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# Portfolio AssistantRegion: MidlandsLocation: Stratford-upon-AvonContract type: PermanentReference number: ITDI01496Working pattern: Full-time (Part-time hours considered)Salary: Up to £30,000 + 10% annual bonus + benefits package## Portfolio Assistant* Be part of a dynamic team driving enterprise-wide change across NFU Mutual. * Provide key support to projects across the business. * Enjoy a hybrid working model with 80% homeworking and 20% at our Head Office in Stratford-upon-Avon. Part time hours considered.## About the roleWe are looking for two permanent Portfolio Assistants to play a vital role in supporting the successful delivery of NFU Mutual’s Enterprise Change Portfolio. Working within Group Change, you’ll provide essential administrative and coordination support to projects, programmes, and portfolio teams. This role is strategically important in ensuring smooth operations, effective onboarding, and accurate financial and data management across change initiatives. You’ll be at the heart of our change operations, supporting workshops and events, managing diaries and mailboxes, and ensuring new starters are equipped and onboarded effectively. You’ll raise and manage purchase orders, coordinate communications, and maintain accurate records to support project governance and delivery. Your responsibilities will include: * Providing administrative support for meetings and workshops, including minute-taking and logistics. * Managing diaries, mailboxes, and online platforms to ensure timely responses and effective scheduling. * Processing purchase orders, invoices, and receipts in line with budgets and timelines. * Facilitating onboarding for new starters, including equipment and access setup. * Coordinating internal communications and publishing content aligned with corporate guidelines. * Supporting office management and travel arrangements for delivery teams. * Building strong relationships across Group Change to support collaboration and delivery.## About youYou’re an organised, collaborative administrator with a sharp eye for detail and previous experience working within a co-ordination/support role is essential. If this has been within a Finance setting it would be preferred. Experience of working within project environments and a practical understanding of how projects run would be beneficial. To join our team, you will have. * Confident Microsoft Office skills (especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook). * Meticulous attention to detail with a keen eye for spotting inconsistencies. * Excellent communication skills, strong organisation and time management, and a team first mindset. * Strong report writing and documentation skills. *At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.* *We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.* *We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.*## Benefits and RewardsWhen you join our team,you can expecta supportive cultureandanattractive range ofrewards and benefitsincluding: * Salary up to £30,000 depending on experience * Annual bonus (up to 10% of salary) * Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution * 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme * A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities * Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets * £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs * Health and wellbeing plan- cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more * Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance * Employee Volunteering - volunteerin the community for one day each year * Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme * Life Assurance coverof 4 x salary * Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. * Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility## Working at NFU MutualWe’reone of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 yearswe’veput our customers at the heart of everything we do.Ourpeopleare just as important to us. Wepride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of ‘Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK’, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots we’ve grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1billion annually. Yet success hasn’t gone to our heads. We’re proud to remain completely customer focused, down-to-earth and committed to the rural communities we’ve grown from.Our ethos - of trust, respect and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and has seen us build an enviable reputation for exceptional member loyalty. Though we’ve been in business for over 110 years, we have big ambitions for the future. And that’s why we’re looking for talented people to join our growing organisation. Talented people like you.