PMO Assistant - Building Safety Unit

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    Nationwide
  • Division
    Group Support Centre
  • Vacancy Type
    Fixed Term (Barratt Payroll)
  • Time Type
    Full Time
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What you'll be doing?

Reporting to the PMO Manager, this role involves supporting the delivery of a large remediation programme across BDW’s legacy portfolio. The prime driver behind having a dedicated PMO team is to support the administration and monitoring of a large and long programme through ensuring that all of its complex sub-projects adhere to the timelines and the team is connected to meet the ultimate goal.

Main responsibilities of the PMO Assistant would include: portfolio support; programme planning including milestone management; and risk and issue management.

Integral to delivering these responsibilities will be financial management; maintaining risks, issues, assumptions, actions logs; resource forecasting; dependency management; and programme reporting. The team and each individual within the team provides and enables project prioritisation, management information, financial reporting, decision making and potentially resource planning and recruitment.

You will be expected to:

  • Support the successful implementation of the PMO’s strategy, responsibilities, services and deliverables.
  • Support Programme reporting and assist team in reporting to Senior Management and stakeholders.
  • Update and maintain the Risk Log, Action Log, Decisions Log, and Issue Register
  • Track financial reporting whilst ensuring that the programme and projects adhere to the agreed budget
  • Ensure cross-programme dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained.
  • Regularly challenge project control and governance
  • Provide Project planning, Milestone management, Scope management, Resource forecasting;
  • Support preparation of status reporting for BSU leadership

To be successful in the role, we are looking for:
  • Experience of planning, executing, controlling and closing projects and the ability to manage a project and its components simultaneously with minimal supervision
  • Dedicated to creating and maintaining project and programme plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies
  • Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS project
  • Excellent written/oral communication skills for reports and presentations
  • Diplomatic ability to influence others at all levels of the business
  • Ability to competently mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions
  • Exposure to project level financial management
  • Personable, pro-active, professional and able to demonstrate full commitment to exceptional customer care and service in all activities. Work as a key member of the team
  • Ability to communicate and interact at all levels of the organisation
  • Exemplary communication skills.
  • Pursue excellence in all aspects of project.
  • Possess the expert knowledge to identify opportunities for change and the ability to convey the need for change.

We’ve been nationally recognised as a 5 star housebuilder since 2010 for supplying high-quality homes for all generations. That’s more than any other major housebuilder. It’s because we combine the brightest minds, the latest technology, and a genuine commitment to putting customers first. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building. We have tailored opportunities for apprentices, graduates, experienced professionals and ex-Armed Forces personnel to come and help us stay one step ahead, and build the homes that Britain needs.

Barratt adopts a hybrid way of working which assumes that where roles allow, our office-based colleagues divide their time between working in the office, on our construction sites and sales offices, and working from home, as the role dictates.  We recognise the many benefits that an effective hybrid working culture brings to both the Company and our colleagues.

We are building an organisation where anyone with drive and talent can pursue the career they want. We are building a culture where anyone, regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, disability, background or any other characteristic, can progress and be proud to work for us.

As part of working for Barratt Redrow PLC and specifically for this role we offer:
  • Competitive Salary
  • Competitive Bonus Scheme
  • Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
  • Annual Medical Health Assessment
  • 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)
  • Choice of Flexible Benefits
  • Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
Division: Group Support Centre
Location: Nationwide
Positions Available: 1
Closing Date: 13 March 2026
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Any questions?

Our benefits are fit to measure

Today’s housebuilding professional need tomorrow’s benefits, so they’re ready for whatever the future brings. When you join Barratt, you get the kind of support you would expect from a business built for a modern working world.

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Private medical cover

Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more — including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members.

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Pension

First-class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions.

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Annual Health Assessment

All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing.

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Financial benefits

As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable – from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts.

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Lifestyle benefits

Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers… These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle.

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So much more…

From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.

About Group Support Centre

Barratt Redrow PLC is the nation’s leading housebuilder, creating great new places to live throughout Britain.

Our business is acquiring land, obtaining planning consents and building the highest quality homes in places people aspire to live. This is supported by our expertise in land, design, construction and sales and marketing.

Our purpose is to make sustainable living a reality, building strong communities.

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Where you’ll be
working

Here is where you'll be based, whether that's an office or one of our sites.

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Putting diversity and inclusion front and centre

We know that a diverse team is better for our customers, makes us a more attractive employer and results in a stronger, more sustainable business. Which is why we're so committed to developing our inclusive culture.

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Thinking ahead to leave a better world behind

We’re building a sustainable tomorrow, one house and one community at a time. Our commitment to our customers is rooted in every decision and day-to-day action we take.

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PMO Assistant - Building Safety Unit

  • All Locations
    Nationwide
  • Division
    Group Support Centre
  • Vacancy Type
    Fixed Term (Barratt Payroll)
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