Project Manager - Programme and Performance (OWGP)

Are you experienced in business performance management?

Do you want to work for the UK’s leading Technology, Innovation and Research Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy?

We are recruiting a PROJECT MANAGER - PROGRAMME AND PERFORMANCE (OWGP) to be accountable for monitoring OWGP’s performance against corporate targets.

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) was established as part of the Offshore Wind Sector Deal in 2019. OWGP is a long-term business transformation programme with a ten-year budget of £100m to support UK offshore wind supply chain companies to grow through increased competitiveness. ORE Catapult is contracted to deliver the OWGP programme so the successful candidate will be an ORE Catapult employee on full-time secondment to OWGP.

What will I do?

• Be accountable for the OWGP impact management process
• Collect data, conduct analyses, produce reports, presentations and website content
• Improve data collection and analysis methods and tools
• Monitor progress against programme delivery plans and budgets
• Support engagements with internal and external stakeholders

What are we looking for?

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification
• Solid understanding of business performance management, including knowledge of financial statements and budgets
• Experience of interpreting data, providing useful analysis and coordinating information
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Stakeholder management skills
• Understanding of and interest in offshore wind industry and supply chain
• Advanced leadership skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Experience of data analysis, reporting and presentation tools e.g., Power BI

What do we offer?

• Salary up to £50k, depending on experience

• Flexibility on working in the office and at home

• 38 days holidays including flexible bank holidays and option to buy 5 days extra

• Pension, annual bonus, life assurance and health care scheme as standard

• Electric vehicle and bike2work salary sacrifice schemes

• Open working environment with great potential for career progression and options for Learning and Development

• Access to Mental Health First Aiders and a range of diversity groups and networks, including Inclusion and Diversity, STEM and LGBTQ+

• Refer a Friend scheme paying £1500

ORE Catapult understands the importance of ensuring everyone can be heard, valued, is able to put forward ideas and feels part of something bigger. In a company like ours, that's always pushing boundaries on innovation, we believe diversity of our people is key to getting a range of ideas, points of view and different perspectives that ultimately ensures our success as a business. We also understand that some candidates tend to apply only when they tick every box of the criteria stated on an advert. If you don’t tick every box but do feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role, we’d encourage you to still go ahead and make an application.