Portfolio Analyst
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,997.00 to £43,552.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31997.00 - £43552.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf), E14 4PU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | K9919-25-0173 |
Summary
Our team is dedicated to ensuring effective governance, risk management, and performance monitoring across the VCD team, supporting its strategic objectives and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and programme and project delivery.All VCD personnel to ensure all operational activities and processes adhere to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards, maintaining compliance and supporting the integrity of the supply chain. Co-ordinate reporting requirements by the projects/programmes to support the analysis of the Portfolio performance. Provide secretariat support ensuring the smooth functioning and running of governance boards and ad hoc meetings. Maintain the portfolio delivery map and critical path to monitor project progress. Recognise and track interdependencies across change projects. Identify and monitor portfolio risks (threats and opportunities) and escalate as appropriate. Manage and engage with a wide range of stakeholders, building strong and trusted relationships. Support Portfolio Leads to develop mechanisms for measuring benefits, by gathering and collating information. Support the Portfolio Leads to communicate and build commitment to a shared vision and sense of purpose. Manage the PMO mailbox. Ensure teams standards, policies, procedures, and tools are up to date and reflective current ways of working. Be an active member of the UKHSA Project Delivery Profession Community Essential Criteria: Working knowledge of planning, scheduling, resource management, risk and issue management, change control, governance, project methodologies and assurance in a project delivery environment. Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. Works well under pressure, effectively manages multiple tasks, with a keen attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to challenge effectively to ensure the correct information is presented at the right time. Strong capability in using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Selection Process Details: This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Skills. Stage 1: Application & Sift Success profiles You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 6 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) 500 word Statement of Suitability This should outline how your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together. Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of: Meets all essential criteria Meets some essential criteria Meets no essential criteria Pile 'meets all essential criteria' will be taken through to shortlisting. Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on: Working knowledge of planning, scheduling, resource management, risk and issue management, change control, governance, project methodologies and assurance in a project delivery environment. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessmentPlease do not exceed 500 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. Feedback will not be provided at this stage. Stage 2: Interview Success profiles You will be invited to a single remote interview. Behaviours and experience will be tested at interview. The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be: Working Together (lead behaviour) Delivering at Pace Seeing the Big Picture Interviews dates to be confirmed. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Selection Process Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV. Eligibility Criteria External: open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). Location This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Security Clearance Level Requirement Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.