About this role
Location: Birmingham
Salary from: £55687 inclusive of 20% flex fund
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A FTC ENDING 31/03/2027
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
Job Purpose
To provide day-to-day operational support and leadership to the directorate, managing business and workforce planning, monitoring and reporting performance; and delivering special or continuous improvement projects, as required.
About the Role
- Manage and improve the delivery of the PMO Department annual business plan, quarterly financial forecasts, monthly management information, monitoring and reporting performance against plan.
- Deliver and improve on workforce planning for the PMO Department, providing a central point of contact for workforce changes and requirements, RAP approval and submissions, and monitoring and reporting performance against plan.
- Initiate and manage weekly recruitment approval and contract extension processes for the PMO Departments.
- Be responsible for the PMO Communications Strategy and delivery of the Communication Plan.
- Support the day-to-day running of the PMO Department by resolving operational issues across the PMO teams and queries from corporate support functions (e.g. CEO, Finance, Facilities, Comms, etc.).
- Manage and deliver special or continuous improvement projects, as required by the PMO Director.
- Support the PMO Senior Leadership team on governance, including but not limited to the management of delegations within the directorate.
- Support the PMO teams with procurement processes, including purchase orders and contract variations, including monthly accruals.
- Act as an information conduit between PMO department leadership teams and corporate support functions.
- Actively promote and embed equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
About You
Skills:
- Ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders effectively, working to agreed deadlines and managing competing priorities
- Ability to manage and support projects, mitigating risks and escalating issues appropriately
- Ability to collate and analyse data and information, presenting this clearly
- Ability to collaborate with a range of subject matter and technical experts, achieving desired outcomes
Knowledge:
- Understanding of HR and Finance data, processes and reporting
- Understanding of business processes and how to effectively operate across organisational functions
- Understanding the application of effective governance and control frameworks
- Understanding of project management tools and techniques
- Understanding of Matrix Organisations
Type of experience:
- Project management experience
- Experience of supplier and stakeholder management
- Experience of developing, managing and monitoring budgets and resource requirements
- Experience of monitoring business performance and developing reports
- The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with HS2 company values.
- Experience of operating in a controlled environment and following defined governance frameworks
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.