Senior Portfolio Manager

ABOUT US

Are you passionate about research? Are you keen to work with researchers, business and Government, defining and implementing strategy to enable excellent research that delivers real impact for the economy and society?

Senior Portfolio Managers sit at the interface between strategic leadership and delivery. You will use your communication skills to develop and implement key priorities, policies, and strategies. You will lead the development and delivery of future activities, building strong relationships with colleagues across UKRI and a wide range of external stakeholders. You will be encouraged to constantly learn and be empowered to explore your curiosity in this rewarding role. Overall you will ensure we fund people and ideas of the highest quality, to implement new, innovative research programmes.

PURPOSE

• Contribute to, as well as shape the development and delivery of strategy across one of EPSRC’s themes
• Deputising for team leads, including in meetings with senior internal and external stakeholders
• Line-manage and/or project manage colleagues: providing leadership and support for personal development and driving a culture of high-performance teamwork
• Providing high quality expertise and advice in your areas of responsibility, informed by evidence and engagement with relevant stakeholders
• Leading the development and delivery of investment plans, calls and associated peer review processes, and cases for investment, ensuring that these are of a high quality and in line with UKRI values, principles, and practices
• Contributing to the development of appropriate monitoring, assurance, and evaluation approaches for EPSRC’s investments

CRITERIA

• Knowledge and experience of programme, portfolio and/or project management of research-related or innovation activities, including managing packages of work within projects and programmes
• Sophisticated analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and an ability to think strategically
• An ability to engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels, and to influence others to achieve outcomes and improve performance
• An ability to work as part of a team, leading and developing staff through behaviour and empathy, including through periods of change
• Strong strategic awareness of how the UK research and innovation system operates, and the context and landscape within which EPSRC and UKRI operates

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

DEVELOPING TALENT:

We are committed to developing employees in their roles throughout their career. Learning and development plans enable employees to continue their professional development through training and development opportunities such as e-learning, classroom training and on-the-job experiences. We encourage our employees to share their learning across teams and organisations.

BENEFITS:

UKRI can offer the successful candidate:

• Flexible Working
• 30 days annual leave + Public Holidays
• Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme
• Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider

Visit our dedicated benefits webpage for more info: Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

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