Senior Portfolio Analyst

On behalf of HSE, we are looking for a Senior Portfolio Analyst (Inside IR35) until end of March 2026. This is a hybrid working role (one day per week office based - Liverpool/Basingstoke/Birmingham/Leeds or Nottingham).

At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job. Our mission is to prevent work-related death, injury, and ill health.

Our roots stretch back to 1833. The modern HSE is an independent regulator with a wide reach across many employment sectors. Using world leading science, we have helped protect millions of people from devasting injury and suffering through our diverse regulatory activities.

We concentrate effort on the most serious risks, targeting industries with the greatest hazards, and sectors with the worst risk management record. We hold people to account where we have to, and we are firm but fair when using our legal powers. We also provide support to businesses through free guidance and advice tailored to business needs. By giving them the confidence to manage risks sensibly, we boost productivity, support the economy, and contribute to a fairer society. We work hard to help maintain an effective regulatory framework, playing our part in providing proportionate and accountable legal requirements.

The world of work is always changing. We use science to understand these changes. And that understanding helps us all prepare for the workplaces of tomorrow... so Great Britain continues to be one of the safest and best places to work and do business.

Job Purpose:

As a Senior PMO Analyst you will play an important role in defining, building and

monitoring our ambitious roadmap of digital and business transformation, focusing on operational and regulatory effectiveness and efficiency whilst improving overall

portfolio outcomes.

You will be responsible for working with a variety of operational delivery specialisms across a sub section of the portfolio to improve project and programme delivery compliance, you will define and embed the standards for delivery and assurance management, ensuring all aspects of delivery compliance are governed and assured to support HSE in delivering our ambitions transformation agenda.

As a Senior PMO Analyst, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead assurance activities (e.g. health checks, deep dives, gateway reviews) to ensure effective risk, scope, plan, and financial management aligned with PMO standards.
• Collaborate with business areas to identify and prioritise new projects using portfolio management and multi criteria analysis.
• Monitor and escalate portfolio-level risks and issues as needed.
• Maintain Finance, RAID, and Planning trackers; produce high quality tailored reports for diverse stakeholders.
• Support the Planning Manager with the development of delivery tracking and dependency monitoring mechanisms across the portfolio.
• Coordinate project/programme reporting and analyse performance data.

Essential:

• Experience in providing assurance across the full project/programme lifecycle, ensuring standards are met and scope, risks, issues, plans, benefits, and objectives are clearly defined and agreed.
• Experience in risk and issue management, with a focus on implementing mitigations, managing dependencies, and resolving programme conflicts to maintain standards and outputs.
• Experience in leading change initiatives that deliver service and performance improvements, efficiencies, and enhanced user experiences.
• Proficient in project and programme planning, including use of MS Project and data analysis to produce effective reports for senior management.
• Experience in financial management across projects and portfolios, including delivering financial management information (MI) to senior stakeholders.
• A relevant Project / Portfolio Management qualification (Prince2, MSP, MOP, Agile etc.)

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, HSE 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. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

HSE guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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".