Senior PMO Analyst

at  Civil Aviation Authority

Date: 17 Apr 2024
Location: Gatwick, GB
Company: Civil Aviation Authority
Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 dependent upon experience
Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time
Base Location: Gatwick – however remote working is available with 1 visit per month to the Gatwick Office
Security Level: BPSS
We are the UK’s aviation and aerospace regulator and recognised as a world leader in its field. Our activities are diverse, enabling the aviation industry to meet the highest safety standards, and we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to the constantly evolving aviation environment.

IF YOU DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT YOUR APPLICATION.

The CAA values high ethical standards and personal integrity among employees. If invited for interview you will be asked to complete a declaration of interest.

THE ROLE

The CAA are looking for a Senior Portfolio Analyst to join our PMO Team. Your day-to day activities will include:

• Leveraging project management experience to collaborate on developing Enterprise PMO standards and best practices
• Design and facilitate workshops and Project/programme level ways of working aligned to CAA framework, RAID, change control, quality management and health checks processes and tools.
• Lead initial development, ongoing maintenance and quality assurance of high level and detailed plans for programmes or multiple projects, providing or assuring provision of regular plan and milestone progress reports.
• Evaluate project outcomes in terms of quality, consistency, accuracy, overall value, completion dates and performance against plan
• Ensure that recording and maintaining a project database containing all related information, (data, artefacts, documents, reports, guides etc.) takes place
• Maintain mechanisms to manage change control, risks and issues, benefits, dependencies and stage gate activities within specific projects
• Provide valuable insight and new ideas that drive the continuous improvement in how the PMO operates and delivers value
• Identifying and monitoring key performance indicators that highlight capacity / capability constraints and over commitment of resources for particular areas.
• Liaising with project leads to ensure adherence to governance standards
• Providing guidance and support to projects including the maintenance of project artifacts (e.g. PID/finance trackers/risk logs)
• Maintaining and updating programme/project framework and associated process documents to ensure they adequately support CAA delivery methodologies
• Triage and analysis of data, highlighting issues, trends and making recommendations
• Support and facilitation of governance forums including the CAA’s project prioritisation processes

When working with colleagues you should seek to continuously improve relationships, develop your understanding of their challenges, and consult with each to seek out solutions. To this end, you will need to be comfortable driving, influencing, challenging, and negotiating with partners at all levels of business.