Portfolio Analyst

Role overview

Portfolio analysis and governance

• Oversee a collection of programmes or projects supporting departmental or business-area objectives.
• Provide insight and information to strengthen portfolio governance, prioritisation, and resource allocation.
• Bring together information from stakeholders and multiple sources and use reporting and visualisation to support strategic objectives.
• Maintain milestone, performance, risk, dependency, assumption, benefit, financial, and resource information.
• Assess portfolio health, delivery predictability, strategic alignment, outcomes, constraints, and opportunities.
• Provide senior leaders and governance boards with reliable, timely information on delivery confidence and potential decisions or interventions.

About the organisation

Workplace

• The role is aligned with ONS hybrid working principles and expects 40% office attendance, in line with business and role requirements.
• The induction process will be conducted in person.
• Listed locations are Newport and Titchfield (Fareham).

Compensation

• The listed salary is £41,985; no salary cadence is stated.
• The role includes a Civil Service Pension with a stated employer contribution of 28.97%.

Working pattern

• The posting lists flexible working and full-time, job-share, and part-time working patterns.

Requirements

• Provide portfolio analysis and support across programmes or projects aligned with departmental or business-area objectives.
• Bring together information from multiple sources and convert it into evidence-based insight using appropriate reporting and visualisation methods.
• Support portfolio governance, prioritisation decisions, and effective resource allocation.
• Provide clear information on delivery confidence, performance, risks, dependencies, resources, benefits, outcomes, and strategic alignment.