Portfolio Analyst

Job summary

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Master the Portfolio. Drive the Results. We are looking for a proactive Portfolio Analyst to bring clarity to complexity. If you’re ready to manage risks, optimise resources, and ensure our highest-priority projects stay on track, we want to hear from you. This is a fantastic opportunity to join us and develop your career in the Project Delivery profession.

Job Summary

As a Portfolio Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our suite of projects and programmes delivers real value for the nation. This isn’t just about tracking spreadsheets; it’s about providing the high-quality insights that senior leaders need to make critical investment decisions.

Working at the heart of our Portfolio Management Office (PMO), you will act as a central hub of information. You will monitor performance, identify emerging risks, and ensure that governance standards are met across the board. You will collaborate with Project Managers and stakeholders to maintain a single version of the truth, ensuring that resources are used effectively and that our strategic objectives stay on track. The SDD PMO is a newly formed team of 8 within the Portfolio & Project Delivery function and now is an exciting time to join as we start to build our processes to drive our change capability across the PMO and the wider businessThe Portfolio Analyst role is central to ensuring our national projects and programmes deliver maximum value. Far more than just tracking data, this position demands the provision of high-quality insights essential for senior leaders to make sound investment decisions.

Job description

Key Accountabilities:

• Insight & Reporting: Gathering and analysing complex data to produce clear, actionable reports for senior boards.
• Governance: Working collaboratively to ensure projects are being managed to the highest standards.
• Risk, Issue and Dependency Management: Identifying trends and dependencies across the portfolio that could impact delivery.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Building strong relationships to challenge and support project teams in their reporting.

Person specification

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):

• Strategic Vision: Demonstrate the ability to grasp the 'big picture' and understand the critical drivers of the business strategy.
• Analytical Prowess: Possess strong analytical skills, adept at using data to identify trends and formulate sound conclusions.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Exhibit a strong team ethic, capable of impactful collaboration and engagement.
• Project Expertise: Understand the project delivery lifecycle, including the key differences between Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Communication Skills: Display excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information for diverse stakeholders.
• Process Improvement: Drive the simplification of processes, leveraging tools like AI to enhance productivity and quality.

Behaviours

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

• Governance

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,845, Crown Commercial Service contributes £10,963 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Valuing our people:

• Competitive salary

• Generous pension scheme

• A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus

• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location

• Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)

• Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in ourcandidate pack.

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 and theCivil Service D&I Strategy.

We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact recruitment@gca.gov.uk

Working flexibly, delivering outcomes

GCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.

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 and Technical skills.

Selection Process

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview.

Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@gca.gov.uk.

Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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 : The Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@gca.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@gca.gov.uk

Further information

Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact recruitment@gca.gov.uk in the first instance.
If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk
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