Home-based - Flexible, United Kingdom

Salary - £42,800 - £51,700 per annum

We could consider recruiting into the vacancy, on a part time basis, up to £51,700 for the right candidate.

Contracted Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week or part time may be considered

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date: Sunday 5th May 2024 at 11.59pm

Please note CQC are advertising this role on behalf of the Human Tissue Authority.

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

About the Human Tissue Authority...

The Human Tissue Authority’s (HTA’s) primary goal is to protect public and professional confidence in the safe and ethical use of human tissue. The HTA is the national independent regulator for organisations that remove, store and use tissue for research, medical treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching and display in public. We also give approval for organ and bone marrow donations from living people. With the interests of the public and those we regulate at the centre of our work, we aim to maintain confidence by ensuring that human tissue is used safely and ethically, with proper consent.

Established under the Human Tissue Act 2004, we are an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care. The Authority’s Chair and Board are appointed by the Secretary of State for Health. The Chair and half of the Board are lay, with the remainder being professionals drawn from some of the groups who are affected by the legislation. The Authority is supported by an Executive team of 50 staff.

Why this could be a great role for you…

A unique opportunity has become available for a Business Portfolio Manager to join our team. The Business Portfolio Manager plays a key part in supporting the HTA to achieve its vision by developing an effective, practical and transparent process to enable the management of all business activities the HTA undertakes.

Reporting to the Deputy Director Performance & Corporate Governance and with strong business management skills and experience in Portfolio Management / PMO management and reporting, the role holder will be responsible for creating a balanced Business Plan and then ensuring that all activities on the Business Plan are delivered on time and to budget through active and dynamic Portfolio Management.

The role holder will own HTA’s Portfolio and Project Management processes, tools and techniques and will work with directorates to ensure both Portfolio and Project Management processes and lifecycles are followed and documented, including Stage Gate reviews, Governance documentation creation / scrutiny and Change Control interventions.

The Business Portfolio Manager will be responsible for developing effective, efficient and accessible processes for the collation of Portfolio and Project level activities across the organisation, including monthly Portfolio reports and analyses, collaborative meetings with Project Managers to support and challenge scheme performance and commentary, and coordinating monthly Portfolio meetings across management levels. They will also ensure that the Senior Management Team in particular has full visibility of known and developing risk to the delivery and or budget of the Business Plan.

What you will bring…

You’ll be experienced in matrix management with a supportive and collegiate attitude and have the ability to ‘sell’ Portfolio and Project Management processes and ideas to others.

We are looking for the postholder to have experience of creating Business Plans from scratch, scoping new ideas clearly and succinctly, prioritising these possibilities and building a balanced Portfolio to deliver the Strategy.

You will have experience of working across boundaries to deliver an agreed Business Plan in a Portfolio Management / PMO setting, with all the good Governance that you would expect in terms of individual scheme documentation and assurance.

With strong analytical skills and a passion for all things Portfolio Management, you will be able to review large quantities of information from a variety of sources in a variety of forms and identify, categorise and prioritise key issues, and create compelling Portfolio level outputs.

Excellent communication skills both written and oral and confidence engaging with and managing stakeholder relationships effectively, is crucial to succeed in this role. 

What we can offer you...

Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays). We also offer membership of the NHS pension scheme. As this role is home-based we ensure our Homeworkers are also kitted out with everything they need to comfortably work from home.

Remote working option *Standard contracts available are homeworking (an average of 3 days in the office each month) or office-based (minimum of 1 day a week in the office).

Essential Skills and Experience:

- Experience of working across boundaries to deliver business priorities in a Portfolio Management / PMO setting.

- Experience of owning and developing Portfolio Management processes, tools and techniques.

- Experience of providing Project-level assurance through standardised reporting cycle and through Stage Gate Reviews.

- Experience of creating complex Business Plans covering a Portfolio of both core operations and Projects.

- Knowledge and experience of using data intelligence. Strong analytical skills, able to review large quantities of information from a variety of sources in a variety of forms and identify, categorise and prioritise key issues.

- Strong written and oral communication skills, able to manage stakeholders deftly and effectively and to write clearly and persuasively in plain English.

- High level of self-awareness, able to appreciate impact on others, keen and able to learn from what has gone well and what has not.

- Able to work successfully independently and as part of a team.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

- Experience of working within the regulation environment and or an Arm’s Length Body.

- Prince2 qualified.

For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact John McDermott, Deputy Director for Performance & Corporate Governance. 

Individual adjustments... 

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email.

Other organisations may call this role Business Operations Manager, Portfolio Manager, Continuous Improvement Manager, Business Development Manager, or Business Manager.

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