25.133 Portfolio Performance Manager

Job summary

This role is responsible for supporting the collation of all change reporting to provide analysis of performance against the defined change portfolio, as set out in the Change and Transformation Plan.

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Job description

The role will primarily support the Senior Portfolio Manager in providing insight, information and support that strengthens portfolio governance and enables prioritisation decisions and effective allocation of resources across the portfolio, converting this into informed insights using appropriate reporting and data visualisation methods.

· Support the Senior Portfolio Manager to provide performance reporting of progress against the Change and Transformation Plan, using key metrics to support the evaluation and effectiveness of the DBS change activity.

· Support the coordination and development of reporting from projects and provide analysis of performance at portfolio level, identifying any trends, gaps and key issues to be escalated.

· Report portfolio performance against KPIs to support evaluation of value for money, project delivery performance and resourcing.

· Recognise and track interdependencies at portfolio level across change projects

Corporate Duties:

· Promote within the function a culture of high performance, continuous improvement and innovation that values learning and a commitment to quality.

· To create positive relationships with all DBS stakeholders through the appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives.

· Be an ambassador for DBS, instilling and maintaining confidence in the external world.

· ‘Living the Civil Service values and serving the public’; demonstrating the behaviours which reflect those set out in the Civil Service Leadership Statement.

· Always being guided by DBS values; ensuring that day to day behaviours and interactions with colleagues reflect these values.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

ABILITY

• Ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills with ability to present complex data in a clear and comprehensible way.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in partnership and across organisational boundaries.
• Resilience in challenging circumstances: ability to work under pressure, remaining calm but decisive.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working change or project environment.
• Able to prioritise work, working within a fast-paced environment providing a creative approach to problem solving.
• Experience working within teams to deliver shared goals.
• Experience of analysing data to provide performance reporting to ensure successful delivery.

TECHNICAL

• Understanding of relevant project methodologies.
• Proficient in Microsoft packages such as Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams

Desirable Criteria

ABILITY

• Experience of working within a politically sensitive environment

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of influencing and constructively challenging teams and stakeholders based on insight.

TECHNICAL

• Recognised qualification in relevant field (e.g. project management).
• Understanding and working experience of Government Functional Standards.
• Understanding of corporate governance requirements
• Understanding of the safeguarding environment.

Behaviours

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

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,444, Disclosure & Barring Service contributes £10,557 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The DBS offers a number of excellent benefits for its employees. These can include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption schemes (after a qualifying period)
• Commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Occupational Health Service including referrals for counselling and physiotherapy
• 24/7 Counselling and Wellbeing Service
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

The DBS vision and purpose is to make people safer by being a visible, trusted and influential organisation, providing an outstanding quality of service to all our customers and partners, where our people understand the important safeguarding contributions they make and feel proud to work here. To do this, the DBS is committed to being an employer that is able to attract, develop, retain and engage diverse talent that is representative of the communities we serve, and to be an organisation providing outstanding service to all our existing and new customers, who are diverse and have a range of different needs. We want all our staff to be able to bring their ‘whole self’ to work.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE: Please provide a CV along with a personal statement of no more than 1000 words, outlining how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role, including all essential and desirable criteria and a 250-word behaviour example demonstrating the behaviour: Working Together.

The CV and Personal Statement will be sifted first for all candidates. Those candidates who achieve the pass mark for the CV and Personal Statement, will progress to a further sift on the behaviour. In the event that we receive a large number of applications, the sift pass mark may be raised.

AT INTERVIEW: For all candidates who are successful at the initial sifting stage, you will be invited to a Microsoft Teams virtual interview.

The aim of the panel interview will be to assess your ability to demonstrate the following behaviours:

• Communication & Influencing
• Changing & Improving
• Delivering at Pace

Strengths questions will also be asked at interview.

The following timetable outlines indicative dates. Please note, these dates may be subject to change without prior notice.

• Advert Close Date: 02/02/2026 at 10:00am
• The initial candidate sift is due to take place week commencing 02/02/2026
• Interviews are due to take place week commencing 16/02/2026

Whilst we will endeavour to provide some flexibility with regards to dates wherever possible, it is unlikely that we will be able to offer an alternative date once an appointment has been scheduled.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : DBS People Support Team
• Email : dbspeoplesupportteam@dbs.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSPeopleSupportTeam@dbs.gov.uk

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