3402 Senior Portfolio Resource Officer

Contact One Communications, Inc.; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services company is seeking a mid-senior level candidate with NATO SECRET clearance for a contract role in Den Haag. The candidate will engage with senior managers to ensure alignment of portfolio objectives and lead project management activities within a dynamic environment. Responsibilities include workforce planning, business situation analysis, and contribution to internal controls. A Bachelor's degree and relevant experience in resource management are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post-related experience or 10 years of relevant expertise without a degree.
• Elementary financial knowledge and experience in resource management.
• Ability to conduct root cause analysis and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Engage with senior managers to align business objectives.
• Lead portfolio management and track project activities.
• Support program and project control boards.

Skills

NATO SECRET security clearance

Financial knowledge on funding streams

Resource management experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

SNOW

EBA

Job description

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties and Role

Portfolio Management

• Engages and influences senior managers to ensure the portfolio will deliver the agreed business objectives.
• Leads the definition of a portfolio of programs, projects, and/or on‑going service provision.
• Plans, schedules, monitors and reports on portfolio‑related activities.
• Ensures that each part of the portfolio contributes to the overall achievement of the portfolio.
• Identifies portfolio‑related issues.
• Notifies projects/programs/change initiatives of issues and recommends and monitors corrective action.
• Collects, summarizes and reports on portfolio measures.
• Reports on portfolio status as appropriate.

Portfolio, Program and Project Support

• Supports program or project control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings.
• Takes responsibility for the provision of support services to projects.
• Uses and recommends project control solutions for planning, scheduling and tracking projects.
• Sets up and provides detailed guidance on project management software, procedures, processes, tools and techniques.
• Provides basic guidance on individual project proposals.
• May provide a cross‑program view on risk, change, quality, finance or configuration management.

Business Situation Analysis

• Investigates business situations where there is some complexity and ambiguity.
• Adopts a holistic view to identify and analyze problems and opportunities.
• Contributes to the selection of the approach and techniques to be used for business situation analysis.
• Conducts root cause analysis and identifies recommendations for improvements.
• Engages and collaborates with operational stakeholders.

Workforce Planning

• Gathers, maintains and analyzes workforce capability data.
• Performs gap analysis to identify workforce strengths and shortfalls with reference to business strategy and specific future needs.
• Contributes to the development of workforce plans to meet current and future demand.
• Coordinates and schedules ongoing workforce planning activities.
• Assists in maintaining a skills and capability inventory.

Internal Controls

• Studies and evaluates the audit trails of various operational processes.
• Participates in the testing, review and analysis of existing internal controls.
• Applies new technology‑based solutions to specific internal control processes.
• Completes, files and maintains forms used for internal control documentation.
• Makes recommendations for the enhancement of certain internal controls.

Other Tasks

• Fund Manager for the CIO Travel budget.
• Lead development and reporting on CIO KPIs.
• Managing CIO inputs in Tasker Tracker for Agency‑wide staffing and coordination process of key documents/deliverables.
• Deputize for higher grade staff, if required.
• Performs other duties as may be required.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance.
• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree from a nationally recognized and certified university in a related discipline and 3 years post‑related experience. Alternatively, lack of a university degree may be compensated by demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that are of interest to the Agency, such as at least 10 years of extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
• Work experience and elementary financial knowledge on funding streams and resource planning and leveling budgets.
• Work experience in resource management, including the planning for and allocation of costs and resources.
• Prior experience using SNOW and EBA is a plus.

Seniority level: Mid–Senior level

Employment type: Contract

Job function: Information Technology

Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting