HM Revenue & Customs
PMO Analyst
United Kingdom
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Role: PMO Analyst Planning, Scheduling & Controls (End-to-End)
Reporting to: Programme Manager / Planning & Assurance Lead
Any HMRC Regional Centre
Grade: Senior Officer
Competitive Day Rate
Role Purpose
To provide end-to-end PMO support across planning, scheduling, reporting, and change control, ensuring alignment with central PMO standards and governance.
This Role Will
- Act as the planning and controls “engine room” of the programme
- Maintain integrated plans and milestone schedules (L0L3)
- Drive data-driven reporting and governance discipline
- Interface closely with the central PMO to ensure consistency and compliance
Key Responsibilities
Integrated Planning & Scheduling
- Maintain and manage end-to-end programme schedules across:
- Programme (L0L2)
- Project / Workstream (L3+)
- Ensure plans are:
- Integrated across projects and dependencies
- Aligned to central PMO planning standards
- Work with Project Managers and Workstream Leads to:
- Capture updates
- Maintain schedules
- Reflect changes accurately in the integrated plan
Milestone Planning & Tracking
- Define and maintain Level 0-Level 3 programme milestones
- Ensure all milestones:
- Are clearly defined and sequenced
- Reflect critical path and dependencies
- Track milestone delivery against:
- Baseline
- Forecast
- Highlight risks to milestone delivery early
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Reporting & Data-Driven Insight
- Produce regular programme reporting, including:
- Milestone progress
- Plan variance (baseline vs forecast)
- Key delivery risks
- Support:
- Programme Board
- Implementation Board
- Central PMO reporting cycles
- Ensure reporting is:
- Consistent
- Accurate
- Data-driven
Change Control & Governance
- Support the end-to-end change control process, including:
- Capturing change requests (CRs)
- Assessing impact on milestones, schedule, and dependencies
- Updating plans in line with approved changes
- Ensure:
- Changes are formally controlled
- No “off-plan” activity is executed
Central PMO Alignment
- Act as the interface to the central PMO function, ensuring:
- Adoption of standards, tools, and templates
- Compliance with governance expectations
- Contribute to:
- Central reporting cycles
- Standardised PMO outputs
- Support the principle of:
- “Report once, use many times”
Plan Quality, Controls & Assurance
- Ensure plans meet quality and assurance standards, including:
- Logical sequencing
- Dependency integrity
- Realistic timelines
- Support schedule assurance by:
- Identifying gaps or inconsistencies
- Challenging poor quality planning inputs
Essential Criteria
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Planning & Controls
- Strong experience of:
- Programme / project planning
- Scheduling tools (MS Project, PPM tools)
- Deep understanding of:
- Critical path
- Dependencies
- Milestone-based planning
Governance & PMO Discipline
- Experience working within a structured PMO environment
- Familiarity with:
- Change control processes
- Governance forums
- Programme reporting
Data & Analytical Skills
- Strong data handling and analysis capability
- Ability to:
- Interpret plan data
- Identify trends and risks
- Advanced Excel skills essential
Stakeholder & Interpersonal Skills
- Strong communication skills across:
- PMs
- Workstream leads
- Central PMO
- Confident in:
- Challenging poor data or planning
- Influencing stakeholders to meet standards
Key Behaviours
- Highly structured and disciplined
- Detail-focused with strong accuracy
- Proactive and resilient under pressure
- Collaborative but able to hold the line on standards
- Data-led decision making mindset
Success Measures
- Integrated programme plan is:
- Accurate
- Up to date
- Reflective of reality
- Milestone reporting is:
- Consistent and reliable
- Change control is:
- Properly governed and applied
- Strong alignment with:
- Central PMO standards
- Programme governance expectations
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Scheduling
Change Control
Data Analysis
Stakeholder Management
Governance
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Reporting
Risk Management
Milestone Tracking
Dependency Management
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