PMO Officer - Gloucester - National Security

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

PMO Officer – Gloucester

This role has overall responsibility for the provision of a broad range of Project Management Office support, to a variety of projects and programmes, supporting our client’s in Financial Services, Cyber Security, and Government sectors.

What you could be doing for us:

• Planning and scheduling – Creating and maintaining basic project plans, ensuring that systems are in place to enable effective planning and scheduling.
• Monitoring and reporting – Ensure adherence to standards for planning, scheduling and tracking projects, reporting to the Project Manager about the project status. Develops project performance reports.
• Resources – Manage workforce planning, providing information for effective decision making. Procurement of supplies and services related to project support within Delegated Financial Authority limits.
• Stakeholder management & communications – Point of contact for project team and communications, managing and engaging with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Financial control – Creates and maintains project financial data, contributing to the management of project budget throughout the project lifecycle.
• Risks and Issues – Develops and manages project RAID, leading on defined risk areas, and escalating as appropriate. Follows up on actions needed for completion of Risks, Issues and
• Change control -. Manages change log, follows up on actions needed for completion of Change Requests.
• Guidance & support - Sets up and provides detailed guidance on project management tools, procedures, processes, tools and techniques. Supports programme or project Supports programme or project governance sets up control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings.
• Supporting the account team – assisting with producing pricing models and cost models

What background are we looking for:

• Skilled in MS Suite (Excel, PowerPoint and Project) and able to produce reporting and analysis.
• Experience with RAID development and management.
• Knowledge of Project Management and PMO Policies, Processes & Procedures, and methodologies and toolsets.
• Ability to work as part of a team, with excellent stakeholder engagement and management, and ability to engage with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• APM PMQ or equivalent is desirable
• SC Cleared (optional) but needs to be able to go through SC process

How we will support you:

• Work-life balance is important; you’ll get 25 days holiday a year and, via our flexible benefits package the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
• You can work around core hours with flexible and part-time working
• Our flexible benefits package includes; private medical and dental insurance, a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more
• You’ll have a dedicated Career Manager to help you develop your career and guide you on your journey through BAE
• Don’t know a particular technology? Your learning and development is key to your future career
• You’ll be part of our bonus scheme

You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups. These groups cover everything from gender diversity to mental health and wellbeing.

Security Clearance

Only those with the permanent and unrestricted right to live and work in the UK will be considered for a position within BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. Due to the nature of our, work successful candidates for this role will be required to go through Government SC clearance prior to starting with us. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security-vetting-and-clearance

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.