Digital Portfolio Manager - Central Government

Role: Digital Portfolio Manager
Contract Length: 3 months
Location: Hybrid/London, Bristol or Manchester -no set onsite expectation, the successful applicant can work remotely predominantly and the current team is spread out. They may be asked to attend occasional team days in person, these can be held across the three locations
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £575-£650 per day
Security Clearance: BPSS

Spinwell is recruiting for a Digital Portfolio Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIGITAL PORTFOLIO MANAGER

• Have a sound knowledge and experience of using tracking software, particularly Jira, as well as an excellent understanding of operational delivery, organisational governance and management information reporting.
• Support of our central mission to provide people across the public sector with the skills, tools, guidance, and knowledge they need to build better public services.
• Play a key role in supporting team delivery, embedding appropriate tracking, and reporting to our central PMO across multiple disciplines.
• Establish and maintain portfolio governance, reporting and management information processes, providing accurate insight to support monthly, quarterly and annual business planning and decision making.
• Support Senior Managers and Deputy Directors to prioritise work, manage dependencies, identify critical paths and balance resources across a portfolio of complex digital initiatives.
• Provide portfolio assurance and performance oversight, identifying risks, issues and emerging delivery concerns, supporting senior leaders to make informed decisions and maintain delivery confidence.
• Manage portfolio financial activities including forecasting, budget monitoring, purchase order management, receipting, spend reporting and value for money assessments, working closely with Finance and Commercial colleagues.
• Develop executive dashboards, reporting and portfolio insights, tracking outcomes, benefits and performance measures to demonstrate progress against strategic objectives.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and successful delivery by strengthening ways of working, supporting workforce planning, removing blockers and building effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCES OF THE DIGITAL PORTFOLIO MANAGER

• Experience working in complex programme, portfolio or transformation environments, applying agile and lean practices to support governance, prioritisation, dependency management, workforce planning and delivery oversight
• The ability to be comfortable operating in ambiguous and changing environments, helping teams and senior leaders adapt to evolving priorities while maintaining focus on delivery outcomes
• Experience developing and embedding portfolio management processes, tooling and reporting that improve visibility, consistency and delivery confidence across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience to analyse complex delivery, financial, workforce and performance information, providing clear and evidence-based recommendations to support effective decision making
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, building productive relationships across delivery, product, policy, finance, commercial and operational teams to resolve issues and drive alignment
• Experience of portfolio financial management and assurance, including forecasting, budget oversight, spend monitoring, risk management and ensuring value for money across a programme or portfolio

We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

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