Portfolio Data Analyst
Company Description
By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.
Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA are at the forefront of realising energy from fusion, working with industry and research partners to deliver the ground-breaking developments that will underpin tomorrow's fusion power stations with the aim of bringing fusion electricity to the grid. As we work towards our mission and goals, UKAEA has devised values (Innovative, Committed, Trusted and Collaborative) that capture the spirit of how we work.
Job Description
Who are we looking for?
The UKAEA is undergoing an exciting transformation as it scales up to meet the challenge of positioning the UK as a leader in fusion energy. As part of this there is a requirement to establish the optimum Portfolio, Programme and Project (P3M) construct.
This Portfolio Data Analyst role is responsible for the oversight and analysis of P3M data that contributes to the delivery of UKAEAs strategic goals. They will focus primarily on providing insight, information and assistance that strengthens portfolio governance (e.g. the Corporate Portfolio Board (CPB)), assist data-driven decision making at UKAEA, and prioritisation decisions and effective allocation of resources across the portfolio. They will also play a key role in finalizing and rolling out a P3M enterprise reporting tool and using power platform to display the data.
More widely, this Portfolio Analyst role will upskill P3M staff at UKAEA to create a data literate workforce, support the PfMO and CPB in navigating and setting up policies around how UKAEA embraces the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the P3M profession, and support the PfMO in creating active engagement with the P3M community across the organisation.
Key to this role is having a proven track record with Microsoft analytics tools, a passion for data visualisation and great communications skills.
NOTE: We're offering a competitive salary of £46,293 and exceptional perks, including a fantastic pension plan. UKAEA offers hybrid working, this role is required to be in the office at Culham at least two days a week.
What will you be responsible for?
- Co-ordinate mandatory reporting from projects, programmes and sub-portfolios across UKAEA in line with the corporate drum-beat.
- Provide aggregation and analysis of portfolio level performance data and produce monthly report for the CPB and the Executive Committee Board to inform data-driven decision making, support investment decisions and to help UKAEA assess the relative value and strategic fit of one initiative against another.
- Maintain corporate portfolio delivery map and critical path to monitor progress, in particular in relation to benefits and corporate KPIs. Recognise and track interdependencies within the corporate portfolio.
- Product owner for the enterprise P3M reporting tool and benefits realization dashboard.
- Secretariate for the monthly CPB whose membership consists of c-suite and Executives from around the business (note this role may rotate amongst the PfMO core team).
- Help develop mechanisms for measuring benefits, including social value, and assessing the corporate portfolios benefits critical-path.
- Provide relevant internal training to support project professionals in becoming Data Literate (a new capability area identified by the Association for Project Management (APM) for the profession in recent years). Build a network of champions around the business to embed good practice.
- Act as an internal consultancy to the PfMO core team and CPB through offering advise around, and undertaking work to provide continuous improvements to, the P3M enterprise platform.
- Identify and monitor portfolio risks (threats and opportunities) and escalate as appropriate using the corporate ARM platform.
- Work with business areas to identify and categorise new project and programmes which may enter into the corporate portfolio.
- Act as a key interface with other professional services Departments at UKAEA to ensure the PfMO approach is complementary and cohesive, this includes to:
- Work in harmony with the Computing Division to align work to the organisations IT Strategy and ways of working.
- Provide support to the Chief Operating Office (COO) in the capacity of Secretariat on the CPB they chair.
- Work closely day-to-day with peers in the PfMO core team, the Executive Office and in the Risk & Assurance Department.
- Monitor Corporate Change Register and analyse Power BI data to produce reports on trend analysis which will inform continuous improvement exercises at UKAEA.
- Responsible for keeping the PfMO SharePoint sites and PfMO intranet page up to date, including maintaining the Delivery Life Cycle SharePoint site.
- Responsible for adding content into and monitoring the PfMO Teams channel used by 150+ project professionals around the business; PfMO communications plan to inform the content.
Note: As this is a new role for UKAEA this job specification is likely to change as the maturity if the profession develops and in consultation with the Head of PfMO and the businesses Job Review Board.
Qualifications
Essential skills, experience and competence required
- Experience working in a similar capacity within the public or private sector
- An interest in learning to use Power BI or demonstrable experience in Power BI
- Business Analysis and requirements documentation
- Relevant qualification(s) relating to data analytics or similar
- Experience of developing successful teams and individuals
- Experience of working with enterprise P3M tools advantageous
- Microsoft Office365 (including SharePoint and Teams) experience advantageous.
Additional Information
What we offer
Our comprehensive benefits package includes a vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive, an Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, Flexible working options including family friendly policies, Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service, wide range of career development opportunities, outstanding defined benefit pension scheme; Corporate bonus scheme (up to 7% for Levels 1 - 7, as well as 3rd and 4th year apprentices) and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities and women. The Executive team with support from our ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success.
Please be advised that we generally advertise vacancies for 4 weeks however we may close earlier than this if large or sufficient numbers of applications are received.
Please note all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and any other appropriate security checks as part of their clearance – which will include The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks which will show the details of all current criminal convictions or will confirm that there are no such convictions.
Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants . If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application.
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