Portfolio Analyst - 32188

Environment Agency; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Portfolio Analyst in Hull and East Yorkshire. The successful candidate will manage project portfolios for optimal delivery of strategic objectives, requiring strong analytical skills and experience with reporting tools. This role involves stakeholder engagement and the ability to explain complex analyses. The agency promotes diversity and inclusivity within its workforce.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Portfolio Analyst or Business Analyst.
• Ability to explain complex analysis simply to non-technical audiences.
• Experience of working effectively with diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Identify and categorize new projects in the project pipeline.
• Coordinate reporting from projects and analyze performance.
• Support the Portfolio Manager in building commitment to a shared vision.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Experience with dashboards or reporting tools

Collaborative work ethic

Clear communication skills

Self-motivation and adaptability

Experience of producing guidance or toolkits

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Advanced Excel

Job description

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Job Description

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.

A Portfolio Analyst is responsible for the oversight of a collection of programmes or projects that contribute to the delivery of departmental or business area objectives. They focus primarily on providing insight, information and support that strengthens portfolio governance and enables prioritisation decisions and effective allocation of resources across the portfolio. Ultimately, analysts help ensure optimal delivery of departmental/business strategic objectives in line with government priorities through the analysis of a range of information sources and engagement with programme and project stakeholders, and converting this into informed insights using appropriate reporting and visualisation methods.

Responsibilities

• Project pipeline – work with business areas to identify and categorise new projects.
• Governance and reporting – coordinate reporting from projects and provide analysis of performance; provide secretariat for governance boards.
• People and leadership – support the Portfolio Manager to communicate and build commitment to a shared vision and sense of purpose.
• Planning, scheduling and resourcing – maintain portfolio delivery map and critical path to monitor project progress; recognise and track interdependencies across projects.
• Risk and opportunity management – identify and monitor portfolio risks (threats and opportunities) and elevate as appropriate.
• Stakeholder management – manage and engage with a wide range of stakeholders; draft and sign‑off correspondence.
• Benefits management – help develop mechanisms for measuring benefits.

Experience / Skills Required

In your capability‑based answers please demonstrate your ability to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and actively encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work. We are seeking candidates with the following set of skills and experience:

• Strong analytical skills with proven experience as a Portfolio Analyst or Business Analyst.
• Proven experience of building and maintaining dashboards or reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, or advanced Excel).
• Ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries and build constructive relationships.
• Clear communication skills, able to explain complex analysis simply and persuasively to non‑technical audiences.
• Self‑motivation and adaptability, comfortable working independently as well as part of a team.
• Experience of producing guidance, toolkits or frameworks to support colleagues.
• Ability to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and actively encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work.

Contact & Additional Information

For any queries, contact Rebecca Atkinson at [e-mail].

Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions. Interviews will be held via MS Teams within two weeks of the closing date. If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for six months and may offer you an alternative post.

Competencies (Sample Questions)

1. Achieves Results

   Tell me about a challenging goal that you have set for yourself and the steps that you took to achieve it:

   • Why did you set yourself this goal?
   • How did you plan and prioritise your work to meet your goal?
   • How did you monitor progress?
   • What was the outcome?
   • What were your learning points and is there anything you would do differently if in a similar position in the future?
2. Focuses on Customers and Partners

   Please tell us about how you built and maintained effective working relationships with stakeholders on a project or task you have worked on:

   • Who were the main stakeholders?
   • Why were they your main stakeholders?
3. Data and Information Management

   Please give an example of when you have had to analyse and interpret data and present it in a usable format:

   • What was the situation?
   • What data were you required to supply?
   • How did you ensure the quality of the data?
   • How did you present it?

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. The Environment Agency, as a Non‑Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For more information, please visit the relevant government portal.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application; however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified, applications may be withdrawn.