DNO - Enterprise Portfolio Team - Enterprise Analytics and Insight (EA&I) Analytics and Insight Head

Ministry Of Defence; Spencers Wood; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A government body in England is seeking a Head of Enterprise Analytics and Insight to strengthen the analytical capability within the Defence Nuclear Enterprise. The role involves leading a team, providing data-driven insights for senior leadership and ensuring quality assurance in analytics outputs. Applicants should have relevant qualifications and previous experience in project delivery and portfolio management. The role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension

25 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Hold a relevant analytical or project delivery qualification (e.g. CAP / MSP / APM Qualification / Prince 2).
• Previous experience of project and/or programme delivery and portfolio management.
• Experience in portfolio office and complex data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Enterprise Analytics and Insight function.
• Provide evidence-based portfolio insights for senior leaders.
• Ensure quality assurance in analytics and insights production.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant analytical subject

Tools

Microsoft 365

PowerBI

Job description

Overview

This role is at the heart of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE), which is responsible for maintaining the UK's Nuclear Deterrent and submarine forces. The DNE includes a network of organisations that operate, maintain, renew and sustain the UK's deterrent. It includes Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO), Royal Navy, Strategic Command, Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) and civil industry partners. It is one of the four areas of Defence Reform, cohered by CDN, working closely with PUS, CDS and 1SL to SofS. DNE's annual spend is more than £10bn (circa 20% of MOD's total budget). Delivering the UK's Nuclear Deterrent demands once-in-a-generation efforts, often unprecedented, executed in parallel.

A key development in the reforms was the creation of a new Enterprise Portfolio Directorate, spanning across the entirety of the DNE. This directorate identifies and manages interdependencies, improves management information, and drives professionalisation in project delivery. It aims to coordinate the multi-billion-pound portfolio effectively, address risks and seize opportunities through coherent, cross-organisational collaboration; the portfolio consists of long and extraordinarily complex programmes and constant attention is required over an extended period.

The Enterprise Portfolio Team (EPT), that sits within the Directorate, plays a pivotal role in driving that professionalisation in project delivery. The EPT ensures decisions reflect the "Best for Enterprise" approach - optimising across projects, programmes and sub-portfolios to minimise risks and interpret strategic intent into action. The EPT does this by enabling, informing, challenging and assuring delivery activities completed by leads across the DNE. The EPT has four core capabilities - Project Delivery Function, Project Delivery Profession, Enterprise Portfolio Office and Enterprise Analytics and Insight. These set the framework for 'how', 'who', 'when' and 'so what' is carried out across the enterprise, with regards to delivery. This post is advertised at 37 hours per week. This role provides the opportunity to support Enterprise-level decision-making across DNE's Government Major Projects Portfolio, which spans more than 50 years of delivery.

Role and responsibilities

• Your role will be Enterprise Analytics and Insight Head, reporting to the Enterprise Analytics and Insight (EA&I) Deputy Director and working collaboratively with the EA&I Planning & Strategic Analysis Head within the EA&I area of the EPT. You will work in a fast-paced and impactful team that strengthens and evolves the DNE's analytical capability, providing expert advice, support and challenge.
• As the Head of Enterprise Analytics and Insight, you will strengthen and evolve the enterprise analytical capability across the DNE, undertake strategic analysis and develop evidence-based portfolio insight to increase confidence in the interdependent portfolio, informing and enabling effective senior leadership decision-making.
• Provide inclusive leadership of a team of specialists responsible for evidence-based portfolio insights, delivering data-driven analysis and strategic insight through a range of techniques, translating data analysis into meaningful strategic insights and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Lead a culture of quality assurance, ensuring analytics and insights adhere to relevant codes of practice, standards and frameworks, producing high-quality outputs fit for purpose.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders and facilitate collaborative working across organisational boundaries of the DNE. Work with EPT colleagues to understand interdependencies and coherence with the EPT strategy and outputs.

Responsibilities (continued)

• Lead enterprise data-driven analytics, translating outputs for senior leaders into strategic insights to inform and optimise enterprise decision-making.
• Clearly communicate analysis results and simplify complex concepts for non-expert audiences, including senior stakeholders, to secure buy-in.
• Oversee the demand for enterprise analysis and insight from the EPT and across the DNE in a transparent manner to ensure the right priority analyses are conducted.
• Oversee routine and bespoke scenario modelling to support balancing investments and capability decisions.
• Ensure clear quality assurance policies are followed in the production of data, evidence and analysis from the team.
• Provide quick answers using incomplete evidence when necessary, balancing accuracy with timely delivery where appropriate.
• Collaborate with a range of stakeholders across the DNE, wider Defence and wider government to shape and drive effective data aggregation and insight.
• Identify and work with pan-enterprise cross-functional capability to deliver optimised output.
• Ensure appropriate delegation of tasks to direct reports, fostering a culture of learning and development.
• Champion Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) across the role and activities.
• Support the implementation of the DNE EPT strategy and related change activities as appropriate.

Hybrid and flexible working can be considered for this post but will require regular workplace attendance due to security constraints. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in the team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details).

Qualifications and skills

• Essential: Hold a relevant analytical or project delivery qualification (e.g. bachelor's degree in a relevant analytical subject / CAP / MSP / APM Qualification / Prince 2 / Agile).
• Essential: Previous experience of project and/or programme delivery and portfolio management, including experience in a portfolio office.
• Essential: Experience of complex portfolio and sub-portfolio data analysis and insights, including reporting to senior leaders to inform decision-making.
• Essential: Strong stakeholder management, collaboration with senior leaders, and ability to influence decisions across organisational boundaries.
• Essential: Articulate communicator able to simplify technical language and convey insights visually for senior stakeholders.
• Desirable: Advanced Microsoft 365, Government Project Delivery Accreditation, data modelling certifications/qualifications.
• Desirable: Knowledge/experience of Defence or similar sector; experience aligned to Government Project Delivery Profession or APM frameworks; experience with government analysis function framework; cross-government initiatives; experience with digital tools such as SharpCloud, Foundry, PowerBI.

Benefits and other information

Alongside your salary of £70,540, the Ministry of Defence contributes £20,435 towards a Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Benefits include learning and development tailored to your role, flexible working options where appropriate, inclusion and diversity, a Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%, 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years, on-site gym, cycle loan, and other schemes. The post does not offer relocation expenses. External recruits will be subject to a six-month probation period. Pre-employment checks and security requirements apply, including the developed vetting process. The Civil Service emphasises equality of opportunity and includes a Disability Confident Scheme. If you need adjustments for recruitment, contact the resourcing team. The MOD does not sponsor skilled worker visas for this role. All candidates must declare outside interests; outcomes may require mitigations for conflicts of interest. The MOD adheres to a zero-tolerance policy on unacceptable behaviours and conducts background checks up-front. The Civil Service embraces diversity and has safety, security, and anti-smoking policies in place.