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‘Driving innovation that will deliver improved public services, create new?better-paid jobs and grow the economy’. 

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The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) was created in February 2023?and will focus on positioning the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological?advancement. It will build on our strong foundations of world-class research, a thriving?technology scene and global networks of collaboration to create a golden thread from?outstanding basic science to innovations that change lives and sustain economic growth.? 

The responsibilities for the DSIT are: 

• Positioning the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological advancement 
• Driving innovations that change lives and sustain economic growth 
• Delivering talent programmes, physical and digital infrastructure and regulation to support our economy, security and public services. 
• R&D?funding 

DSIT offers stimulating, challenging, and engaging work that makes a difference and that has a direct impact on the quality of people's lives, as well as the opportunity to progress your career.

As a Portfolio Manager your main responsibilities will be: 

• Working with Corporate Strategy & Planning and business areas to implement ways to identify, categorise and prioritise new work elements for a decision on entry to the portfolio and provide regular updates on the pipeline to Delivery Board
• Establishing and running portfolio-level change control
• Supporting the development and application of portfolio prioritisation approaches for the Agency
• Working with project teams to co-ordinate business case production, ensuring appropriate specialist input and timing of approval
• Developing and maintaining a multi-year year investment delivery roadmap
• Supporting the development and maintenance of a Benefit Management Framework
• Working with stakeholders to ensure that portfolio activities are aligned to the Benefit Management Framework 

You’ll have relevant experience in: 

• Recent experience of portfolio planning and prioritisation across complex environments
• Expertise in portfolio planning tools and techniques.
• Significant experience in portfolio management and organisation-wide benefit realisation
• A good working knowledge of Management of Portfolios

Desirable: 

• Experience of grant management
• Analytical and presentational skills to articulate the position and forecast of the portfolio highlighting risks, issues and opportunities.
• MOP or equivalent experience

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with luciana-auras.popescu@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, DSIT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

DSIT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.