Governance and Resource Lead in West Bromwich

Here at the West Bromwich Building Society we are all about making a you-shaped career. We understand it’s not always easy juggling your career with all the important things outside of work. But with the right opportunities and support we can help you build a career that works for you.

The West Brom have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Governance and Resource Lead who will be responsible for establishing, maintaining and enhancing PMO governance frameworks and resource management practices. This role ensures that projects and programmes, within the portfolio, are delivered in-line with our framework whilst ensuring optimal allocation and utilisation of resources across our change portfolios.

What the role will look like:

• Lead resource planning and allocation across projects and programmes within the portfolio
• Maintain a centralised view of allocation across the division (capacity, demand and utilisation)
• Work with Project Managers and Team Leads/Resource Managers to resolve resource conflicts
• Forecast future needs to support workforce planning and flag areas of risk for mitigation and provide trend analysis reporting
• Support administration, and consistent application, of our current Change Management Framework across all portfolios of work
• Drive continuous improvement by highlighting potential areas of efficiency or improvement to the existing framework
• Monitor compliance with governance policies and escalation deviation to Head of PMO
• Support Head of PMO and Portfolio Manager with portfolio planning and prioritisation
• Track portfolio performance, inclusive of risks, issues, dependencies and benefits and provide actionable insights to the Head of PMO and key stakeholders

What you will bring to the role:

• Strong experience in PMO governance and resource management
• SME in core PMO offerings (RAID, planning etc.) with proven experience in Finance and Benefits management
• Deep understanding of project and programme methodologies and ways of working
• Proven ability to design and implement governance frameworks and processes
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong stakeholder management, interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable Qualifications:

• Professional certifications (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Agile certifications)
• Experience of working within a centralised PMO or enterprise portfolio environment

We Value a diverse range of skills and experiences here at the West Brom. So even if you don't meet every single requirement listed in the job description but are passionate about the role, we still encourage you to apply.

What's in it for you:

• We pride ourselves on our development opportunities and always look to promote from within wherever possible
• Holiday starting at 175 hours (25 days) plus bank holidays that grow with your time with us and the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday each year
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Living Pensions: Pension scheme starting at 5% contribution from you and 7% contribution from us, and we’ll match your further contributions up to 10.6%
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave with paid fertility treatment, neonatal and pregnancy loss leave
• Life assurance provided by the Society at 4 times your salary
• Yearly performance related pay scheme and pay review
• Private medical insurance that’s discounted when your time with us grows, with the option to include family members
• Salary Sacrifice Electric/Hybrid Car Scheme
• A Perkbox account – giving you 24/7 access to perks, benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and loads more!
• And much more, from flexible working options, wellbeing support and a whole heap of warm West Bromness.

Why choose the West Brom?

At the West Brom we appreciate that our employees are unique individuals with differing needs depending on their specific circumstances and stages in life. When we say our people are the West Brom’s biggest asset that doesn’t mean just viewing them as employees. We’re proud of our heritage and absolutely believe that the West Brom is a great place to work. Our employers are the heart of bringing our new vision to life- where our customers and communities own a more secure future. Everyday, through the work they do together and the care they show, they’re helping turn that vision into real and lasting.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader and encourage disabled applicants and all from diverse backgrounds to apply. We’ll do what we can to adjust our recruitment journey and offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet what we’re looking for. If you need any support with applying to one of our roles, get in touch at careers@westbrom.co.uk. Do it today and click apply!

We reserve the right to withdraw our adverts earlier than the original published expiry date, therefore if you are interested please submit your application as soon as possible.