AMS PSR

Great British Energy

On behalf of GBE, we are looking for a PMO Lead (Inside IR35) for a 4 Month (Until 21st December 2026) contract based in Aberdeen (2-3 days per week on site).

Job Description

We are looking for experienced project delivery professionals, who are able to work very flexibly to meet the project needs of the new organisation whilst it matures, which will include experience project and programme delivery at all stages of the project lifecycle.

This role is suited to candidates who can move confidently between leading delivery activity, establishing effective PMO discipline, and owning programme‑level governance and decision‑making structures.

This will require the successful candidate to be able to demonstrate that they have delivered projects and programmes in a fast pasted environment as well as being adaptable in their approach.

As a PMO Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• Supporting business leads and operational PMO managers in establishing and setting up projects and programmes for success.
• Setting delivery standards, ways of working, templates and controls across the organisation (including support and evolution of the PM Delivery Framework).
• Leading the delivery of discrete projects or complex workstreams, from initiation through to closure, including scope definition, planning, dependency management, risk control and benefits realisation.
• Managing key project and programme processes including monitoring and reporting, risk & issue management, planning and governance, translating complex delivery information into clear, actionable insight for key stakeholders.
• Designing, implementing and continuously improving programme and portfolio governance, ensuring it is proportionate, outcome focused and supports decision making.
• Coordinating across GBE with other functions and stakeholders, such as finance and commercial, to collate cross functional inputs and prepare reports.
• Working closely with the DESNZ GBE shareholder teams to ensure a common understanding of deliverables, consistency of reporting and sharing best practice.

Essential:

• Have experience in delivering either complex or high-risk projects or programmes within an agreed time, cost and quality constraint.
• Have practical experience in actively managing project risks and issues, able to make decisions, engage in dialogue on risk management strategy, and demonstrate a level of skill beyond simply 'managing a process'.
• Be experienced and credible in dealing with a broad and complex range of stakeholders both in writing and in person, with the confidence to engage with senior leadership.
• Be comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in an environment characterised by ambiguity, change and competing priorities, helping to shape clarity and direction as the organisation develops.
• Be solutions focused, able to apply your skills to a range of risks, with a sound understanding of how they relate to wider strategy.
• You will have, or be working towards, a recognised accreditation in professional project management, such as;
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner
  • MSP Practitioner
  • Agile Project Management Practitioner
  • APM Practitioner Qualification
  • APM Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)
  • Civil Service Project Leadership Programme

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

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".