PMO Benefits Change Risk Management Lead

PMO Benefits Change Risk Management Lead

Join the Redevelopment team as PMO Benefits Change Risk Management Lead, a pivotal role in ensuring the Redevelopment Programme is executed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Key responsibilities include managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and benefits, maintaining high-quality documentation, and ensuring clear communication flows. The role requires preparing detailed reports, RAID logs, change logs, and presentations for various governance boards.

You will excel in identifying and mitigating risks, managing change, and ensuring project benefits align with organisational goals. You must possess strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills to handle complex data, run risk assessments, and coordinate with diverse stakeholders. Knowledge of project management principles, risk frameworks, and change management strategies is essential.

This role is pivotal in navigating challenges, streamlining processes, and ensuring project outcomes drive meaningful results. The candidate will work alongside the Head of PMO to deliver significant value and ensure the programme's success.

Main duties of the job

This role ensures the smooth delivery and reporting of the Redevelopment Programme by managing projects to meet time, cost, and quality objectives. Key responsibilities include identifying and managing risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, changes, and benefits while maintaining high-quality, accurate documentation and governance.

The post holder will prepare and manage essential project documents, including RAID logs, benefit logs, change logs, flow charts, and reports for presentation to key boards and stakeholders.The candidate will develop risk management plans, conduct risk assessments, and implement clear communication flows. They will maintain the central Risk and Issue Register, regularly updating it to reflect changes in mitigation efforts and residual risks. Additionally, they will design and implement change management strategies to ensure smooth transitions, minimize resistance, and align stakeholder expectations.

Strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills are essential, alongside knowledge of project management principles, risk frameworks, and benefits realisation processes.

The successful candidate must synthesise complex information, identify and mitigate cross-project dependencies, and track benefits to ensure alignment with organisational objectives. This is an opportunity for a proactive individual with expertise in structured programme management to drive meaningful outcomes.

About us

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Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• oEducated to Bachelors level in a related discipline, management or at least 5 years equivalent experience relevant to healthcare project management.
• oEvidence of numerical or technical subjects at GSCE or 'A' level
• oGood understanding and experience of using Power Bi
• oGood understanding and experience in excel with advanced spreadsheet skills
• oRelevant project management qualifications in any of the following P30, Portfolio Management, Programme Management, MSP, APM or Prince 2
• oQualification in Management of Risk , change or qualified by experience

Experience

• oProven practical experience of working in projects, programme, and portfolio management.
• oMinimum of 5 years of experience in Risk, change, benefit management or related role.
• oDemonstrable experience in risk management, project assurance, reporting and analysis.
• oStrong excel skills and expert user of Risk Management/ Analysis software.
• oExperience in setting up and running reporting, risk, assurance processes.
• oExperience of working with large and complex programmes in private or public sector construction or infrastructure delivery.
• oExperience of Managing multi-disciplinary relationships in a relevant organisational setting
• oProven track record in data analysis and assurance.
• oExperience in construction healthcare projects/programmes.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• oExcellent relationship management and communication skills
• oHigh level IT literacy skills, demonstrable spreadsheet skills for multiple project reporting
• oExcellent capability in developing risk strategies and guidance, assuring data quality, mitigation, QRA risk assessments
• oGood report writing and presentation skills.
• oAbility to work with complexity and ambiguity, e.g., around professional and managerial imperatives
• oRobust understanding of NHS processes and procedures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Redevelopment , Working across all 3 sites

Redevelopment , Working across all 3 sites