Title:  Portfolio Analyst

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Portfolio Analyst

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£35,269 - £37,126 per year

35 hours per week

We have an opportunity for a Portfolio Analyst to join our PMO team, based in Worcester. This job sits within the Technology Change team in which is responsible for delivering Technology capability within Sanctuary Group to ensure employees have access to the systems they need to perform their duties.

The role of Portfolio Analyst is to assist with the effective and efficient delivery of Portfolio services, including, change and release, testing, demand and resource management, licence management and project and programme assurance in order to deliver high quality programmes or projects that meet compliance and business needs.

The role of Portfolio Analystwill include:

• Providing programmes, projects and RUN activities with high quality assurance and support
• Supporting the development and maintenance of appropriate tools and best practice processes to aid the effective delivery and coordination of the Portfolio
• Providing high quality management information and analysis to all stakeholders on the Technology Portfolio, as well as specific programmes or project progress
• Working with a variety of stakeholders within Technology and the wider Sanctuary Group
• Supporting planning and resource management across the department to ensure the completion of strategic objectives

Skills and experiences:

• Degree, management qualification or relevant professional qualification
• Recent experience of undertaking a similar role
• Proven experience of delivering services for a Portfolio, including medium to large scale projects/programmes
• Working knowledge of producing progress reports and management information
• Good organisational, project management and planning skills
• Intermediate user of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Working knowledge of Visio, Project and Teams

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.  

Our Benefits    

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• £35,269 per annum (rising to £37,126 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

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Closing Date: 25 January 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
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Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.