PMO Hub Team Leader - Reading, United Kingdom - Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council
Reading Borough Council
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Our Digital Technology and Change (DTaC) is going through an exciting period of change within Reading Borough Council.

We are in the process of setting up a Portfolio Management Office (PMO) HUB which will be responsible for the:


  • Core PMO functions of providing consolidated, highquality, actionable reporting on programme and project plans, performance and risk from all perspectives, including schedule, finance, benefits, resources and organisational change
  • Collating, analysing and reporting on project/programme/portfolio plans and performance for boards and senior leaders
  • Collecting and collating information on DTaC resource allocation, capacity and forward demand to support decision making on resourcing by DTaC leadership, including both the allocation of resources and the sourcing (via HR or procurement channels as appropriate) of temporary resources
  • Assurance across the organisation's portfolio of change, acting as a "critical friend" to the organisation's leaders, helping them to ensure that the overall portfolio is:
  • Prioritised and sequenced to enable best delivery against the organisation's needs (as determined by the MTFS and Corporate Plan);
  • Coherent, so that the timing and sequencing of change makes sense, taking account of, for example: the impact of changes on Council staff, residents and other Council customers and stakeholders; programme interdependencies; contract dates; technology dependencies; dependencies on shared corporate resources;
  • Achievable, so that there can be confidence that the portfolio can deliver its committed benefits within its planned time and costs;
  • Structured and understood in a way that allows for the rapid and agile taking and enactment of decisions in the face of inevitable change
  • Management of the operational aspects of the team's role in communication of and training in project/change delivery to the wider organisation
Reading is an ambitious Council and we have some great and varied programmes of work taking place at Council.

Here are just some examples of the types of projects that the DTaC service are involved in the delivery of:


  • The Future Councils pilot to become modern and resilient improving our digital services and cyber security (£750k pilot funding won)
  • The Levelling up programme focussed on two culture led regeneration projects
  • Hexbox an extension of the Hexagon Theatre and the relocation of the central library to Reading's Civic Offices (£19m bid won)


We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success.

Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.


We are open to flexible working patterns and can provide a hybrid working environment which utilises the best of both worlds with a mix of office working in central Reading and homeworking according to the needs of the Service.


About the role


You will be required to have for the PMO HUB Team Leader role the experience in managing and delivering core PMO functions which includes consolidated, high-quality, actionable reporting on programme and project plans, performance and risk from all perspectives, including schedule, finance, benefits, resources and organisational change.


You will lead a small team who will be responsible for providing administrative support to the DTaC service, to co-ordinate, monitor and report on Councilwide transformational and capital projects and programmes.


You will ensure the smooth operation of a number of Senior Boards as well as supporting the DTaC leadership team with information on pipeline management, portfolio progress reporting and resource planning/tracking.


The collection and analysis of data is a vital role of a PMO, where you will have the responsibility for managing the data and finding insight that can be used to improve projects and how they function.

Examples of the types of portfolios the PMO HUB will have responsibility for: Transformational programmes/ projects e.g.

Customer Experience Transformation Programme including implementation of our Case and Customer Platform, our wider Digital and Technology portfolio, support to wider Capital Programme delivery as required.


You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability.

As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.


Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.

Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:


Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do


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