PMO Officer Apprentice

Magellan

Nottingham (NG9 1LA)

Closes in 27 days (Friday 20 November 2026)

Posted on 23 October 2026

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Summary

This role is designed for a motivated individual who wants to launch a career in Project Management. You will train towards a nationally recognised qualification while supporting our team with client projects, team activities and business operation opportunities.

Wage

£23,088 a year

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Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Days and shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 27 November 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Project planning: shadow Project Managers to learn how we build and maintain project plans, helping to track key milestones and update task timelines
  • Tracking progress & risks: learn how to use project tracking systems to maintain our RAID registers (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and check that team tasks are moving forward on time
  • Team coordination: help organise and schedule project team meetings, prepare agendas, and take clear, professional action items and notes to distribute afterward
  • Financial tracking: assist in tracking actual project spend against our budgets, learning how we manage project costs, WBS codes, timesheets, and resource plans
  • Status reporting: help pull together weekly or monthly status updates and dashboards to share delivery progress with our management team and clients

Where you'll work

1 Beeston Business Park, Technology Drive
Beeston
Nottingham
NG9 1LA

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

QA LIMITED

Training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Training schedule

The Project Manager programme integrates live and online workshops with self-paced learning, employing a guided discovery approach for individual learner contexts. 

Learners are assigned a Digital Learning Consultant (DLC) for personalised coaching and support. These specialists ensure their successful progress, wellbeing, and readiness for assessments.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail

Other requirements

Entry Requirements

Acceptable qualifications include any of:

  • Level 3 Qualification (Apprenticeship/A Levels/BTEC etc.) 
  • OR equivalent work experience (typically 2 years in a relevant role) 

AND

  • 5 x GCSE’s including English & Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above

About this employer

Magellan is a European consulting and technology group operating across 13 countries, with 6,700 employees and €900 million in revenue. We help public and private organisations deliver end-to-end transformation from strategic consulting to the design, deployment and 24/7 operation of secure digital platforms. With expertise across Microsoft, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Pega, SAP, AWS and Google, alongside strong in-house software development capabilities, we help organisations build scalable, resilient and AI enabled businesses. Our expertise spans transport and mobility, banking and insurance, public sector, healthcare, energy, defence, luxury and retail.

Company benefits

We're passionate about helping people build successful careers. Since 2020, we've recruited and developed more than 150 apprentices across the UK, earning recognition as Apprentice Employer of the Year and achieving Great Place to Work and Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality accolades. We believe talent comes from every background, so we focus on potential, enthusiasm and ambition, providing the support, opportunities and real-world experience needed to help our people thrive.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Once your apprenticeship programme is complete, we aim, wherever possible, to offer permanent roles within the business. For those who are successful, we will continue to invest in your professional development through opportunities such as further qualifications, day-release courses and supported study during working hours.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

QA LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000060810.

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Closes in 27 days (Friday 20 November 2026)

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