Portfolio Benefits Lead

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive. We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. The Agency defines its portfolio as the activities that directly deliver value from space to the UK, as well as business change programmes that involve a material allocation of Agency resource. This definition includes the grants that the Agency oversees as well as projects delivered by the Agency. As the Benefits Analyst, you will proactively identify, quantify, and track the realisation of benefits across the portfolio. This role is aligned to the SEO Benefits Manager role in the Project Delivery Capability Framework. Working closely with the Portfolio Definition Manager, Portfolio Delivery Manager, Strategy and Analysis teams, and Directors, the post holder will be responsible for: Benefits Management Framework

• Working with stakeholders to ensure that portfolio activities are aligned to the Benefits Management Framework
• Championing benefits management
Benefit Realisation
• Maintain a register of benefits, their ownership and their alignment to the Benefits Management Framework
• Develop and maintain a portfolio-level benefits realisation plan
• Identifying and escalating benefit gaps and duplications
• Tracking and coordinating benefit reviews
Tools and processes
• Provision of advice to colleagues at all levels in using standards and processes
• Support the maintenance of the benefit system/log, with the support of a technical development team
• Providing training and support to benefit management system users
Reporting
• Co-ordinate benefit reporting across the whole of the Agency
• Preparation of benefit progress reports for the Portfolio Delivery Board
• Timely, consistent and accurate data collection, analysis and reporting
• Providing informed insights using appropriate reporting and visualisation methods
Stakeholder engagement
• Working with colleagues to ensure the standards, capabilities and processes for project and programme management align with portfolio level benefit management
• Liaise with Stakeholders to understand and gather data
• Work with stakeholders to resolve anomalies or gaps
  
  Disability Confident
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The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and provides technical advice on the government's space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the government's vision. Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security. Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanity's horizons. We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £18.9 billion and employs 52,028 people across the country. Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development. We also promote the UK space sector's interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes. We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency.