Project Management Office Administrator

Project Management Office Administrator

Full time (37 hrs)

Flexible working opportunities

£24,500 per annum

Permanent

Trowbridge and surrounding areas

Our client has several exciting opportunities as they embark on a transformation project that will shape and create the next generation of housing services. 

Their purpose is to provide local affordable homes, so they play their part in solving the UK’s housing crisis. They’ve been a vital part of communities for over 30 years and truly understand the difference a safe, secure home can make.

They want to make it even easier for customers to access their services when and how it suits them. Transforming business systems and processes, data and information management and shaping a digitally confident workforce are all part of their ambitious programme of change. 

It’s a great time to join their passionate team of people, where you can really make a difference.

Who they are

Our client is a not-for-profit housing association committed to providing affordable local homes for customers. They have nearly 7,000 homes for affordable rent and shared ownership in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset and employ over 300 staff from their offices in Trowbridge and Melksham.

The role

This is a crucial role for delivering transformational change. The purpose of this role is to support the governance and management of a portfolio of projects.

It has the following main responsibilities;

• Act as point of contact for the project team and facilitate communications
• Provide guidance to staff on the use of agreed project processes and templates
• Develop and maintain the project library, filing, recording and reporting systems
• Coordinate the production and distribution of reports and produce project summary reports relating to project, programme and portfolio status and health
• Help to organise and facilitate project meetings as and when required including organising venues, preparing pre-read materials and capturing actions

What they need

For this role you’ll need to have the following skills and experience:

• GCSE of ‘O’ Level standard or equivalent with Grade 4/ C or above in English and Maths
• Experience of working in a PMO or projects environment
• Knowledge of project management principles and approaches
• Experience of using IT systems (including Microsoft suite) used within a busy office environment
• Good organisational and administration skills
• Experience of taking minutes and recording actions
• Commitment to working as ‘one team’ across all areas of the business where projects impact

What they offer

The main benefits include;

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays 2 paid gifted days; one for your birthday and one over Christmas Buy / sell up to 5 days holiday
• Life assurance
• Flexible working opportunities – giving you flexibility on how long, where and when you work to support better customer service and promote a work/life balance.
• Competitive pension (you pay 4%, we pay 9%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Dress down Fridays (for office-based colleagues)