Portfolio & Insight Lead Specialist Advisor

Position: Portfolio Performance & Insight Lead Specialist Advisor
Location: Wales

The role Are you passionate about turning complex information into meaningful insight that drives real change? As our Portfolio Performance & Insight Lead Specialist Advisor, you'll play a key role in helping Natural Resources Wales understand, monitor and deliver its strategic priorities. Working within the Portfolio Office, you'll bring together performance, planning, risk and delivery information from across the organisation to provide a clear picture of progress against our Corporate Plan and long-term objectives.

Using your analytical expertise, you'll transform complex data into actionable insight, helping senior leaders make informed decisions and identify opportunities, risks and emerging challenges. This is a high-profile role where you'll develop impactful dashboards, reports and performance intelligence products, working collaboratively with colleagues across NRW to improve how we measure, monitor and communicate organisational performance. You'll provide expert advice, challenge and support, ensuring decision-makers have the evidence they need to deliver positive outcomes for the people, communities and natural environment of Wales.

If you're an experienced performance, portfolio or business intelligence professional who enjoys influencing at a strategic level and making a tangible organisational impact, we'd love to hear from you. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Charlotte Brewster at Interviews will take place on w/c 09/11/2026 through Microsoft Teams.

About us At Natural Resources Wales (NRW), we're dedicated to protecting, improving and sustainably managing Wales's natural resources for current and future generations. From responding to environmental incidents and tackling the climate and nature emergencies, to managing flood risk, forestry, biodiversity and water quality, our work has a direct impact on the wellbeing of people, communities and the environment across Wales.

The Portfolio Office sits at the heart of organisational delivery, helping NRW turn strategy into action. Our team provides the insight, coordination and assurance needed to support delivery of NRW's Corporate Plan and long-term priorities. Working closely with colleagues from across the organisation, we bring together information, expertise and perspectives to help leaders understand performance, manage risk and make informed decisions.

This is an exciting time to join NRW as we continue to evolve and strengthen how we deliver for Wales. You'll be part of a collaborative, supportive and forward-thinking organisation where your ideas, expertise and contribution will help shape the future of both the organisation and the natural environment we serve. What you will do Analyse organisational intelligence from business plans, service plans, major programmes, evaluation activity, risk reporting and other sources to provide a forward-looking view of organisational performance, outcomes and benefits realisation.

Develop and maintain performance dashboards, visualisations and reporting products that provide clear, accessible and impactful insight into delivery progress, trends, risks and organisational performance at portfolio level. Enable live monitoring and reporting of WBO delivery, using trend measures, ambition measures and long-term indicators to assess progress and identify areas requiring intervention. Provide independent assessment of delivery and performance against agreed objectives and plans, ensuring leaders have a clear understanding of organisational progress, achievement of outcomes and delivery confidence.

Lead the coordination and quality assurance of portfolio reporting inputs from across NRW, working through matrix arrangements with planning, performance, finance, risk, assurance and programme colleagues to ensure timely, accurate and consistent insight for the Portfolio Group. Identify and analyse cross-cutting risks, dependencies, opportunities and emerging issues that may affect delivery, supporting the ET in agreeing appropriate mitigating actions. Provide coaching, guidance and technical advice to colleagues on portfolio reporting, performance analysis, dashboard development, benefits tracking and interpretation of organisational…