PMO Analyst (6mth FTC)

Polo; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A recognized project management company in Cheltenham is looking for a PMO Analyst on a fixed-term contract to support governance, planning, and reporting across various projects. The role requires a minimum of 3 years’ experience in project support and a strong understanding of project management methodologies. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary annual bonus

Flexible working

Private health insurance

Life assurance

Regular sports and social events

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project support, PMO, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support project planning, scheduling, and delivery tracking.
• Maintain project documentation including project plans and status reports.
• Produce dashboards and presentations for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Project support experience

Understanding of Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Proficiency in MS Office

Experience with project management tools

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Job description

PMO Analyst (6mth FTC)

Department: Project Management

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Cheltenham

Description

We are seeking a highly organised and analytical PMO Analyst to join us on an initial 6 month FTC to support project governance, planning, progress tracking, and reporting across a diverse portfolio of projects. This role plays a key part in ensuring projects are well controlled, accurately reported, and aligned with organisational priorities, while maintaining high-quality documentation and strong stakeholder relationships.

Key Responsibilities

Project Support & Coordination

• Support project planning, scheduling, and delivery tracking.
• Analyse project progress and report on performance against timelines and budgets.
• Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to ensure alignment and delivery consistency.

Governance & Control

• Maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, risk logs, and change logs.
• Ensure consistent tracking of tasks, milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables across the portfolio.

Reporting & Analytics

• Analyse project data to identify trends, variances, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Produce dashboards, status reports, and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Track KPIs, milestones, and deliverables across multiple projects.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.

Risk & Issue Management

• Maintain RAID logs across projects.
• Support the development of mitigation strategies and assist with escalation where required.

Resource & Workplan Management

• Maintain and update resource allocation schedules.
• Oversee project plans and collaboration tools such as MS Project, SharePoint, Teams, Jira, and Azure DevOps.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Draft, coordinate, and distribute project reports.
• Support stakeholder engagement and alignment across delivery teams.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a project support, PMO, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using project and delivery tools such as MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Power BI.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a minimum 24 days of annual leave (with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days using our Annual Leave Flex Benefit), you will also get an excellent benefits package, including flexible, hybrid working, private health insurance, life assurance, income protection, enhanced pension contributions, and occupational maternity and paternity pay.

You will also have access to company volunteering days, an Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing scheme, an employee assistance programme with retail discounts and savings, a generous employee referral scheme, regular sports and social events, and free Cheltenham bus travel.

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