.

Closing date:  Friday 27 May 2016 at 09:00am

Interview Date:  Monday 6, Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 June 2016

Vacancy Details

Role:  Project Management Office Assistant – Ref YHG/TP/66/13

Salary:                  £22,400 - £28,140 per annum, plus excellent benefits

Location:  Birchwood, Warrington

Duration:  Fixed Term Contract for 12 months with the potential for extension

Tier:  5R

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