On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Portfolio Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based in Swindon - hybrid working.
Job Purpose:
Project Delivery & Improvement provides programme, project, change management and Continuous Improvement together with business analysis support, leading the design, implementation and embedding of change across UKRI to deliver its vision and realise its strategic objectives. We are a team of around 60 working on a range of assignments, some of our projects support research initiatives and activities, but the primary focus of our work is to lead and deliver business change, including the implementation of new corporate systems, operating environment and organisational structures and the development of strategies and processes.
The Portfolio Analyst will be responsible for the oversight of a collection of programmes or projects that contribute to the delivery of departmental or business area objectives. They will focus primarily on providing insight, information and support that strengthens portfolio governance and enables prioritisation decisions and effective allocation of resources across the portfolio. Ultimately, analysts help ensure optimal delivery of departmental/business strategic objectives in line with government priorities through the analysis of a range of information sources and engagement with programme and project stakeholders, and converting this into informed insights using appropriate reporting and visualisation methods.
As a Portfolio Analyst, your main responsibilities will be:
1. Governance & Reporting: Co-ordinate reporting from projects and provide analysis of performance. Provide secretariat for governance boards.
2. People & Leadership: Support the Portfolio Manager to communicate and build commitment to a shared vision and sense of purpose.
3. Planning, Scheduling & Resourcing: Maintain portfolio delivery map and critical path to monitor project progress. Recognise and track interdependencies across change projects.
4. Risk & Opportunity Management: Identify and monitor portfolio risks (threats and opportunities) and escalate as appropriate.
5. Stakeholder Management: Manage and engage with a wide range of stakeholders. Draft and sign-off correspondence.
6. Benefits Management: Help develop mechanisms for measuring benefits.
You'll have:
1. Excellent written communication skills, including a good working knowledge of MS Office packages (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.).
2. Knowledge management - Experience of developing knowledge and expertise within a professional environment.
3. Scheduling - Experience of arranging meetings and of taking and producing notes, minutes, decisions and actions, with the ability to accurately capture and distil key points, including technical discussions.
4. Governance - Ability to work as a flexible, proactive member of a team, supporting colleagues at all levels.
Desirable:
1. A prior role in a project or programme management office with experience of planning, Governance, and Risk.
2. PRINCE2 Foundation Level.
3. Managing Successful Portfolios Foundation Level.
4. Management of Risk Foundation Level.
5. Agile Foundation.
6. Any other project or portfolio support related qualification.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability confident:
As a member of the disability confident scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
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