Illinois Department of Human Services

Change Portfolio Manager – Benefits Specialist SME

Illinois Department of Human Services

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Southwark • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £58,000 per year

About the role

  • As a Change Portfolio Manager, you will bring the strategic focus that helps us manage our multi-million-pound Change Portfolio with a strong lense on our benefits tracking and realisation.
  • You will work closely with the programmes within the Change landscape providing portfolio management insight and expertise, as well as reporting at a portfolio level to influence decision making and ensure we’re focused on the right things at the right times and keeping programmes and the portfolio accountable.

Requirements

  • Highly experienced in Benefit management within a Portfolio, actively identifying, quantifying and tracking the realisation of Benefits (financial and non-financial) and working with key stakeholders to ensure these are identified and embedded – Essential
  • Translating large complex data into succinct messaging and/or reports, and presenting this to audiences at all levels – including the use of Power BI - Essential
  • Managing effective governance decision making forums - Essential
  • Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at all levels of an organisation including senior managers, whilst projecting credibility and self-assurance - Essential
  • Strong ability to track and report on portfolio performance and benefit realisation through analysing data and drawing out insight and trends that add value to the wider team and our customers - Essential
  • Understanding of RAID management and its application in a Change environment, with proven experience of doing this at a Portfolio level - Essential
  • Ability to use data to develop a Portfolio plan, identifying key milestones, dependencies and supporting the business to sequence - Essential
  • Knowledge & application of both Project Management & Change Management Methodologies and the ability to improve, providing tailored recommendations to do so
  • Qualifications in either Prince2, APM, P3M, Managing Successful Programmes
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Benefit managementData analysisPortfolio performance trackingRAID managementProject Management MethodologiesChange Management MethodologiesReportingBenefits realisationGovernance decision makingPortfolio planning
Soft Skills
Stakeholder engagementInfluencingCredibilitySelf-assuranceCommunicationPresentation skillsAnalytical thinkingDecision makingCollaborationAdaptability
Certifications
Prince2APMP3MManaging Successful Programmes