Portfolio, Reporting and Management Information Lead

Job dates and details

• Issue date: 10 June 2024
• Closing date: 02 July 2024
• Location: Service Headquarters, Cambuslang
• Salary: £40,892 - £44,006 per year
• Contract status: Permanent
• Hours: 35 hours per week

Job description

Leading the development and implementation of portfolio reporting, management information and supporting systems, the post holder will proactively identify, quantify, and track the realisation of benefits, portfolio, programme and project progress reporting.

The postholder will be responsible for supporting business change by leading the development of processes, systems, tools, standards and ways of working across the full lifecycle of change including all programme, project and continuous improvement activities.

They will assist in the tracking and monitoring of benefits by ensuring that a “Best Value” approachto benefits measurement and realisation is used to provide assurance that the benefits identified can be achieved.

The postholder is responsible for centralising and co-ordinating the approach to portfolio reporting and insights as well as achieving benefits for SFRS across all projects, programmes and portfolios of change. This will involve developing a co-ordinated strategy for reporting that could be applied at all levels of change including continuous improvement activities.

The postholder will also offer advice and guidance to project, programme managers and their teams on aspects of progress reporting and achieving maximum benefit value from the change that they are involved in. The post holder will lead on the provision of expert advice on benefits management and work with project and programme teams around the delivery of business case benefits and outcomes for each project or programme of work. They will support quality of benefits planning and delivery with all aspects of benefits lifecycle assurance.

Reporting to the Change Centre of Excellence Manager, they will support the development of a clear vision and standards for reporting and MI, championing the use of best practice management standards, tools and processes.

The postholder will build strong networks both internally and externally and would require knowledge of developments within this specialist area in the external environment and liaise with other similar posts, particularly in the public-sector environment, to continue to develop opportunities for standardisation and improvement.

They will provide horizon scanning for best practice in their given field which will involve wider communities of practice and liaison with suppliers to understand changes in supporting technology that may be beneficial to SFRS.

How to apply

Further details on the role can be found in the Recruitment Information Pack.

Equal opportunities employer

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In addition, we are committed to being a “Disability Confident Employer” and will ensure that all applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role are invited for interview.