Project Management Office Lead

SHE HR Consulting

11h • Remote

About The Position

The PMO Lead will establish and lead PLACE's newly created Project Management Office, designing the systems, tools and reporting cycles, annual, quarterly and project-level, that give PLACE real-time oversight of its whole program of work. This is a founding role. Rather than inheriting a fixed methodology, you'll assess how PLACE's project processes currently work, alongside a team who knows the work inside out before proposing what should change. You'll help create the conditions for a more consistent, better-supported way of delivering projects across a distributed, remote-first team.

Requirements

• Solid experience in project management or PMO functions, ideally within a remote or distributed team.
• Strong diagnostic skills, you assess before you prescribe.
• Collaborative, comfortable engaging with a wide range of stakeholders across a distributed team.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and manage competing priorities with a proactive, adaptable approach.
• Can simplify complexity and make insights accessible to people who aren't project management specialists.
• Demonstrate a commitment to PLACE's vision, values and principles, particularly around community leadership and shared decision-making.

Nice To Haves

• A project management certification (PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Lead back-office project operations: tracking, reporting, and resourcing across PLACE's project portfolio.
• Establish and maintain registers for project risks, issues, dependencies and decisions, and embed a consistent approach to escalating and resolving them.
• Work closely with PLACE's Evaluation and Learning Lead to ensure project processes and reporting align with PLACE's Theory of Change and broader evaluation and learning approach.
• Build strong working relationships across PLACE's distributed, remote-first team.
• Establish and implement systems to monitor project delivery, ensuring activities are delivered on time and within scope.
• Help establish an external panel of specialists and experts who can be engaged for contracted project work as needed.
• Adapt the PMO function as PLACE's structure continues to settle following the recent restructure.

Benefits

• True flexibility and a strong focus on agility in the workplace; we prioritise making flexible work arrangements possible for all employees.
• A team of supportive and passionate people committed to maintaining a positive workplace culture and making an impact.
• 5 weeks of Annual Leave for every 12 months of employment.
• Two days volunteering leave for every 12 months of employment.
• A leadership team that truly wants you to flourish and make your mark on the organisation.
• A workplace that prioritises both diversity and inclusion, allowing everyone to bring their authentic selves to work in an environment that ensures psychological and physical safety.
• Remote-first working arrangements (the opportunity to work where you live).
• Cultural and Ceremonial leave.
• A Learning and Development budget per employee, prioritising professional development for our employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed