PMO Delivery Officer (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & Londo at Genomics England

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 Dec, 25

Salary

46500.0

Posted On

25 Sep, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Management, Risk Management, Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, Reporting, Process Improvement, Training Coordination, Documentation, Agile Methodologies, Team Collaboration, PMO Best Practices, Programme Management, Assurance Processes, Template Development, Meeting Coordination, Feedback Gathering

Industry

Biotechnology Research

Description

Company Description Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all. Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research. We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody. Job purpose Genomics England’s newly formed Portfolio Management Office aims to provide high quality support and resources to our most critical deliveries while ensuring progress is transparent to our leadership team to enable timely, risk informed decision making across the organisation. This role will work closely with the Head of Delivery and Governance, the Planning Lead and members of the Delivery Chapter to implement PMO projects across our key priorities: People, Planning, Tools and Assurance. Job Description Lead the rollout of monday.com for managing Programmes and Projects across Genomics England, including drawing up a rollout plan, co-ordinating training, developing and disseminating templates and assessing progress against agreed success criteria. Support the Head of Delivery and Governance to assess the existing checkpoint assurance process, gather feedback from stakeholders, identify gaps and develop documentation and processes to address these. Work with the Planning Lead to implement regular reporting against the company plan, collating inputs from programme teams across the organisation. Identifying and flagging areas of risk to the Head of Delivery and Governance. Review existing PMO processes and procedures (eg Risk Management Policy, Programme Board Guidance) to ensure they are accurate and update to date, co-ordinating updates as required. Co-ordinate projects across the Delivery Chapter, ensuring visibility of progress to the Head of Delivery and Governance. Identify new projects to support the aims of the PMO. Provide secretariat for meetings and committees as required. Co-ordinate agendas and papers and be responsible for distributing minutes and following up on actions. Support priority PMO projects as needed, to facilitate the set up and embedding of the PMO and development of Project Management best practice across the organisation. Be an active member of the Delivery Chapter, attending Chapter meetings and working with other Delivery professionals in the organisation to define and disseminate best practice. Qualifications Essential: certification in Project Management (eg APM PMQ, PRINCE2), or demonstrable experienced in a similar role. We are also looking for experience of running complex Programmes/Projects. Desirable: experience of implementing Project Management tooling, ideally monday.com and also of government assurance processes. Additional Information Closing date for applications: Thursday 9th October at 23:59 Salary from: £46,500 Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required). Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits. Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme. Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required). Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme. Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs. Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor. Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to our virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us. Blended working model Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g., lab teams, reception team. Our teams and squads have, and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds. Onboarding background checks As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.

Responsibilities

The PMO Delivery Officer will lead the rollout of project management tools and support the assessment of existing processes. They will coordinate projects and ensure visibility of progress to leadership while facilitating best practices across the organization.