Portfolio Analyst
Role Overview
Portfolio Analyst role in the ONS Social Surveys Central Services Division.
Supports portfolio governance, prioritisation, and resource allocation across programmes and projects.
Provides evidence-based insight into performance, risk, dependencies, resources, benefits, outcomes, and strategic alignment.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Portfolio Analyst role in the ONS Social Surveys Central Services Division.
Supports portfolio governance, prioritisation, and resource allocation across programmes and projects.
Provides evidence-based insight into performance, risk, dependencies, resources, benefits, outcomes, and strategic alignment.
Job description
- Bring together information from multiple sources and use reporting and visualisation to inform portfolio decisions.
- Assess whether portfolios are on track to deliver intended outcomes and identify where confidence is reducing.
- Maintain milestone, performance, risk, dependency, assumption, benefit, financial, and resource information.
- Provide transparent insight into portfolio health, delivery predictability, constraints, opportunities, and outcome traceability.
- Support governance by giving boards and senior decision makers reliable and timely delivery information.
Location and working arrangements
- Locations are Newport and Titchfield (Fareham).
- The role follows ONS hybrid working principles, with expected office attendance contributing to an overall 40% attendance level.
- Induction will be conducted in person.
Salary and benefits
- Advertised salary is £41,985; no pay cadence is specified.
- Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Contract and working pattern
- Contract type is permanent.
- Advertised working patterns include flexible working, full-time, job share, and part-time.
About the organisation
ONS produces official statistics on economic, social, and demographic topics.
The Social Surveys Directorate designs, collects, and produces household survey data used across government, business, academia, and the public.
Social Surveys Central Services provides strategic direction, governance, coordination, programme management, business change, and technology planning.
Requirements
- Analyze information from multiple sources and turn it into clear, evidence-based portfolio insights.
- Engage with programme and project stakeholders to support portfolio reporting and governance.
- Use appropriate reporting and visualisation methods to inform prioritisation and delivery decisions.
- Provide insight into portfolio performance, risks, dependencies, resources, benefits, outcomes, and strategic alignment.
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