PMO Lead

Role Responsibility

The GET Portfolio Management Office/PMO is looking for a PMO Lead who has a specific focus on digital, technology and automation programmes and projects across the Directorate.  As someone who ‘gets’ project management, and the benefits it brings to helping services achieve their outcomes, this role should surely catch your eye!

A key element of this post is its specialist focus, and you will play a key role in supporting the Directorate Technology Board and developing our organisational strategic plans and programme of work in relation to digital and tech opportunities. This is a really exciting area which is growing day by day, and you will be central in maximising the use of the technology that is available to us.

You will be part of a tight knit team that acts as a centre of excellence, providing advice, guidance and assurance to Sponsors, Programme Managers and Project Managers, and helping to keep projects on track, on time and on budget whilst ensuring risks and dependencies are being managed.  We provide our senior leadership teams with the insights and confidence to ensure the right programmes and projects are being driven at the right time and delivered in the right way, enabling informed decision-making at a strategic level. The GET PMO team strive to make life as easy as possible for services, using our professional expertise to help them along the way to successful outcomes.

Contact Details

If this role appeals and you think you meet the person specification, then I’d love to receive your application. If you would like an informal chat, please contact myself Elizabeth (Liz) Beadle, Head of Portfolio Management (initially by email to elizabeth.beadle@kent.gov.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time).

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.