Contract type - Full Time, Permanent
Band – Band C
Information about the Role
The current operational environment for the Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ) is dynamic, and CT Policing must continually respond to the threat faced, therefore technology is at the heart of CT. Working within CTPHQ, the Reporting Manager is part of the Technology Pillar.
Working within CTPHQ Technology Pillar, the Reporting Manager will manage effective reporting into governance either at a portfolio, programme or project level – across the national and London Counter Terrorism & Protective Security (CT & PS) portfolios of projects and programmes, alongside providing crucial support to our BaU and strategic workstreams including commercial and finance.
Job Purpose
Working within the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO), the purpose of this role is to support the development and management of effective reporting products for technology governance, tracking and monitoring updates, managing escalations, and managing effective change control.
The role holder will need to work flexibly in periods of high demand. Whilst sitting under the team structure of the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO), the role holder will:
- Provide support to projects or programmes to apply portfolio standards in governance, reporting and decision support, including facilitation of workshops and internal upskilling.
- Work with portfolio and external stakeholders to develop the tools, templates and guidance for reporting at project, programme and portfolio levels under the prioritisation and direction of the Portfolio Reporting and RAID Lead.
- Maintain Portfolio-level reporting controls.
In periods of high demand there could also be a requirement to provide support to the other Portfolio Band Cs (RAID, Planning, Resourcing, Procurement and Benefits).
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities for the Reporting Manager are:
Portfolio Management:
- Produce consistently high quality, accurate and relevant portfolio level governance reporting products (e.g. delivery RAG, achievement of milestones, risks and issues, realisation of benefits, financial data, resource / workforce data etc).
- Manage portfolio reporting cycles, ensuring highlight / progress reports are submitted into the Portfolio Office in accordance with reporting timelines and appropriate summary reports / dashboards are prepared to enable effective decision making.
- Ensure proactive agenda planning including a clear understanding of each agenda item and the decisions required.
- Ensure effective minutes (at portfolio or programme level as appropriate) are taken, maintained and accessible – including consistently high-quality records of discussions, actions and decisions.
- Day-to-day management of the Portfolio Change Control Request (CCR) template and process, ensuring that all technology governance decisions and actions are proactively followed through effectively and audited appropriately.
Centre of Excellence:
- Support the development, maintenance and implementation of robust, effective and efficient reporting approach and processes, and provide associated guidance and tools required, at portfolio, programme and project levels.
- Ensure consistent reporting standards are being applied across the national technology portfolios, working with project and programme PMOs to achieve.
- Manage effective and efficient standards, practices and processes, ensuring that all parts of the reporting framework are managed in a consistent and controlled way, so that the deliverables needed by the CTPHQ Technology Pillar are correct, timely and fit for purpose.
- Use experience and lessons learned to provide best practice guidance to support successful delivery of the projects and programmes within portfolio.
- Provide reporting expertise at national and London CT & PS portfolio level, and act as a ‘critical friend’, ensuring reporting is realistic and enables decision making.
- Maintain effective working relationships with Programme Managers, (Senior) Project Managers and others to ensure risk and issues management is embedded either at portfolio, programme or project levels, both nationally and regionally, as appropriate.
Whilst sitting under the team structure of the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO), the post holder could be tasked to directly support projects or programmes in periods of high demand, when requested, to provide hands on specialist support and advice to Programme and Project Managers in in the development and management of effective reporting controls.
Apply and submit your application before the closing date of Tuesday 13th Oct 2026 at 23:55hrs.
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