Purpose Ofgem is Great Britain's independent energy regulator. Our purpose is to protect energy consumers, especially vulnerable people, by ensuring they are treated fairly and benefit from a cleaner, greener environment. Energy fuels our society and our economy - that's why our work is so important, and so rewarding. We protect consumers, enables businesses, influences the entire energy industry and help to bring about the seismic societal and infrastructure changes needed to set the foundations for a Net Zero future. The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (ePMO) sits at the heart of Ofgem, supporting delivery of the Multi-Year Strategy through central oversight of the delivery of the annual Forward Work Programme. Our work broadly falls into three functional areas: Planning, publications and analysis Reporting and Assurance Centre of Excellence and continuous improvement We are seeking a high-calibre leader to join the team as a Senior Portfolio and Performance Manager focussed on Portfolio Assurance activities. Ofgem's portfolio of work, detailed in our Forward Work Plan consultation, sets out our key priorities and the nature of our work: We will enable investment in the low carbon infrastructure needed to deliver net zero. To balance the system and keep costs down as the level of intermittent renewables rises, we will need full chain flexibility, for example, through flexible charging of electric vehicles. We will deliver a future retail market with innovative new retail products that, for example, enable consumers to benefit from the flexibility they can provide, whileensuring protections are in place for all. We will unlock the benefits of data and digitalisation to enable these changes at least cost. We will promote energy system governance arrangements that are fit for the future, including Ofgem's role. Key Responsibilities Monitoring and Assurance - Establish and maintain portfolio level controls, keeping the Head of Reporting and Assurance aware of the portfolio status. Prepare assurance reporting, presenting initial analysis for review by senior portfolio lead and researching new information as directed.Ensure that portfolio assurance information is readily available in any of the required filters and views (by strategy, by organisational structure, by status, by stage) Portfolio Assurance - Work with portfolio boards and PMO contacts to identify candidate programmes for ePMO enhanced primary assurance and agree approaches for wider secondary assurance activities. Implementation of Assurance processes- Maintain schedule of assurance activities, plan and agree sessions and approaches with key stakeholders. Utilise the tiering, assurance and stage gate processes to deliver assurance activities providing regular feedback to CoE on any enhancements or feedback from usage, as appropriate. Establish strategic portfolio and performance culture, delivering change in the interests of the organisation as a whole Provide strategic overview, scrutiny and challenge, of the protfolio ensuring alignment of the change portfolio with wider policy and strategic initiatives Establish a performance management culture linked to delivery of lessons learned and operational excellence Promote a culture of continuous improvement, operational efficiency and process control Team - contribute to creating a positive team culture, supporting and engaging with wider team activities. Person specification Key Outputs and Deliverables Lead on Assurance activities for the ePMO team- scheduling, running and tracking ePMO audits, actioning stage gate reviews, assurance reviews and deep dives across the Portfolio. Implement and deliver assurance activities and suggest required improvements to processes, tools and systems to drive assurance performance. Ensure portfolio assurance information is robust and forms an auditable set of baselines and progress against schedule. Deliver highly effective culture and ways of working for the assurance of portfolio activities across the full programme and project life cycle. Assist with the production of an annual Forward Work Plan that sets out Ofgem's portfolio activities, linked to strategic priorities. Ensure that Ofgem's portfolio management processes and PPM professionals are continuously delivering to a high standared in line with best practice, such as APM, MoP and the Civil Service Project Delivery Capability Framework. Role Criteria Essential Understanding of corporate planning and corporate portfolio management & assurance (lead) Experience of providing assurance at portfolio and programme level or within a portfolio management office Experience of stakeholder engagement and leading change in a collabrative way Experience of setting up and implementing stage gate reviews, assurance checks and deep dives. Relevant professional qualifications (MSP, Prince2 or APM) Desirable Portfolio Management or Assurance qualification, such as, Management of Portfolios (MoP), P3O Practitioner or Better Business Cases Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Seeing the Big Picture Changing and Improving Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details. Benefits Alongside your salary of £47,895, OFGEM contributes £13,875 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working, flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. When you press the 'Apply now' button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications. You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word 'personal statement' evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. 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