Portfolio Manager

1 month ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Cabinet Office Full time
Job Title: Portfolio Manager

Job Summary:

The Cabinet Office is seeking a highly skilled Portfolio Manager to join its Strategy, Finance and Performance Directorate. As a key member of the team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful delivery of the Cabinet Office's most critical projects.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage the Cabinet Office Major Projects Portfolio, including continuous improvement of processes and applications that support it.
  • Produce high-quality performance management reports on a quarterly basis or ad-hoc basis as required by senior stakeholders and present them to senior CO committees and stakeholders.
  • Responsible for data collation, monitoring, and reporting process for all project and programmes in CO Portfolio, identifying new and innovative ways to provide greater Portfolio insight.
  • Provide advice and guidance to SROs, Programme Directors, or their teams on any facet of project delivery, approvals, assurance, or business case development.
  • Coordinate formal Assurance interventions for projects (Gateway Reviews).
  • Work with the Head of COPO to review Business Cases for the CO Investment Committee (CO-IC) pre-scrutiny meetings.
  • Build and maintain the Business Case pipeline.
  • Support the development of the Project Delivery profession for Cabinet Office, facilitating the development of project delivery capability and capacity across Cabinet Office and embedding a professional career path.
  • Lead the drive to meet IPA Accreditation targets for CO.
  • Driving Functional compliance with FS002 across Cabinet Office and its ALBs.

Requirements:

  • Experience of managing a Project Portfolio or Delivery Programme, including experience of management information reporting, assurance, governance, and risk management.
  • Good understanding of Business Case development and approvals.
  • Good understanding of Assurance and Gateway Reviews.
  • Experience of producing good-quality documentation, management information, and analysis for the consideration of governance boards and senior management.
  • Demonstrable understanding of the Project Delivery Profession, Functional Standards, and how they positively impact project delivery at an organisation level.
  • Experience of investigating, defining, and resolving complex issues in challenging, high-pressured situations with sensitivity and professionalism to ensure a positive outcome.
  • Good communication skills – both oral and written, keen awareness of the audience, able to present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to confidently engage with and manage a complex range of stakeholders, crossing team and organisational and grade boundaries, to build trust and credibility.
  • Strong analytical skills – ability to interpret complex data, discern trends, and draw implications to support effective decision-making.

Desirable:

  • Familiar with project management methodologies, ideally evidenced by one or more of the following accreditations: PLP, P3O, MoP, MSP, Prince2, PMP.
  • Experience of Assurance Reviews (Review Team Member or Lead).

Person Specification:

You will be able to demonstrate:

  • At least a demonstrable practitioner level of experience and current working knowledge/experience of Project Delivery/Portfolio Management.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills to senior committee members.
  • Excellent engagement skills to senior stakeholders.
  • Experience of project/programme management, business change & implementation, change control, and business case development.
  • Experience of successfully leading and managing a project, programme, or PMO team.
  • A good working knowledge of all technical elements of project delivery risk, benefits management, etc.
  • Assurance reviewer experience and/or knowledge of assurance approaches frameworks & methodologies.
  • Experience of financial management of projects, programmes, and teams.
  • Ability to work flexibly and at pace when under pressure.
  • Experience of developing or supporting the Profession or Function.
  • Portfolio, Programme, or Project Management qualifications such as APM Practitioner, MSP, PRINCE2, Management of Portfolios, Project Leadership Programme, etc.

Additional Information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Qualifications:

Familiar with project management methodologies, ideally evidenced by one or more of the following accreditations: PLP, P3O, MoP, MSP, Prince2, PMP.

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Changing and Improving
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £53,400, Cabinet Office contributes £15,469 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Learning and development tailored to your role.An environment with flexible working options.A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.A which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants, and employer contributions ofA minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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