Running the commissioning of new investments.
Working across your team to aid the delivery of challenge priorities.
Working with senior challenge staff to establish effective relationships with key strategic partners in your team’s area of work.
Investment management of key investments within assigned challenge, ensuring that outputs, outcomes, and impact reach their full potential by engaging with key collaborators.
Working with the innovation leads and key collaborators to support, develop and prioritise new ideas.
Working closely across wider UKRI teams, ensuring high quality and timely project management of commissioning and governance activities.
Involvement in the team’s corporate responsibilities

A degree/equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area or demonstrable equivalent level of knowledge, skills, and experience. (S)
Planning and organisational skills, including: an awareness of project management methods, the ability to support the co-ordination of project workstreams and the ability to effectively prioritise and run complex activities with competing workloads. (S&I)
Ability to work independently and take ownership for delivery of expected outcomes whilst maintaining attention to detail. (S&I)
Ability to work collegiately and flexibly in a team, delivering a varied portfolio consistently in a timely manner. You will need to be responsive to changes to overcome challenges and successfully deliver expected outcomes. (S&I)
Strong communication skills, using appropriate styles and methods to maximise impact and understanding. (S&I)
Experience of building effective working relationships with both internal and external collaborators (such as senior academics, policy makers, practitioners, or business partners) at varying seniority levels with the ability to influence and persuade. (S&I)
Analytical skills with the ability to evaluate, report, and act on complex information of various forms, including numerical data. (S&I)

An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme.
30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent).
Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities.
Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice.
Flexible working options.

Portfolio Manager – Economic Growth

Key skills