Delivery Assurance

4 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Jacobs Full time
About the Role

As a Delivery Assurance & Governance Analyst at Jacobs, you will play a crucial part in supporting the Digital & IT Delivery Assurance and Governance Manager in delivering and improving ongoing Assurance and Governance processes. Your main responsibility will be to ensure the active review and submission of weekly status portfolio reporting and risks and issues log, work closely with Programme Delivery and Project Managers to address assurance and governance queries, participate and lead in assurance review meetings and ensure architecture design decisions comply with recognised governance standards.

Main Responsibilities

• Maintain the Portfolio Governance framework and schedule and ensure Digital & IT Projects and Programmes adhere to the structure.
• Own and maintain governance templates and logs (Weekly Status, Portfolio Governance Forums, Risks & Issues, Dependencies, RESA, Investment Case, Change Request, Actions and Decisions).
• Ensure strict adherence to Change Control processes whenever a deviation is required from a baselined deliverable, including scope, requirements, costs and timescales.
• Ensure strict adherence to the Governance calendar and deadlines across the Portfolio.
• Schedule Governance meetings and collate and provide supporting Governance material.
• Engage with new joiners (particularly Project Managers & Business Architects) to ensure Governance processes and timelines are understood.
• Regularly liaise with Project Managers to support the successful Governance according to agreed standards and processes, ensuring integrity of baseline information for projects and programmes; such as budgets, milestone dates, investment approval phases.
• Oversee the administration of Projects' Investment and Change Control Processes, to provide assurance that all the projects in the portfolio are appropriately governed and changes to baselined deliverables across the portfolio are managed appropriately.
• Support the continuous improvement of portfolio management arrangements; including procedures, guidance notes and governance structures.

What We're Looking For

• Solid analytical skills, with the ability to interpret multiple sources of complex data to draw conclusions and derive recommendations.
• Demonstrable experience of interacting with multiple projects across different delivery stages.
• Experience of managing a range of stakeholders and able to demonstrate a successful record of accomplishment in influencing and negotiating
• Ability to work across and respect cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Develop and maintain effective stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to multitask and respond quickly to changing situations.
• Ability to clearly present and explain complex information in both verbal and written form.
• Project management skills, with clear knowledge of project and programme delivery methodologies.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and work with a team of skilled IT professionals, made up of internal and contract staff.

About Jacobs

Jacobs is a global leader in delivering innovative solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, we offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities. We offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent, including free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

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