Project Management Specialist

Project Management Specialist – Salary Circa £45,000

This is a great job for someone who has solid PMO or project support experience and is looking to play a key role in a high-profile transformation environment. You might already be working in a PMO, programme or change function and want to broaden your impact across a portfolio, or be ready to take the next step into a more insight-led, stakeholder-facing role where you can influence delivery standards and decision making.

A bit about the job:

This role sits within the UKGI COO Transformation PMO, supporting the safe, effective and well-governed delivery of change initiatives across the portfolio. You’ll provide oversight, governance and insight to ensure projects stay on track and aligned to standards, while surfacing risks and supporting informed decision making.

Working closely with delivery teams, Finance and stakeholders, you’ll help maintain strong planning, reporting, RAID discipline and assurance across programmes. You’ll also play a key role in improving data quality, strengthening governance and enabling better visibility of performance, dependencies and risks across the change landscape.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong PMO or project support experience within change, transformation, programme or portfolio environments

• Good understanding of governance, planning, reporting, and risk & issue management

• Ability to analyse information and translate it into clear, actionable insight for stakeholders

• Confident communication skills, with the ability to engage and constructively challenge stakeholders

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail across plans, artefacts and delivery outputs

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary Circa £45,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email amber.britton@aviva.com.