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Job Title:  IT PMO Officer Apprentice
Posting Start Date:  23/10/2025

Please complete the attached supporting statement explaining why you are a good fit for the role.  If you have a CV which details relevant previous experience you may attach this in addition to the supporting statement.  If you do not have a CV, please add any relevant experience under your supporting statement.

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Salary: £25,780 pa
Contractual Hours: 35 hours
Basis: Full time, Fixed term Contract (20 months)
Workplace category: Workplace based
Attachments: Job Information Pack

 

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Thinking of a career in project Management? Then join our IT Division at The City of London, where we are committed to helping you gain all the necessary skills and experienced to have a successful career. As a PMO Apprentice, you will be at the heart of our operations, supporting a central point of contact for all ongoing initiatives and assisting in the management of our IT Division Portfolio. You will get hands on experience of projects such as a new future network rollout, the building of a state-of-the-art Police headquarters and the use of AI tools such as Co-Pilot across our everyday working lives.  

  

The Role: As a PMO Apprentice, you will:  

 

  • Assist in organising meetings and ensuring timely submission of documents.  

  • Review documents related to processes, budgets, dependencies, and pipeline.  

  • Take minutes, chase actions, and provide updates.  

  • Learn and shadow PMO processes, systems, and methodologies.  

  • Contribute to business change and analysis under the guidance of the PMO.  

  • Hands on experience of project management  

  • Maintaining and improving our PMO management software and dashboards.   

  • Undertake a qualification in Six Sigma process improvement.   

 

What We're Looking For:  

 

  • A proactive individual who wants to make a difference.   

  • An Individual looking to start their career in Project Management  

  • Someone who can enjoys a broad range of work.   

  • A candidate with a rational and organised approach to work.   

  • Excellent communication skills for effective dialogue with colleagues and the ability to work in a team.  

  • The ability to plan, schedule, and monitor own work within short time horizons.  

  • A problem solver who can address routine or basic problems.   

 

This apprenticeship role is based at Guildhall and will last for 20 months (including time to complete your End Point Assessment). 

 

If you are enthusiastic and committed to achieving your Level 3 Improvement Practitioner qualification and are eligible to apply, we would love to hear from you. 

 

To qualify for this apprenticeship, you will need to be: 

  

•             16 or over by the end of the summer holidays 

•             Living in England 

•             Not in full-time education at the time of applying 

              

If you are a non-UK citizen – you need to have permission from the UK government to live  

in the UK (not for educational purposes) and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at  

least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship. 

 

Selected apprenticeships require evidence of English and Maths GCSE Grade C/4 or equivalent.  

 

If we request specific qualification evidence it will be required before applications are considered, please send copies of your certificates and application reference number to CoLHR.Apprenticeships@cityoflondon.gov.uk . 

 

Prior learning: If you have prior learning e.g., a similar or higher level of qualification like the apprenticeship we will be unable to consider your application as your prior learning will not meet the funding rule criteria. If you have prior experience in a similar role to the apprenticeship your experience may also exclude you from an apprenticeship. 

 

If you have any questions on this, please contact CoLHR.Apprenticeships@cityoflondon.gov.uk  

 

Selection for the apprenticeship is on the basis of suitability and commitment to the apprenticeship not qualification. 

 

Please see the Job Information Pack for further information.   

 

Please ensure you answer the questions included in the pack in the Supporting Information section on the application form. 

 

Closing date:  12 noon on 13 November 2025 

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To apply online, please click the Apply online button below.  

 

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OCHA915 if you experience any problems.  A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732. 

 

Please note that this apprenticeship is not available to current City of London employees. 

 

As part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to undertake a prior learning check, all prior qualifications will be verified through the education system to ensure no prior learning has taken place that will impact the apprentice criteria before a successful candidate is formally offered the apprenticeship. 

 

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

  
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