Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours
Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)
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You will be a specialist and trusted advisor in resource management and portfolio-level strategy. By maintaining a centralised and strategic overview of resource capacity, capabilities, and allocations, you will drive effective decision-making across the business. Collaborating with stakeholders at all levels, you will influence and shape resource allocation to optimise organisational impact. Your role will involve ensuring resource data integrity, proactively evaluating programme and project demands, and aligning these with capacity to deliver seamless, business-wide outcomes.
Here’s a taste of what you will be doing as a Senior Planning and Resource Lead at Nottingham Building Society: -
- Keep Resource Systems Fresh: Ensure all resource management systems are up-to-date with allocations for both daily tasks and projects.
- Framework for Success: Define and maintain a resource portfolio management framework for effective decision-making.
- Adapt and Thrive: Manage and adjust portfolio priorities as organisational needs evolve.
- Resource Gatekeeper: Collaborate with stakeholders to allocate the right resources for new demands.
- Risk Buster: Identify and mitigate resource risks across all projects and programmes.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead and enhance resource management processes, embedding new practices as needed.
- Insightful Reporting: Produce insightful management information to inform committees about status, risks, and opportunities, optimising resource allocation.
About you: -
- Portfolio & Resource Planning: Proven experience in managing portfolios and resources.
- Stakeholder Management: Excellent skills in managing stakeholders.
- Analytical Skills: Strong abilities to analyse and interpret data.
- Programme & Project Delivery: Solid understanding of delivery functions.
- Adaptability: Flexible in fast-paced, complex environments.
- Teamwork & Independence: Effective both independently and as part of a team.
- Leadership: Leading peers and management in resource planning.
Reward & Benefits -
- A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, Medicash healthcare scheme, 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
- Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
- For all full-time roles we work a 35-hour working week to promote a work/life balance, we want you to be at your best inside and outside of work.
- A friendly and inclusive culture where teams genuinely strive to do the right thing by their colleagues and our customers.
- A strong sustainability agenda – we’re continually finding new ways to be kinder to the environment by reducing our carbon footprint.
- We’re passionate about giving back to the communities in which we serve as well as supporting local charities as part of the Samuel Fox Foundation. One of the many ways you can get involved is to use the 2 days per year paid leave to volunteer for causes or charities that are important to you.
- Your health and wellbeing is our priority, we encourage this through a suite of support resources, including a team of trained mental health first aiders.
Embracing Diversity Together: -
We proudly embrace and celebrate diversity as a fundamental cornerstone of our values. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is not just essential for our success but is also a reflection of the vibrant communities we serve. Our commitment to diversity extends beyond our internal culture to the way we approach advertising and engage with our customers.
Our commitment means actively working to eliminate barriers and biases that may hinder equal opportunities within our organisation. We strive to ensure that all individuals, regardless of background, have an equal chance to thrive and advance in their careers.
We acknowledge that diversity is not just a goal to be achieved but a continuous journey toward creating an environment that embraces differences and promotes equal opportunities for all. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that encourages collaboration, creativity, and a sense of belonging for every member of our community.