Date: 29 Jun 2026
Job Location:
Gloucester
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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title: Portfolio Management Office Manager
Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 6
Salary: £55,717 - £59,753 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.00
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Duration: 18 months
Closing Date: 12/07/2026
Job Requisition Number: 14392
This post is not open to job share
About The Team & Role
Are you an experienced and forward-thinking PMO Lead looking for your next challenge?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to take on a key role within our PMO Planning & Coordination team, with responsibility for overseeing the planning, delivery and governance of our organisational portfolio.
Although not immune to the financial pressures faced by other councils, as a financially stable council we can take a proactive and positive approach to tackling them. Central to this approach is our continued commitment to improving how we deliver services, identifying efficiencies, and ensuring that investment supports a better future for Gloucestershire.
As a council, we have a renewed focus on transformation and change across the organisation, with ambitious programmes in place to support this. The PMO Lead will play a critical role in enabling this success by ensuring that strong governance, robust processes and effective portfolio oversight are embedded, allowing benefits to be realised across our priority programmes and projects.
In this role, you will work closely with programme managers, project leads, and senior stakeholders across the council and partner organisations. You will also be part of a supportive and collaborative team, working closed with a matrix of colleagues including a programme, project and change community as well as data and performance colleagues, all committed to delivering meaningful organisational change.
About You
To be successful, you will bring significant experience in leading and managing portfolio management offices (PMOs) within complex organisational environments, including large-scale transformation programmes. You will have a strong track record of implementing programme and project management standards, and of ensuring effective governance, reporting, and benefits realisation across a corporate portfolio.
Your excellent organisational and analytical skills will enable you to manage competing priorities, monitor performance, and provide value-added insight, challenge and assurance to senior leaders. You will be confident in identifying risks and issues early and ensuring prompt resolution to keep programmes on track.
You will be an effective communicator, able to engage, influence and build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. Your ability to present clear, concise reports and robust business cases will support effective decision-making.
We are also looking for someone with strong leadership capability – able to motivate teams, drive high standards, and embed a culture of continuous improvement within the PMO function.
About Us
Hybrid working arrangements are available for many of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
Flexible and agile working opportunities
25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
Career development and qualification opportunities
Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing free, confidential advice 24/7
An in-house Occupational Health service
Employee discount scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
How to apply
If you feel you have the skills, experience and passion required to make a positive difference, we would love to hear from you. Please express your interest in this position by submitting your CV and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” button.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Charlotte Salt via
[email protected].
Applications may close before the advertised deadline if a suitable number of applications are received.
Short‑listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview w/c 20th July 2026.
This position is 18 months initially, with potential for permanent status or extension. Secondments welcome.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below: -
Portfolio Management Office Manager - Job Profile
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
