Strategic Portfolio Support Officer

1 month ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom The Open University UK Full time

**Unit**: Strategy Office
**Salary**: £30,487 to £36,024
**Location**: Milton Keynes
**Please quote reference**: 21607
Permanent, Full-Time post
**Closing Date**: 7 May, 2024 - 12:00

Flexible working patterns will be considered.

**Change your career, change lives.**

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

Part of the University’s Strategy Office, the Strategic Portfolio Office (SPO) exists to enable and support successful change delivery at the Open University. It is a dynamic and fast-paced team of project and programme management professionals leading and overseeing the delivery of the University’s most strategically significant initiatives.

If you aspire to a career in project, programme, or portfolio management, this could be an excellent opportunity to hone your skills and move your career forward

**The role**

A key role in the team, the Strategic Portfolio Support Officer will bind the team together, linking and liaising with colleagues to help build a ‘big picture’ view of delivery across initiatives in the portfolio, contributing to the production of regular portfolio health reports for use by senior management. The Strategic Portfolio Support Officer will also be supporting Senior Project and Programme leaders to move projects forward and will take responsibility for small projects themselves during busy periods. This will be a busy, broad and high-impact role.

**Skills and experience**

**Essential**:

- Demonstrable understanding of project management or experience working within a project environment.
- Proficient in data analysis, with advanced skills in Excel for manipulating and interpreting datasets to derive actionable insights.
- Proven track record of effectively managing multiple projects or areas of work simultaneously, with strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both oral and written, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels within the organisation.
- Ability to work under pressure and to work accurately at pace.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability, consistently delivering high-quality results and taking responsibility for individual performance and working independently.

**Desirable**:

- Professional Project Management certification (i.e., Prince2, MSP, Agile) or the desire and aptitude to gain such a qualification.
- Experience of preparing and working with confidential correspondence.
- Understanding of the Higher Education sector and the Open University’s mission.

More information can be provided via a link to the Job Description.

**What you get in return**

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 30 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

**How to apply**

Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: 01908 655544, quoting the vacancy reference above.
- **CV**:

- **Personal statement, **_up to 1,000 words_**, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.**

Find out more about us and our mission by watching this short video (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link).

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