Performance and Reporting Lead

Performance and Reporting Lead

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

Salary up to £54,850 per year (depending on experience)

Location hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Asset Programme Management Office as a Performance and Reporting Lead, managing those responsible for the development and delivery of accurate and timely performance reporting materials in line with NWL’s monthly reporting calendar. You will also provide a supporting assurance function and necessary challenge to ensure that Northumbrian Water continue to deliver the most effective business solutions.

You will own, communicate, and ensure compliance with the defined reporting framework across the Project, Programme, and Portfolio community. This includes active involvement in monthly review meetings in the role of ‘critical friend.’

You will lead those responsible for data analysis, providing insight and recommendations to support effective project and programme delivery. You will support NWL Corporate Assurance teams in auditing the information reported, collating evidence pertaining to the performance of capital programmes, and leading the communication and engagement activity.

About you

If you have experience providing a high-quality performance reporting function in a project, programme or PMO environment, we want to hear from you. This should include a strong understanding of assurance techniques, data analysis, and presentation capability.

You will be qualified to a degree level in an appropriate project, programme, or engineering discipline, e.g., business management, information management, project and programme delivery, or have equivalent relevant experience.

You will have experience of information management techniques and drawing conclusions from data to offer strategic recommendations in support of senior-level decision making.

You will have a track record of using PowerBI reporting tools to inform decision-making and project tools to ensure delivery to time, cost, and quality and experience in data transformation, manipulation, and visualisation to effectively communicate findings to a varied audience.

You will be keen to demonstrate stakeholder management skills and experience taking a lead role or accountability for a business-critical function, preferably leading or developing individuals to ensure high-quality team performance.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.