Portfolio Manager

ABOUT US
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
JOB DESCRIPTION
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Portfolio Manager to join the Guinness Team. This is a permanent, full-time vacancy based in our Oldham, Bower House office. We are currently working to a hybrid working style.

In this important role youll plan and effectively manage the sequencing of the Technology Plan, proactively managing the pipeline of work and planned starts and completions. The remit of this role covers direct responsibility of our IT Work Plan, PMO Services and a small Product Management capability for CRM and Power Platform.

Our Digital, Data & Technology Strategy (which underpins our overall strategy) outlines how were using digital tools to enable high quality service delivery, managing our assets better, serving residents more efficiently, and making informed and evidenced decisions to put our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Over the last few years, we have migrated our CRM system to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and our Finance and HR systems to Oracle Cloud. Our Plans are ambitious. We will continue to introduce new functionality to improve the services we provide to our colleagues and customers, in parallel to delivering our Roadmaps for Asset Management, Repairs, Customer, Digital and Data.

Youll be a part of a dynamic team who truly value each others contributions and innovative ways of thinking. We are brought together by our determination to provide solutions that really improve the way our business operates - knowing that what we do ensures we can continue to best serve our customers and achieve our social purpose.

This is a great time to work for Guinness and our Business Change team. Our plans are ambitious and, as a result, the team is ever developing and growing. As an organisation we are committed to investing in our people and in technology that will continue to support our strategic aims and enable continued business improvement through the implementation of our Digital and Data Strategy.

What were looking for

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so youll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but youll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done.

Youll be able to demonstrate:

Essential:
Proven track record of delivering portfolios of multiple and complex projects and programmes, spanning both IT and business change.
Highly experienced in leading and developing PMO Services to deliver to consistent high-quality standards.
Experienced in Portfolio Management, and use of PPM tools to improve quality and to automate reporting and provision of intelligence.
Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams.
Able to identify strategic priorities and respond efficiently to changing business needs.
Able to lead, develop, engage, and influence people at all levels.
Excellent oral and written communications.
Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.
Excellent knowledge of MS Office 365.
Proficient in use of delivery and collaboration tools (i.e. DevOps, SharePoint. MS Teams, Asana)
Desirable:
Experience of ITIL principles and processes
Housing sector industry experience
Qualifications

Programme and Project Management qualifications e.g. APMP or /MSP.
PMO qualification e.g., P30.
Product Management qualification, e.g., Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
If youre interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role, please review the role profile.
Benefits
Holidays: We offer 25 27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
Competitive Pension Scheme: We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
Benefits Portal: We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
Performance Pay: Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility
Life Assurance: For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death
Health Plan Options: There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade
VDU/DSE: Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if requires for VDU work
Additional benefits include:
Access to the Finance wellbeing portal
Professional subscription annual payment
Travel season ticket loan
Car lease scheme

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