Secretariat & Assurance officer

The Capital Projects team delivers the Government Hubs and Whitehall Campus property programmes that sit within the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP). Supporting these programmes is the Capital Projects Management Office (PMO), whose role it is to define and maintain standards for project management whilst building central capabilities, methods, processes, and in-house standards for the future.Key ResponsibilitiesAs a Secretariat and Assurance Officer your areas of work/responsibility includes but is not limited to:Assisting with the administration and forward planning of the Capital Projects Programme Board; the Regional Delivery Boards and the Capital Projects Assurance Gateway Review process.Work with Governance Manager and Assurance Manager to maintain appropriate systems to enable effective planning and scheduling, working with Project Directors and Project Managers to ensure key assurance activities as captured in schedules.Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate key meetings, and provide secretariat support for Capital Project Programme Board; Regional Delivery Board; Lessons Learnt Workshops; IPA review meetings, plus tracking of any actions and queries. Support delivery of Assurance Gateway Reviews: capturing outcomes; monitoring recommendations/actions to completion and providing assurance on mitigation'sSupport delivery of Lessons Learnt workshops; capturing best practice and monitoring recommendations/actions to completion Assist with the production of Management Information and quarterly Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) returns, fact checking information and challenging back to Projects where there are discrepancies