Project Support Officer / Project Management Officer

As a Project Support Officer (PSO), I will support several IT projects within the IT Pillar under the direction of the Programme/Portfolio Lead. My key responsibilities will include: - Producing reports for appropriate governance Boards, providing a real-time and comprehensive view of all projects. - Maintaining processes to ensure Programme and Project management documentation, reports, and plans are relevant, accurate, and complete. - Running the programme/project plan and managing the consolidated Programme/Portfolio level milestone tracker. - Managing dependencies within the ICT portfolio delivery and maintaining a file plan/structure for the management of all ICT documentation. - Generating various regular and ad-hoc documentation for projects and programmes when required. - Supporting risks and issues planning and management by collating, reporting, and assisting in producing mitigation plans. - Sharing lessons learned and best practices within the PMO while building relationships with stakeholders at all levels. - Working with Senior Management to identify and resolve issues impacting the portfolio of programmes/projects. - Supporting individual projects by providing advice on governance, planning, change control, and benefits realization. - Providing quality assurance to ensure that programmes and projects are well managed and adhere to standards set by the IT Pillar’s central PMO. - Maintaining finance and budget plans and overseeing purchase order generation, receipting, and tracking. - Ensuring pipeline plans are in place for continuity across projects, managing relevant paperwork for resource availability, and adhering to vetting processes. - Organizing, managing, and facilitating portfolio meetings, both locally and nationally. - Supporting the change control process through the completion of required documentation and related activities, such as impact assessments.