We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's more than just homes that make a community - it's the people. That's why we build homes and manage communities where everyone can thrive.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're a part of our cause.

More about your role

This role is part of our 2023 graduate programme, known internally as our Emerging Talent programme. As our Graduate PMO Analyst you will join our transformation office ensuring the continuous delivery of benefits within a large range of projects.

The start date for this role is 18th September 2023 which will include a week long induction based from Leeds.

The two-year programme will support you to develop the core skills, behaviours and technical ability to pursue a future career as a Benefits Analyst or a wider project management role.

This role will offer exposure to all areas of our business working on varied projects. You'll be tasked in understanding the benefits that different projects can offer, including savings in cost and time and improvements in quality of processes and customer experience. Once you've identified these benefits you'll ensure that project is kept on course to delivery and beyond. The Group Transformation Office works on multi million pound projects on an annual basis and you'll benefit from exposure to these.

For more information, please download our job profile available on our website.

More about you

This role is ideal for someone with a keen eye for detail and an inquisitive mind. You'll want to get stuck in and not be afraid to challenge and change systems, processes and applications that don't meet their full potential and requirements.

You'll be educated to a graduate-level with a degree within a related specialism such as data, project management or similar.

Striving to do the right thing not the easy thing! You'll be encouraged to take ownership of your own projects workload and whilst you'll get the support of the team, the opportunity to have the autonomy to make decisions should excite you.

You'll put People First, delivering excellent customer experience and service to our internal colleagues. Acting as an ambassador for both the transformation office and the Emerging Talent Programme.

This role is suitable for applications from across the UK with home working being seen as a norm.

The application process is designed to support you to showcase your personality, strong communicators and candidates who embody our SPIRIT values will be looked upon favourably.

Benefits

You'll join our Emerging Talent programme which brings together SPIRITed and talented individuals from across Places for People. The programme is designed to provide you with a wide range of skills, business insight and sector specific knowledge over two years. You'll learn a lot and quickly, you'll get exposure to some of our senior leaders as well being connected to a business mentor to support you throughout. You'll be encouraged and empowered to flourish and thrive within a nurturing environment. Our ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that's why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse ad pioneering environment.

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly

• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%

What's next?

Hopefully what you've read here has got you excited and wanting to apply. The first step of the application process should take around 20 minutes. You'll be asked to complete your personal details, academic history and provide us some additional supporting information about you. Don't worry you should know all of the answers. The next part of the application form is asking you to complete a few additional questions, these will ask you to consider your reason for applying, what you want out of the Emerging Talent programme and how you would address current societal issues. Take your time over these, your answers will be shared and may lead to additional questions throughout the application process.

Finally, you'll be asked to upload a CV, this should include an overview of your work history so far, don't forget to include any volunteering you've done. You will need to make sure this includes all of your academic achievements, from GCSE to your most recent qualifications.

Once we've been able to review your application and CV, successful candidates will be sent invites to complete a video interview. This gives you the opportunity to give us more information and offer insight into the person behind the CV.