C004265 Resource Manager (Portfolio Management)

• Engages and influences senior managers to ensure
  the portfolio will deliver the agreed business objectives.
  
• Leads the definition of a portfolio of
  programmes, projects, and/oron-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/programmes/change initiatives
  of issues and recommends and monitors corrective action.
  
• Collects, summarises and reports on portfolio
  measures.
  
• Reports on portfolio status as appropriate.
  
• Portfolio, programme and project support
  
• Supports programme or project control boards,
  project assuranceteams 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 programme view on risk,
  change, quality, finance or configuration management.
  
• Business situation analysis
  
• Investigates business situations where there is
  some complexity and ambiguity.
  
• Adopts holistic view to identify and analyse
  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 analyses 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.
  

Requirements

• Higher vocational training in a relevant
  discipline with 3 years post related experience. Or a secondary educational
  qualification with 5 years post-related experience
  
• Experience in financial management within a
  customer-funding environment;
  
• Experience in planning, preparation and
  production of budget submissions;
  
• Experience in budget execution and resource
  management;
  
• Experience in preparing, conducting and
  reporting using statistical sampling methods;
  
• Knowledge and experience in enterprise resource
  planning systems, project management processes, procedures and tools.
  
• Ability to interpret financial data and allocate
  budgets.
  
• Behavioural competencies:
  
• Deciding and Initiating Action
  
• Takes responsibility for actions, projects and
  people; takes initiative and works under own direction; initiates and generates
  activity and introduces changes into work processes; makes quick, clear
  decisions which may include tough choices or considered risks.
  
• Adhering to Principles and Values
  
• Upholds ethics and values; demonstrates
  integrity; promotes and defends equal opportunities, builds diverse teams;
  encourages organisational and individual responsibility towards the community
  and the environment.
  
• Relating and Networking
  
• Easily establishes good relationships with
  customers and staff; relates well to people at all levels; builds wide and
  effective networks of contacts; uses humour appropriately to bring warmth to
  relationships with others.