PMO Manager

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Do you have experience in managing PMO's in the charity or public sector? Are you ready for a new challenge? Yes, great as we are recruiting an experienced PMO Manager to join our vibrant and inclusive team.
The Strategic Delivery Team works across Mencap to plan and implement a range of strategic initiatives ensuring that Mencap delivers its vision for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
The successful applicant will lead on all PMO activities required across the strategic portfolio of initiatives. The portfolio by its nature will typically be large and cross-cutting, involving significant people, process and technology changes. Strong stakeholder management and the ability to demonstrate the value of utilising methodologies, as well as to apply them proportionally and visually will be key to keeping stakeholders engaged and supported.
You’ll have experience of applying best practice PMO methodologies to deliver a multi-million pound portfolio and large-scale organisational change, demonstrating tangible benefits in a complex organisation.
This position is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week over Monday – Friday. This is a permanent position. We have a flexible working policy so you can work where it suits you best, with occasional travel (approx. 1 trip per month to our Peterborough Office and approx.1 trip per quarter to either Birmingham or our London Office).
Your main duties as a PMO Manager:

To be the custodian for all portfolio data, ensuring that there is a single source of truth and that all PMO reports are up to date, accurate and aligned to the single source of truth.
To fulfil the responsibility of secretariat for the Portfolio Management Board, ensuring the supply of relevant and timely material as an input to the meeting, together with the production of all papers.
To advise on the sequencing, scheduling and dependencies of initiatives, monitoring their alignment to the Big Plan, providing recommendations to governing bodies on the proposed implications on portfolio level benefits and outcomes.
To develop and deliver a roadmap of PMO and Portfolio Improvements, ensuring that colleagues are involved in its creation.
To Chair gateway reviews, ensuring portfolio, programme and project baselines are updated following approval.
To manage new demand, providing indicative estimates of effort, budget, benefits and scheduling to inform analysis at portfolio level of the potential impact on the current portfolio, with analysis of options to determine the agreed solution.
To be responsible for the development of the Centre of Excellence, working collaboratively with the wider leadership team and to establish relevant communities of practice and hold relevant events for the different communities throughout the year.The skills and experiences for the PMO Manager:

Significant knowledge & at least 3 years recent experience of successfully managing and maturing PMOs in public or charity sector
Knowledge & experience of implementation and operation of PPM tooling
Significant experience of supporting all types of project governance at all levels of an organisation
Knowledge and experience of producing high-quality programme and project templates which can be applied proportionately
Experience as a PMO Manager who has line-management experience and who has experience in coaching team members and other stakeholders
Strong IT skills in Power BI, Sharepoint, and Teams Forms to develop and maintain portfolio reports
Excellent report writing skills, able to summarise complex information in a concise way to senior stakeholdersWe’re looking for people who can demonstrate experience and expertise. If this sounds like you, please don't hesitate to apply. Please click the “Apply” button with an up to date CV. 
More information is included in the job description.
This role will close on Tuesday 11th June and interviews will take place between the 21st - 25th June 2024.
At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!
Job ID: 31733
We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.

Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support*T&C's apply based on contract

About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.  
Our work includes;

providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
providing advice through our help lines and web sites