Portfolio Benefits Lead
- Civil Service
- Part Time
- Birmingham
- 44,620 - 49,065
Job Description
Job summary
At DSIT were all about improving peoples lives by maximising the potential of science & technology.
We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.
We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.
We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.
We do all this to enable the Governments 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.
Above all, we focus on improving peoples lives. Whether its researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.
Our Inclusive Environment
We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. Weare enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
Find Out More
We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/Jae3B4w7xm |
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Job description
Space is an extraordinary and exciting sector that impacts virtually all aspects of our lives. It is a high growth and high productivity area, where targeted Government investment stimulates innovation and creates highly skilled jobs. It is also experiencing disruptive change, with new technologies, business models and market entrants challenging the status quo. UKSA must be flexible and dynamic to ensure UK leadership in the new space age.
We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of 18.9 billion and employs 52,028 people across the country.
Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development. We also promote the UK space sectors interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes
We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency.
More information about the Agency is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency
To discover more please watch this film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZZ-o0IkVU
Person specification
The Agency defines its portfolio as the activities that directly deliver value from space to the UK, as well as business change programmes that involve a material allocation of Agency resource. This definition includes the grants that the Agency oversees as well as projects delivered by the Agency.
As the Benefits Analyst, you will proactively identify, quantify, and track the realisation of benefits across the portfolio.
This role is aligned to the SEO Benefits Manager role in the Project Delivery Capability Framework.
Working closely with the Portfolio Definition Manager, Portfolio Delivery Manager, Strategy and Analysis teams, and Directors, the post holder will be responsible for:
Benefits Management Framework:
- Working with stakeholders to ensure that portfolio activities are aligned to the Benefits Management Framework
Benefit Realisation:
- Maintain a register of benefits, their ownership and their alignment to the Benefits Management Framework
Tools and processes:
- Provision of advice to colleagues at all levels in using standards and processes
Reporting:
- Co-ordinate benefit reporting across the whole of the Agency
Stakeholder engagement:
- Working with colleagues to ensure the standards, capabilities and processes for project and programme management align with portfolio level benefit management
Other:
- As the role holder is part of the Project Delivery Profession, there is an expectation to deliver flexibly across programmes and projects according to HMG priorities and as Ministerial priorities change. Therefore, specific responsibilities may evolve to reflect these.
Essential Criteria
- Analytical and presentational skills
Desirable Criteria
Desirable experience:
- Experience of benefits realisation in a project or programme environment
Desirable qualifications:
Any of the following, or their equivalents:
- APMG Managing Benefits Practitioner
