Strategic Portfolio Office Analyst (6-12 month contract)
Job ID: 009302
Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ
Job type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Salary: Up to £45,000 (depending on experience) + Bonus & Benefits
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As our next Strategic Portfolio Office (SPO) Analyst , you’ll be working in the SPO reporting to the Portfolio Planning Manager to manage and report on the Yorkshire Building Society’s Change Portfolio. The role will be based in our Leeds City Centre Head Office, with hybrid home working.
You should be an experienced PMO professional with strong stakeholder management and engagement skills and have the ability to translate the detail and complexity of the Portfolio to provide executive level oversight and reporting to enable the effective management, safe delivery and achievement of priority business outcomes.
This role is a 6-12 Month Fixed Term contract.
What You'll Do
- Working to the Portfolio Management and Planning Manager, help maintain appropriate standards, governance and reporting in line with organisation and change governance
- Work closely with stakeholders to ensure methods and standards are being implemented consistently to effectively plan, manage and deliver change
- Oversee the management of portfolio finances, documentation, process documents and information sources
- Provide ongoing planning and management support
- Pro-actively work to facilitate and mitigate challenges and blockers to delivery plans and reporting
- Identify delivery risks and facilitate their mitigation and holding project teams accountable for delivering on time and to budget
- Provide quality standard reporting from the Programmes and Projects and develop reporting and insights to Executives on the performance
- Co-ordinate and manage across multiple stakeholder groups within the programme and the enterprise portfolio office
Skills Required
- Professional accreditation or equivalent standard in PMO or Portfolio Management
- Detailed understanding of project delivery frameworks
- Experience of PPM Tools for reporting
- Business case analysis and reporting at Programme and Portfolio level
About Our Benefits
Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as...
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
Learning & Development
Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.
These include...
- Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
- Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
- Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
- Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
- REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
You’ll find people from all walks of life here, with different cultures, beliefs, ages, outlooks and more. And we’re proud of our differences. So we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered to be their whole self at work.
Our five Colleague Networks play an important role in helping that happen – and have a real impact on our everyday working life here. Each is closely linked to our Inclusion and Diversity committee, and sponsored by a member of our Senior Leadership Team.
And we also have other colleague groups, such as ManKind and Family Foundations, where colleagues can connect, and start conversations that can be taken into the Networks.
Community and Charity
Ever since we started back in 1864, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people keep their savings safe. And helping everyone have a place to call home. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
Hear from some of our people about what working at Yorkshire Building Society is like, and what it means for them…
Our ways of working
We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. And help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
Whether you’re in an office-based team or your team is spread across the country, you’ll have lots of chances to get together with your colleagues for those Moments that Matter – which are all about building wonderful relationships and strong bonds with your colleagues.
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