Job Description

Overview:
Music wouldn\'t exist without the work of songwriters, composers and publishers. We\'re here to represent them and make sure that they are paid for their work. After more than a century in the industry, we continue to innovate as a world-leading organisation.


The Role


The role of the PMO Analyst is to support the successful delivery of projects, programmes, and portfolios. The PMO Analyst is a highly skilled and detail-focused individual. They provide quality assurance for the project, ensuring that Project Plans have the right level of detail, and that project documentation adheres to the PRS for Music Programme and Projects framework. The PMO Analyst challenges the Project Manager where appropriate, ensuring that projects meet deadlines, goals and metrics devised at the beginning of the project journey and that they stay within budget. Additionally, the PMO Analyst is pivotal in the collection, management, and analysis of data used to generate reports that support the management of projects and programmes as well as organising and attending various project meetings. Responsibilities:

• Understand the scope of a project and business case to ensure project parameters meet key stakeholders agreed needs and expectations.
• Develop a good understanding of the various Business Units across the organisation and the impact of projects and programmes on them.
• Work closely with the Programme Directors and Project Managers to develop the overall programme / project plan, monitoring progress on a continual basis, identifying inter-dependencies, and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Objectively challenge the Project Manager where appropriate if elements are missing or lacking in detail on the project plan.
• Ensure that the appropriate project management tools, techniques, standards, and processes being used by the project are up to date and compliant.
• Complete quality assurance and audit checks on projects at regular stage gates
• Conduct assurance on key artefacts that are produced/maintained by projects and programmes as they move through the change lifecycle (e.g., PID, Business Case, Workspaces, Exception Reports, Closure Reports)
• Monitor and report on the status of current projects to key stakeholders as per agreed timescales flagging at an early stage if budgets or timelines are compromised.
• Organise and attend various steering committee and PMO meetings, by preparing packs, tracking actions, and providing minutes. Follow-up with both attendees and non-attendees
• Provide finance support to the Project Manager in relation to Invoices and Purchase orders.
• Liaise with project team members and provide suggestions or solutions to unforeseen issues when required.
• Advocate the use of standard processes, toolsets, templates, and frameworks.
• Help to maintain the Knowledge Hub

For a full list of duties, please email the recruitment team and request a copy of the job description. About you:

• Familiarity with project and programme lifecycles and associated issues and problems
• Relevant formal qualifications such as MoP, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and PRINCE2 (beneficial)
• Proficient in MS Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint Word)
• Great computer skills and knowledge of PMO Software tools
• Experienced in MS Project
• Experienced in Power Bi (beneficial)
• Working knowledge of Waterfall and/or Agile/Scrum based programmes/projects.
• Ability to build positive relationships with stakeholders and be able to liaise at all levels of the organisation with professionalism.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (ability to influence/diplomacy skills, technical info)
• Ability to multi-task, make decisions and manage priorities effectively in a fast-paced environment under time pressured deadline.
• Good financial/analytical skills along with experience in data modelling and visualisation including business intelligence tools.
• Ability to analyse a range of complex data and make decisions based on analytical findings.
• Strong program coordination and administration abilities
• High levels of accuracy and strong attention to detail
• Strong presentation and organisation skills
• High level of self-motivation and drive with a commitment to delivery
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment.
• Outstanding customer service skills
• Disciplined and conscientious approach

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you?

Here are just a few things that set PRS for Music apart from the crowd:

• We trust, value, and support our people to make the difference
• We believe that diversity of thought and experience provides the platform for innovation and creativity
• We are consciously inclusive and have eight Affinity Groups which you can join and make an impact
• We invest in the development of our people to drive our ambitions forward
• We offer a range of family friendly leave including enhanced maternity and paternity, grandparent, fertility, reproductive and menopause support.
• We know time to rest and recharge is important which is why we offer 25 days holiday entitlement with the option to top up twice annually up to a maximum of 30 days
• Employees can work from anywhere in the world for up to two months of the year
• Plus a whole range of other benefits, including retail discounts, gym discounts, season ticket or bicycle loan.

The Process

Our interview process for this role is simple:

• First stage interview will take place virtually on MS Teams.
• Second stage interview will take place in person at our London Bridge Hub.

We use competency-based questions within our interviews. This allows you to provide examples of situations where you have had to demonstrate the required skills relevant to the role you are applying for. To assist your preparation for interview, research the STAR method to aid bringing your examples to life.

Location


We offer a hybrid working model, allowing employees to work from home up to three days a week.


To ensure the health and safety of all our employees, if you wish to work from home for more than 2.5 days per week, we will conduct a quick and easy remote-working assessment.

If you sound like you could be the right person for the job, apply now.


At PRS we are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging for all. We have taken a holistic approach to ensure that no one feels excluded regardless of age, class, sexuality, gender, race, religion, or ability. We value the needs of everyone in our organisation and strive to build an environment where our employee\xe2\x80\x99s contributions are recognised in order that everyone may thrive.