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On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a PMO Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 6 months contract based REMOTE with occasional travel in Swindon 

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a PMO Analyst , your main responsibilities will be:

• Up to date plans showing milestones, dependencies, and progress across all workstreams across all Security projects.
• The production of clear, accurate reports (e.g. monthly highlight reports, RAG status) to support governance and decision making, ensuring adherence to the UKRI Development Framework and its stage gated process, including all mandatory documents.
• To maintain logs with tracking, mitigation actions, and escalations to ensure effective programme control.
• The preparation of materials for boards and governance forums, including project updates, decision papers, and audit-ready evidence.
• Visibility of resource allocation, utilisation, and budget tracking to ensure alignment with programme plans and constraints.
• The maintenance of key artefacts such as templates, change logs, action logs, and document repositories to ensure consistency and compliance.

Essential:

• Ability to develop and maintain project plans, track milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Strong capability to analyse project data, produce dashboards, KPIs, and status reports to support decision making and governance.
• Skill in identifying, assessing, and tracking risks and issues, ensuring timely escalation and mitigation.
• PMO – Governance and RAID management, supporting the programme manager by reducing workload.
• Demonstrated experience in PMO roles over an extended period, with clear evidence reflected in the CV.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant 

UKRI guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".