Junior Portfolio Analyst

We are looking for a Junior Portfolio Analyst to join the Frontier team on a permanent, full-time basis. This is a fully homebased role but there will be a requirement to attend sites when needed.

This is a great starting place for someone who would like to start their career in Technology. As a Junior Portfolio Analyst, you will be working on a diverse variety of tasks within the Portfolio Team supporting the Senior Portfolio Analyst where we are continuously reviewing the optimisation of our Portfolio performance. You will be the gatekeeper to the demand process and will be responsible for taking new demand requests through the demand process where you will need to understand the requirements being asked, engaging with stakeholders and gathering further information where required before presenting to the Technology Leadership Team in the weekly review meetings.

At Frontier, the Technology Team strive to deliver brilliant experiences for customers and colleagues. We want to hear from passionate, enthusiastic people from any background. We work with a variety of technologies from front-end native and web applications through to the backend systems that hold our organisation together and the hardware they run on. We are a data-driven organisation. We are transforming our technology landscape and the way we work, and this is a fantastic opportunity to join a team at the start of a change journey. Join us to make a real and valuable difference as you build your career at Frontier.

The Benefits

• Work from home anywhere in the UK
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Strong organisational skills, with good time management skills
• Structured and systematic approach to your work
• Capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously
• Effective communication and presentation skills, verbal and written
• Detail-oriented and quality-conscious
• Team player
• Resilience to change
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills
• Curious mindset to learn more about Technology
• Looking to start and build a career in the Technology Department

Your Role

As a Junior Portfolio Analyst your role will involve:

• Arranging stakeholder diary invites for Portfolio meetings
• Governing new demands into the Technology Department through the demand process via the Portfolio team
• Liaising and seeking clarity on new demand requirements assuring everything is captured and considered
• Challenging the value and benefit of the new demand
• Validating new demand against business priorities, objectives, risks, costs, work estimates etc
• Recommending the appropriate course of action for individual new demand requests
• Attaining sign off of new demands from the Technology Leadership Team before handing them over to the relevant delivery team
• Liaising with delivery leads to support them in co-ordinating the progression of demands
• Maintaining Portfolio documentation, making sure meeting notes and actions are captured correctly
• Sending out of regular communication updates to stakeholders to keep them informed
• Supporting the tracking and reporting of in-flight initiatives and demands being processed by delivery teams
• Supporting the facilitation of the quarterly team planning event

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion.

With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Award winning for our commitment to people, we have been recognised by Great Place to Work institute since 2012, and we are proud to be ranked by them in the top 30 UK best large places to work.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values Integrity, Customer focus and Expertise or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.