SayPro Portfolio Support Officer

SayPro; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

SayPro is seeking an organised Portfolio Support Officer to join the Digital Change team. This role involves supporting project governance, coordinating meetings, and maintaining project documentation. The right candidate will enjoy a hybrid working model, access to strong professional development opportunities, and generous benefits including the Civil Service Pension.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Civil Service Pension Scheme

32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Qualifications

• Ability to assist with end-to-end governance cycle for meetings.
• Experience managing workload and prioritising effectively.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the portfolio team and project community.
• Coordinate team meetings and manage project templates in SharePoint.
• Keep resources up to date on the intranet.

Skills

Communicating and Influencing

Working Together

Managing a Quality Service

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Location

23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham
2 Rivergate, Bristol
Piccadilly Gate, Manchester
Loxley House, Nottingham

About the job

Job summary

We’re looking for an organised and proactive Portfolio Support Officer to join our Digital Change team. In this key role, you’ll help ensure the smooth running of projects and initiatives by supporting the portfolio team and wider project community across Ofsted.

Working closely with the Portfolio Manager, analysts, and project managers, you’ll maintain and update key information, support meetings, and provide flexible administrative support. You’ll also take the lead on coordinating team meetings, managing project templates in SharePoint, and keeping resources up to date on the intranet.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.

Job description

Please refer to the job specification for further information.

Person specification

Please refer to the job specification for further information.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Ability to assist with the end-to-end governance cycle for key meetings, including scheduling, agenda planning, paper commissioning, minute-taking, and action tracking.
• Experience of managing own workload and prioritising work effectively.
• Ability to build strong working relationships within the team and with others in the organisation.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally, including proven ability to take an accurate record of meetings and agreed actions.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Excel and the ability to adopt new applications quickly.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,212, Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills contributes £8,752 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.