PMO Analyst

PMO Analyst

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Leeds, United Kingdom

12 month Fixed Term Contract, Full time (37.5 hours per week)

We welcome flexible working discussions

An opportunity to make a difference

At Border to Coast our purpose is to make a difference and we’re looking for a keen PMO Analyst to join our award-winning and growing team.

As a customer-owned and customer-focused organisation, integrity is one of our values, as is our collaborative and sustainable approach. Our focus is to secure the pensions of over a million people who have provided valuable service to their communities and society.

The Change Team within Border to Coast is responsible for providing the professional change framework and technical discipline to support the wider organisation in planning, initiating, monitoring, and delivering strategic change initiatives within the firm.

We have ambitious plans for our customers and we are looking for experienced change management professionals to join our change team to deliver those plans.

About you - and the value you’ll bring to our team

You’ll provide PMO analysis and support to agreed change projects and produce key metrics for projects, ensuring that the status is updated and maintained through the project governance channels so stakeholders can quickly identify progress and issues. Updating and maintaining the project CARDI, you’ll produce weekly and monthly reporting for the governance committees on specific projects and contribute to the governance packs for Corporate Investment and Development Committees.

The successful candidate will have proven PMO experience, including a track record in delivering projects within a PMO function. Comfortable working within cross-functional change teams, you’ll have experience in delivering robust documented processes and have knowledge of PMO and project methodologies.

Delivery focused, you’ll have strong, creative problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at a project level. You’ll bring effective organisational skills and knowledge of MS 365 tools including MS Project and MS Visio. Knowledge of the finance sector is desirable.

Why join Border to Coast?

• Vitality Health Insurance for all employees
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A generous holiday allowance of 30 days a year, plus bank holidays
• Professional Development including the opportunity to gain fully funded qualifications (e.g. IMC)
• Critical Illness Cover
• Stunning Leeds city centre location only a short walk to the train station
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance of 6 times of salary
• Sustainable travel plans and public transport discounts
• Range of discounts for Leeds gyms, shops and restaurants
• Onsite gym

We welcome applications from people of all experience levels and backgrounds and value diversity of thought. We are committed to creating an inclusive and engaging workplace, ensuring that colleagues maintain a work-life balance. We encourage colleagues to progress, be themselves and be their best through both personal and professional development.

If you have a disability, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we would be happy to discuss making reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.

We’re looking for people with the right values, behaviours, skills and experiences and if you meet some of the role’s criteria and are interested in finding out more about Border to Coast and the team, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

Border to Coast is the largest LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme) pool in the UK, owned by 11 Local Government Pension Schemes (‘Partner Funds’). The Partner Funds represent 3,100 employers and over a million members.

The Partner Funds have c.£64bn in investments, of which Border to Coast is responsible for managing £47.9bn (as of 31 March 2024). Border to Coast also provides support and advice on a further £8.2bn, primarily invested in index funds, which sit outside of the pool.

Border to Coast offers its 11 Partner Funds investment opportunities across equities, fixed income, private markets, and global and UK real estate.

Our purpose is to make a difference for the LGPS by providing cost-effective and innovative investment opportunities delivering returns over the long term for our Partner Funds, their employers and over 1.1 million LGPS members.