Location: Home based

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Contract: Permanent

 

Salary: Up to £50,000

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Closing Date: 25 September 2024

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We are currently looking for a Head of Project Management Office (PMO) to join our dedicated and evolving Project Management Team, on a Permanent contract.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic, detail-oriented leader. They will have demonstrable experience effectively leading and motivating high-performing teams to deliver successful project outcomes, with accountability for guiding and motivating the PMO team in all areas of successful project management delivery. The H PMO will also take full ownership of the definition, documentation and successful completion of complex projects and change initiatives that benefit Migrant Help and it’s trading subsidiary.

This is a pivotal senior management role providing overall project management governance, shaping the PMO team and approaches to ensure the successful delivery of programs. You will adopt and adapt project management methods and tools, ensure that effective project monitoring and control processes, change control, risk management and quality processes are employed and maintained. You will also monitor and controls resources, measure and demonstrate project performance. Including against project budgets.

If you have a passion for project management, can demonstrate effective problem-solving skills and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

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As the Head of Project Management your duties would include:

• Project Management Governance: Provide overall project management governance across the entire organisation, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives

• Methodology Development and Adherence: Define and maintain the standard project management methodology and process, fostering best practices. Ensure project managers and teams adhere to the project methodology, disciplines and approaches for consistency

• Team leadership, talent development and motivation: Provide overall leadership and management to the PMO team, ensuring they support and enhance project delivery. In addition, you will play a key role in developing the PMO team’s skills and behaviours through coaching, mentoring and training. You will also create and manage team performance objectives to grow both team members and the PMO function in line with Migrant Help’s performance objectives and targets.

• Program Delivery Support: Support the successful delivery of programs through effective facilitation, tracking and reporting

• Documentation and Guidance: Be accountable for all project documentation and work alongside our Quality team to ensure efficiencies and appropriate document control, enabling effective and repeatable experiences of the project management cycle.

• Key Point of Contact: Act as the accountable owner for all active projects any program and project management queries, providing clear, concise briefings to the Senior Leadership Team as required.

• Strategic Change Initiatives: Drive change initiatives that support the strategic objectives of the organisation

• Resource Management: Oversee project resourcing and pipeline management for efficient project allocation. Set and redefine priorities and reorganise staff to increase response capacity to point-in-time internal and external demands

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The experience and skills you need:

• Proven senior management experience in project/programme management setting. Demonstrable track record using own initiative to drive positive change, influencing senior stakeholders, delegating authority to match responsibility, and holding staff accountable for agreed commitments

• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as the ability to present comfortably to large groups

• Act as a seasoned adviser, providing independent opinions on complex problems, and handling a range of priority issues. Determine the strategic direction of projects to best meet evolving customer needs

• Advanced competencies in Microsoft Excel and project management tooling (eg Monday.com or equivalent) essential.

• Demonstrate the ability to balance conflicting interests and negotiate win/win outcomes

 

​What else to expect:

• Occasional travel (particularly Dover, London) is a requirement of the role and therefore flexibility will be required

• You will be working during core hours, however there may be occasion where it is necessary to work flexibly outside of these hours.

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About Migrant Help:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 50 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. 

We place a high value on employees in relation to the work that they do and the benefits the organisation offers, with an ethos of being a Great Place to Work. 

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Additional holiday entitlements
• Perkbox benefits
• Non-contributory pension scheme. 

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At Migrant Help, we foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation. As long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

 

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process.  

- This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

- This post may also require Security Clearance

Therefore the applicant must:

• Be able to provide a valid passport eg. 10 year full British passport, EU or non-EU Passport with indefinite leave to remain

• Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years

• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

 

 

​We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job

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See the job description for full person specification.

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How to apply

To apply for this role please click on this link and complete the online application form attaching a copy of your CV and cover letter.  

As part of the application process we will be inviting longlisted candidates to submit a video response to an additional application question. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited for an interview.

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Selection Criteria

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link, we therefore recommend you review both before you apply.

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Closing Date: 25 September 2024

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help’s values:
Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.
Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.