Description
Portfolio Support Officer
Location: Bootle, Merseyside (remote working)
Start: ASAP
Rate: £230 per day
Duration: 12 Months
IR35 Status: Inside
Role:
Provide administrative and contract management support to the portfolio office for a specific Health programme.
The research for the study is carried out by six themes and supported sixteen external suppliers resulting in a complex model of operations.
You will work as a member of the Client's Science team providing internal support to enable a better understanding of the study's context for the Client/business.
Essential skills/experience required:
Experience of working in a portfolio, programme or project office in an administrative or officer role on large scale initiatives
Experience in working in Matrix models including external partners and suppliers
Experience of working in the public sector and in academic environments
Experience of research projects is highly desirable
Deep experience of contracting, purchase order, and payment processes
Ways of Working:
Highly motivated self-starter capable of working both independently and as part of a virtual team
Flexible and able to work across different activities whilst ensuring priorities are delivered
Duties include:
Provide secretariat support across a range of portfolio management meetings supporting agenda and minutes production, meeting diaries, and agenda production
Provide administrative support for the Portfolio Manager and the Portfolio Office Manager in carrying out their roles
Support the Portfolio Finance Lead in enabling the completion and processing of new supplier proposals
Support the Portfolio Finance Lead with the completion and management of purchase orders
Work as part of the Science administration team carrying out administrative functions
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