About the job Salary: £33,945 - £36,648 a year Hours per week: 37 Contract type: Permanent We are looking for a proactive and organised PMO Analyst to join our team. In this role, you'll work closely with a project team, supporting the delivery of key initiatives and ensuring everything runs smoothly from start to finish. You'll be responsible for compiling clear and concise reports that are delivered to Programme Boards, helping to shape the direction of our projects. Your ability to juggle multiple tasks at different stages of progress will be crucial to keep things moving efficiently. This is a fast-paced, dynamic role where you'll need to adapt to changing priorities and troubleshoot any issues that arise during important events or meetings. You'll also play a key role in facilitating these events, making sure everything goes as planned. Working with a variety of people, from stakeholders to project team members, you'll be a key player in the delivery of successful projects. About you You have experience working within project teams and understand the demands of delivering under tight deadlines. You excel at creating well-written and grammatically correct documents, and you're confident using IT systems, including word processing, spreadsheets, and internet applications, to ensure your work is of the highest quality. Attention to detail and excellent organisational skills are second nature to you, and you're used to managing multiple work streams at various stages of progress. You thrive in a fast-paced, changeable environment, and have the skills to facilitate important events, resolve problems on the fly, and ensure everything runs without a hitch. You have a solid understanding of project management principles and hold a qualification like the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ). You're also keenly aware of discrimination issues and know how to take appropriate action when necessary to ensure fairness and equality in the workplace or service delivery. We're excited to meet someone who is passionate about project management and ready to take the next step in their career with us About us Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision - that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty - is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents. The people of Luton depend heavily on this council - and that means our workforce Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision? Application Process Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person's criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. Benefits We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include: - From 25 to 32 days' annual leave: linked to length of service and grade - Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave - Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area - Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant - Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility) - Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home - Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns - Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways - Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons - Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel