Portfolio and Governance Manager (Housing and Land)

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Housing and Land

The Housing and Land directorate is responsible for the Mayor’s plans to deliver new and improved homes and strong communities.  Working closely with boroughs and partners, we manage the Mayor’s housing investment programmes and land and property assets to support the building of affordable homes, job creation and regeneration.

About the team

The Operational Policy and Performance Team is part of the Investment and Operations Unit in the Housing and Land directorate, led by Dan Maton as Assistant Director Investment and Operations.

Operational Policy and Performance works across the full breadth of Housing and Land’s work. It is a truly collaborative, multi-disciplinary team working with our delivery teams, programmes teams and policy team to support and enable everyone in the directorate to deliver effectively, consistently and within our GLA governance procedures.

The performance element of the team where this role sits, consists of a Senior Programme Co-ordinator, Portfolio and Governance Manager (this role) and a Programme and Performance Manager.

About the role

The role of Portfolio and Governance Manager will involve working with our delivery teams, programmes teams and policy team to support and enable everyone in the directorate to deliver effectively, consistently, and within GLA governance procedures. We are looking for someone who combines excellent data analysis and manipulation skills with strong reporting, communicating and influencing skills.

The Portfolio and Governance Manager will be responsible for supporting oversight of processes, programme management, and governance across the directorate. They will ensure alignment, consistency, and efficiency in project and programme management practices. Through high quality data analysis and reporting, the Portfolio and Governance Manager will provide strategic level oversight and reporting across multi-disciplinary projects and programmes to senior staff, and internal and external stakeholders. The Portfolio and Governance Manager will also support the Senior Programme Co-ordinator in the delivery of coherent and consistent budget, risk and performance management at a directorate level.

This role provides a unique opportunity to lead on data analysis and reporting at across multiple large programmes, whilst also building relationships and working collaboratively with project leads and other senior stakeholders across the wider directorate and organisation.

Key Areas of Responsibility include:

• Lead on performance reporting on behalf of the directorate using project management and data analysis tools such as Asana, MS Excel and Power BI.
• Develop and maintain processes and dashboards to provide high quality programme management support and portfolio assurance.
• Develop and implement standardised governance procedures to support effective programme delivery and decision making.
• Monitoring programme and portfolio-level risks and issues, ensuring robust risk management approaches are in place.

• Provide directorate management and monitoring of expenditure against programme and project budgets ensuring that the directorate expenditure forecasts remain in line with centrally agreed budgets for the current year and programme period.

• Support the Land and Development team with GLAP programme management and reporting activities.
• Support the directorate’s EDI programme through high quality data analysis and performance reporting.

What your day will look like

No two days are the same, but will likely include:

• Building relationships and collaborating with project leads to provide clear and accurate progress and performance updates, including the drafting of supporting narrative where appropriate.
• Developing bespoke reports and management information to support delivery of the directorate’s programmes and portfolio through the advanced use of data analysis tools such as Jaspersoft, PowerBI, Excel and other data management systems.

• Driving delivery and providing assurance to increase performance by tracking programme progress against targets, budgets, milestones, and KPIs.

• Providing ad-hoc support to project leads and other stakeholders with regards to programme and performance related queries, or data analysis or reporting requests.

Staff at the GLA are working in our offices 2-3 days per week and GLA leaders need to be accessible and visible to their teams. A good balance of time spent working remotely, in the office together with colleagues and with partners across London is an important aspect of the role. We promote flexible approaches to working and try to ensure an inclusive and supportive environment that enables our staff to be successful. This may include reasonable adjustments or other flexibilities around working hours and locations.

Skills, knowledge and experience

To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:

• Excellent communication skills including excellent report writing skills and the ability to translate large and complex datasets into clear messages for a range of stakeholders.

• Proven ability and experience of establishing and managing complex and diverse stakeholder relationships, to work effectively and collaboratively with others.

• A thorough knowledge of portfolio, programme and project management, and supporting governance and control techniques, including project planning and appraisal, financial and performance analysis and management, risk management, issue resolution and evaluation.

• Proven experience of setting up and managing performance monitoring systems and processes for large scale projects and programmes.

• Proven expertise and experience in the use of data analysis software such as Jaspersoft, Power BI or MS Excel.

The GLA Competency Framework Guidelines further detailing each competency and the different level indicators can be found here: GLA Competency Framework

How to apply

If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:

• Up to date CV
• Personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words. Please ensure you address how you demonstrate the essential criteria outlined above in the advert.

Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement have a maximum file size of 1.5MB each and upload your Personal Statement to the ‘CV and Cover Letters’ section’ of the form, ensuring you address the technical requirements and competencies in your Personal Statement.

Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement are saved with the job reference number as part of the naming convention (E.g., “CV – applicant name - 012345)

As part of GLA’s continuing commitment to be an inclusive and equal opportunity employer we will be removing personal identifiable information from CVs and Personal Statements that could cause discrimination. 

If you have questions about the role

If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring manager Catherine Thompson would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at catherine.thompson@london.gov.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact the glaopdcrecruitment@tfl.gov.uk who support the GLA with recruitment.

Assessment process

Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel.

If shortlisted, you’ll be invited to an interview/assessment.

The interview/assessment date is: w/c 29/6/26

Equality, diversity and inclusion

London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share. 

Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview. Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.

Benefits

GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.

Additional Information

Please note, all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from consideration.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record (DBS) check but some roles may require additional security screening. 

More Support

If you have a disability which makes submitting an online application form difficult, please contact resourcingteam@london.gov.uk.

The GLA is proud to be a Level 2: Disability Confident employer. We are committed to becoming a more inclusive and accessible organisation, and creating a truly inclusive and accessible workplace and culture for our disabled staff. We have named Disability Equality as a key corporate priority within our EDI Strategy. We welcome and encourage applications from disabled applicants. Should you wish to opt into the scheme, please let us know during your application.

Please note all applications for this vacancy must be submitted via our online recruitment system. We do not accept CVs alone for this role. Please upload a personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words to the ‘Additional Documents’ section of the form, ensuring you address the following technical requirements and competencies in your personal statement. Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.
 
The GLA Competency Framework Guidelines further detailing each competency and the different level indicators can be found here: GLA competency framework.

GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. 

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share. 

In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.