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# PMO SpecialistRegion: MidlandsLocation: Stratford-upon-AvonContract type: Fixed Term ContractReference number: ITDI01548Working pattern: Full-timeSalary: Up to £55,000 + 17.5% annual bonus + benefits package## PMO Specialist* Provide specialist support across all PMO activity for delivery teams * Ensuring successful delivery of the Enterprise Change Portfolio * Hybrid up to 80% homeworking available and 20% in Stratford-upon-Avon## About the roleAt NFU Mutual, Change is where strategy becomes reality. Our mission in Change is to deliver business outcomes for NFU Mutual and our members. More than just delivering projects, we make a real difference. Guided by values that put the portfolio first and champion collaboration, we work as one team with direct access to senior leaders and the trust of the executive. With spend on our multi-million-pound portfolio higher than it’s ever been, we can confidentially deliver outcomes for our award-winning business. From large-scale transformation to fast-paced initiatives, we bring the end-to-end expertise, from building the strategic change roadmap through to supporting the business until change is fully embedded. Being a great place to work is at the heart of our company strategy. We invest in our people, supporting them to build their skills and develop their careers. If you want to shape meaningful transformation while growing your own future, now is the time to join us. This is a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity to join NFU Mutual as a PMO Specialist, where you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of NFU Mutual’s change portfolio. You’ll oversee the governance schedule for delivery teams, making certain that stakeholders are engaged, informed, and aligned with delivery plans. Serving as a trusted partner to delivery leadership, you’ll provide proactive consultancy across all PMO disciplines, including planning, estimating, scheduling, budget and resource management, tracking performance against agreed time, cost, quality, and scope. You’ll establish and oversee delivery controls such as risks, issues, dependencies and constraints, highlighting concerns early and supporting the identification of solutions. Working closely with centralised Assurance, you’ll conduct first line Assurance reviews, ensuring delivery teams operate in line with NFU Mutual’s Change Framework and recommendations are implemented. A key part of the role is producing accurate, timely and insightful delivery information for senior stakeholders and governance forums, maintaining a single source of truth to enable effective decision-making. You’ll act as an escalation point for PMO professionals, mentoring and guiding teams to raise change maturity and delivery standards. You’ll also lead, inspire and develop the PMO team, ensuring strong talent management, career development and succession planning to support the long-term success of Group Change.## About youYou are a detail-driven PMO Specialist with a strong foundation in assurance and governance, ensuring projects align with organisational standards and deliver measurable value. You excel in risk and issue management, planning, and dependency management to keep complex initiatives on track. With solid experience in finance and resource management, you support informed decision-making and effective delivery. You possess a high level of confidence and skill in engaging with stakeholders at all levels, building trusted relationships and ensuring clear, consistent communication throughout the lifecycle of each project. As a PMO Specialist, you demonstrate a strong aptitude for team leadership, actively fostering collaboration, mentoring colleagues, and cultivating an environment where best practice is shared, and continuous learning is encouraged. Your ability to influence senior leaders and delivery teams alike enables you to navigate complex organisational dynamics and drive consensus around critical delivery milestones. Through the application of critical thinking, you routinely evaluate project assumptions, proactively identify and address risks, and implement robust solutions to overcome obstacles. This approach not only resolves issues efficiently but also promotes ongoing improvement across the entire change portfolio, ensuring that programmes deliver measurable value and align with NFU Mutual’s strategic objectives. *At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.* *We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.* *We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.*## Benefits and RewardsWhen you join our team,you can expecta supportive cultureandanattractive range ofrewards and benefitsincluding: * Salary up to £55,000 Dependent upon experience * Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary) * Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution * 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme * A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities * Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets * £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs * Health and wellbeing plan- cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more * Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance * Employee Volunteering - volunteerin the community for one day each year * Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme * Life Assurance coverof 4 x salary * Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. * Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility## Working at NFU MutualWe’reone of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 yearswe’veput our customers at the heart of everything we do.Ourpeopleare just as important to us. Wepride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of ‘Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK’, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots we’ve grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1billion annually. Yet success hasn’t gone to our heads. We’re proud to remain completely customer focused, down-to-earth and committed to the rural communities we’ve grown from.Our ethos - of trust, respect and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and