Project Management Officer

PMO - £350 - £400 a day - 6 month Contract - outside IR35 - London/ Hybrid - Central GovernmentWe are seeking a project management officer to provide PMO support for Digital Transformation Programmes. The PMO will support the Digital Programme ManagerPMO Job ResponsibilitiesProviding PMO support to the Digital Programme ManagerMaintaining the project plan in MS Projects and ensuring activities by all stakeholders are being performed on time, escalating to Programme Manager where appropriateMaintaining RAID log, ensuring risk and issue owners are following up on their actions in a prioritised mannerRecording and distributing meeting notes, and following up attendees’ actionsRecording project budget/forecast/actualsGenerating the weekly project report, managing the collation & reporting of key performance indicators to ensure that the business management data is readily available for effective performance management.Ensuring that internal resourcing and external supplier activities are launched in line with the plan and managed as per procurement contract and flag misalignments to project manager.PMO Skills and experience:Experience of formal project management methodology such as Prince2.Previous experience with managing budgets, planning, contracts management and risk management.Customer focused and able to engage, inspire and manage multiple stakeholders with enthusiasm and energy.Ability to be flexible, pragmatic and have an analytical style of working whilst still having good attention to detail.Experience of the governance of projects within the UK public sector