Location
London Borough of Islington

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£83,875 per annum

About the Role
As Portfolio Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how Notting Hill Genesis delivers change across the organisation. This position sits at the heart of our Strategic Planning & Transformation directorate, giving you strategic oversight of our entire transformation and change portfolio, determining what enters it, in what order, and what leaves it. You will act as the central orchestrator connecting strategy to execution, driving pace, quality, and value across all change activity for the benefit of our residents and communities. If you are an experienced portfolio or programme professional looking to make a genuine impact within a leading London housing association, this role could be your next step.

Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a comprehensive portfolio plan for delivering the corporate strategy and becoming a truly customer-centric organisation, covering scope, status, risks, issues, interdependencies, benefits, and resource requirements
- Engage senior leadership collaboratively on prioritisation, resourcing, and change capacity, setting effective plans and building shared ownership across all areas
- Own the front door for new change, testing incoming demand against corporate priority, capability impact, and available capacity, supporting directorates to bring project briefs up to standard
- Establish and oversee governance arrangements for strategic planning, programme, and project delivery, presenting clear recommendations on what enters, stops, or may need delaying
- Conduct portfolio-level risk assessments and work with the Risk team to implement mitigation strategies across transformation and planning portfolios
- Provide visibility, insight, and challenge senior leaders need to make confident investment and sequencing decisions, informed by external best practice and sector trends

Benefits
Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and more
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance at 4 times annual salary

Experience
- Educated to degree level with significant experience (5+ years) managing a successful complex transformation and/or strategic change portfolio in an organisation of comparable size and complexity
- At least five years in portfolio or programme roles
- Proven track record managing portfolio interdependencies, risks, issues, and benefits across multiple workstreams
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills capable of inspiring and influencing senior stakeholders

About you
- Passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individual committed to adding value
- Ability to work collaboratively with senior leadership and multiple teams
- Strong communication skills, including presenting to executive teams and boards
- Willingness to study towards a professional qualification if required by legislative changes

Qualifications
- Degree level education required
- Professional qualification in portfolio, programme, or project management is desirable but not mandatory at application stage

Desirable
- Experience supporting strategic planning or operating model development in a complex, regulated environment
- Housing or wider public sector experience is welcome
- Strong understanding of project, programme, and portfolio management methodologies