Project Management Officer

Project Management Officer
Full time (37 Hours)
Monday to Friday
£11.44ph
Our Client is Northern Powergrid, based in Stockton. Their vision is to be the best energy company in serving their customers whilst delivering sustainable energy solutions. They are looking for an Administrator to support them within their team.
The successful candidate must work well within a small team and within a busy environment, you will be working directly with PMO Coordinator and PMO Manager.
Duties will include:
- Processing purchase requisitions and receipting of purchase orders
- Update and maintenance of spreadsheets used in the monitoring and control of purchase requisitions for suppliers and contractors
- Investigating and resolving invoice queries with varying levels of complexity
- Taking action to resolve unpaid supplier invoices through engagement with internal purchase order requestors
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with colleagues within Information Systems Purchasing, Procurement, Accounts Payable teams as well as with our main IT supplier
- Conversion and loading of documents into the Electronic Document Approval system
- Monitoring and reporting of documents passing through the document approval process
- Maintain local instructions and guidance notes on the activities you are responsible for
- Offer guidance and assistance to Project Managers on purchase requisitions
Key Competencies
- Good attention to detail
- Good use and understanding of Microsoft Office products with specific focus on Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good customer service skills - on both telephone and email
- Planning and organisation skills - ability to manage workload to meet deadlines
- Ability to use own initiative to identify and solve problems
- Ability to work with project teams
Essential Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum of 5 GCSE's (or equivalent) including Math and English at grade C/4 or above - evidence must be provided
- Experience of working within a busy environment
Desirable Qualifications and Experience ( Not essential)
- Previous experience working in a small Programme/Portfolio Management Office or Project environment
- Experience raising and receipting Purchase Orders
- Experience of Oracle ERP system.
If you have the required skills we'd love to hear from you. For more information please email caitlin.mcandrew@pertemps.co.uk or call the office on 0191 255 7977.