Portfolio Manager

Thank you for your interest in this exciting role. Our aim is to support a thriving youth sector, supporting young people to achieve their potential. The Youth division is an innovative team that has responsibility for a range of policy areas, including supporting youth sector workforce, engaging with the youth sector, and ensuring delivery of our national youth programmes and grants. We work across government to represent youth services and the involvement of young people in policy-making. The Youth team is a driven, friendly unit with a vision to ensure the programmes we deliver have the greatest impact for young people and their communities. We are firmly committed to our people, and this is reflected in our values. We work hard to build an environment that is diverse and inclusive, as well as warm, friendly and collaborative; where each member of staff can flourish, feel comfortable being themselves at work, learn about the policy area, develop their skills and move their career forward. I look forward to hearing from you.

Jamie Williams, Deputy Director for Youth Delivery.

Working on some of the departments biggest and most fulfilling programmes, which support young people aged 11-18 or up to 25 with additional needs, we are seeking motivated people with a solid track-record of project delivery under pressure. We are seeking an experienced portfolio manager who can oversee a portfolio of ambitious youth capital projects, demonstrate leadership across a range of stakeholders and provide assurance across the entire portfolio through governance, reporting and management information. This role sits within the new Youth Capital Portfolio Management Office (PfMO). The PfMO will support and assure the following programmes and projects:

• Completion of Phase 2 of the Youth Investment Fund Programme, overseeing its remaining construction and benefits realisation activities. This forms part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP);
• MMC Project - Delivery of circa 25 additional youth centres using modern methods of constructionapproaches;
• Establishing a new capital investment programme for small-scale refurbishments and equipment known as the Better Youth Spaces Programme;
• Other programmes and projects which may result from the Governments recently announced Youth Strategy.

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience:

Essential requirements:

• Governance and reporting Experience of managing the establishment of clear governance frameworks and reporting regimes aligned to Management of Portfolios best practice and including analysis.
• Business cases and assurance Experience of managing the work with project teams to coordinate business case development ensuring appropriate specialist input and timely approvals.
• Planning, scheduling and resourcing Experience of managing the maintenance of portfolio delivery maps and critical paths to monitor project progress. Experience of recognising and tracking interdependencies and the development of resourcing strategies.
• Benefits management Experience of managing the support for programmes and projects to develop mechanisms for measuring benefits. Experience of leading the establishment of ownership and responsibility for benefit realisation.

Desirable requirements:

• An understanding of commercial, procurement, grants and/or construction processes
• One or more of the following qualifications. Given they are desirable, please do not be deterred from applying even if you don't have the following qualifications: Management of Portfolios, APM Chartered Project Professional (ChPP), APM Project Professional Qualification (PPQ), APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ), PRINCE2, Managing Successful Programmes, Management of Risk. For existing civil servants: Project Leadership Programme

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Jamie Williams, Deputy Director for the Youth Capital Portfolio Team, and will take place on:

• Tuesday 7 January 12:00 - 13:00

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form , latest by 16:00 on Monday 6 January, and you will be sent an invitation.

Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding, etc.) to [email protected]

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing