Portfolio & Planning Manager

British Heart Foundation; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Portfolio & Planning Manager to lead initiatives that drive impactful change within the organization. In this pivotal role, you will manage the portfolio of projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. Your expertise in portfolio management and stakeholder engagement will be crucial as you facilitate planning cycles and governance processes. This blended role allows for flexibility, combining remote work with office presence, fostering collaboration among colleagues. If you are passionate about making a difference and possess strong communication skills, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in portfolio management and business planning.
• Good understanding of frameworks for performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the POD portfolio view and track all programmes of activity.
• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation.

Skills

Portfolio Management

Business Planning

Stakeholder Management

Performance Reporting

Risk Management

Job description

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The opportunity

Are you passionate about driving change and making a real impact? The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is looking for a dynamic and innovative Portfolio & Planning Manager to join our People and Organisational Development (POD) Directorate. You will work closely with the Head of Organisational Change and collaborate with colleagues across POD and other directorates.

As the Portfolio & Planning Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing and maintaining the POD portfolio of projects, ensuring that we are investing resources in the right initiatives to improve our performance and support the delivery of BHF's strategy to 2030.

Key responsibilities include:

• Planning & portfolio management: Maintaining the POD portfolio view, tracking all programmes of activity, and facilitating annual and quarterly planning cycles.
• Governance: Establishing and coordinating a POD Portfolio Group and producing reports for major governance forums.
• Performance & impact: Reporting on progress against strategic and operational objectives, using insights to prepare and present evidence for decision-making.
• Stakeholder management: Building and managing relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation, with the ability to influence and persuade.

About you

We are looking for a collaborative individual with strong portfolio management and planning skills. Excellent at communicating, you'll be able to build and manage strong working relationships with stakeholders across the business at all levels. You'll be comfortable asking probing questions and confident challenging decisions and influencing stakeholders, including at a senior level.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Proven experience in portfolio management and business planning.
• Good understanding of frameworks for performance reporting.
• Knowledge of people/HR functions, risk management, and experience in developing portfolio management systems.
• The ability to ask probing questions, challenge and influence others.

Working arrangements

This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.

At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do.

About us

We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Interview process

There will be a two-stage interview process. First stage interviews are due to be held w/c 27th May via MS Teams. Second stage interviews are due to be held w/c 2nd June in our London office.

How to apply

It's quick and easy to apply for a role at BHF. Just click on the apply button below. All you'll need is an up-to-date CV, a supporting statement and to answer an application question.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.