NHS Blood and Transplant
Portfolio Analyst
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Job Summary
It takes all types of people to deliver the work that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) we are a unique organisation that works with patients and donors alike to save and improve lives every day. We are on a mission to ensure that every patient receives the donation they need and we are seeking an experienced portfolio analyst to lead governance processes for a complex high value portfolio that will improve organ donation and transplant services across the UK. This is a high-impact role where your work will directly contribute to saving and transforming lives.
As a Portfolio Analyst, you’ll play a vital role in helping us make informed decisions about the projects and programmes that support our organisation’s strategic priorities. Working within the OTDT PMO, you’ll provide expert analysis and insight across our investment portfolio, turning complex financial, resource and performance data into clear recommendations for senior leaders.
You’ll develop meaningful dashboards, support portfolio governance, identify risks and dependencies, and help shape long-term transformation planning. This is an opportunity to contribute to large-scale change, influence decision-making at a senior level, and help ensure NHSBT continues to maximise value and deliver lasting impact for donors, patients and communities across the UK.
Main Duties of the Job
As a Portfolio Analyst, the post holder will work as part of the dynamic Central Portfolio Office Management delivery team that has a reach across the whole organisation to manage the investment portfolio of project and programme, including transformational programmes that help improve and save lives. The Post holder is responsible for providing value-added analysis and insight over the organisation-wide portfolio during prioritisation, planning and delivery performance, to enable timely senior leadership and executive-level decision making, including any interventions.
The Post Holder Will
- Be accountable for tracking and reporting on the health, status, and performance of the project and programme portfolio, in line with NHSBT standards, by developing dashboards against agreed KPIs to provide visibility to senior leadership that enable timely strategic intervention.
- Act as a subject matter expert on portfolio analysis, supporting and contributing to the overall delivery of programmes and projects, including the aggregation and assessment of risks, issues, dependencies and resource constraints at the portfolio level.
- Analyse financial, resource, and schedule data to support effective decision-making, ensuring data integrity and consistency across portfolio tools and systems.
- Support adherence to portfolio governance frameworks and standards, ensuring projects comply with stage-gate processes and reporting requirements.
- Facilitate the targeting of resources, monitoring of spend, and evaluation of portfolio performance by providing high-quality analysis, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
- Maintain and enhance portfolio management tool (e.g., PPM software), providing user support and training to ensure effective utilisation and reporting.
- Collaborate with project managers, PMOs, finance, and directorate portfolio teams, facilitating portfolio review meetings and workshops to support prioritisation and investment decision-making, including any gateway reviews.
- The post holder is expected to play a key role in enabling the successful delivery of change by providing robust portfolio analysis and insight, supporting the organisation to maximise value and achieve its strategic objectives.
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About You
Experience and Knowledge
- Proven experience working as an analyst within a complex PMO, portfolio, or programme environment.
- Specialist knowledge of portfolio management procedures, governance frameworks, and reporting standards.
- Demonstrable experience as a primary administrator or expert user for Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software and tools.
- Advanced experience in Excel and Power BI dashboards.
- Experience in analysing resource demand and capacity, and aggregating risks and issues at a portfolio level.
- Experience in supporting benefits realisation tracking and reporting.
- Experience of contributing to multi-year portfolio planning processes, providing analytical input to support prioritisation and informed decision-making.
Qualifications and Training
- Educated to Master’s degree level in a subject with a strong analytical and financial component or holds demonstrable equivalent relevant experience.
- A professional qualification in Portfolio Management such as P3O foundation or Practitioner, Strategic Portfolio Management.
- A professional qualification in project management at foundation level and awareness of MSP at foundation level or experience of delivering complex projects.
About Us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.
By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work – and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
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You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
What We Offer
- Hybrid working arrangements – because NHSBT works nationally, we’re able to offer hybrid working options that give you more flexibility to balance work with life.
- Flexible working options – we promote flexible working where the role allows. We’re happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
- Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-about-nhs-pensions
- Supportive learning culture - we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
- Health and wellbeing support – we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endeavour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.
You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:
- Read about our application process
- Learn more about our culture at NHSBT
To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking ‘Apply’ if you are viewing this advert on another site.
Next Steps
This vacancy will close at 23:59pm on Sunday 11th October, however this vacancy may close sooner than the advertised deadline if we receive a high volume of application.
The assessment process for this role will include: a video assessment stage, followed by a competency-based interview.
Interviews are anticipated to be held on Friday 23rd October via Teams – subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact:
- Name: Charlotte Walker
- Job Title: Recruiter
- Contact Details: Charlotte.Walker@nhsbt.nhs.uk
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