Job Title: Portfolio Benefits Realisation Lead
Salary: The starting salary is £62,310, which includes allowances totalling £3,009
The salary is broken down as £59,301. basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £72,254 Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: London / hybrid working
Job Summary/Key Tasks
The current operational environment for the Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ) is dynamic, and CT Policing must continually respond to the threat faced, therefore change is at the heart of CT. Working within CTPHQ, the Portfolio Benefits Realisation Lead is responsible for ensuring that and the changes delivered realise the anticipated benefits, and ensuring that the benefits from CT Policing Change portfolio are effectively identified and managed.
Role Position within the CTPHQ Change Pillar
The Change Pillar manages the delivery of the Counter Terrorism (CT) and Protective Security (PS) Policing Change Portfolio to meet our strategic objectives. It is split into 5 teams; Portfolio Management Office (PfMO), Business Change, Project and Programme Management (PPM), Business Design and Assurance and Standards. The Benefits Lead works within the Portfolio Management Office which provides support to the programmes and projects in the CTP Change Portfolio.
This role will report directly to and be managed by the Band A Head of Portfolio Office.
Job Purpose
The role provides strategic leadership and oversight of benefits realisation across the national and London Counter Terrorism and Protective Security (CT & PS) portfolio and programme landscape. It ensures a consistent, robust, and best‑practice approach to benefits management that enables the identification, tracking, reporting, and realisation of benefits at portfolio, programme, and project level. Working closely with Project and Programme Managers, senior responsible owners, and key change enablers, the role ensures that benefits are clearly defined, owned, and aligned to business cases and organisational priorities, supporting the delivery of intended outcomes across the CT & PS change portfolio.
The role leads the development and maintenance of the CT & PS benefits management strategy and operates as a centre of excellence for Benefits Realisation Management, providing expert guidance, tools, standards, training, and quality assurance. This includes supporting both centrally managed and regionally delivered projects and programmes, coordinating benefits mapping activities to validate dependencies and outcomes, and ensuring benefits are consistently understood and agreed with stakeholders. The role also establishes and maintains effective digital and data‑driven approaches to benefits tracking and reporting, analysing performance and impact to inform decision‑making and continuous improvement.
Acting as the principal specialist adviser on benefits realisation, the role engages with the CT Policing Executive, the national CT policing network, and the wider benefits management community to promote best practice, strengthen capability, and ensure a coherent, end‑to‑end approach to benefits management across all stages of the change lifecycle.
Sitting under the team structure of the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO), the role holder acts as both the Portfolio Management and Centre of Excellence lead for Benefits Management and will:
- Lead the creation and application of portfolio standards (in developing and managing benefits realisation plans, post-implementation reviews, benefits mapping, profiling, planning and tracking, which may include facilitation of workshops and internal upskilling.)
- Drive the development of the tools, templates and guidance for benefits management at project, programme and portfolio levels.
- Own Portfolio-level benefits management controls.
- Champion best-practice standards in Benefits Management across the National CT/PS Change Portfolio.
In periods of high demand there could also be a requirement to provide support to the Portfolio Planning and Resourcing Lead or the Portfolio Reporting and RAID Lead.
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities for the Portfolio Benefits Realisation Lead are:
Leadership:
- Lead by example in creating and embedding an inclusive team culture in the specialism where everyone understands their role in delivering CTPHQ’s portfolio of change.
- Ensure the team is resourced with people who have the required skills, experience and motivation to do their roles effectively.
- Role model expertise and provide development to Band Cs to deliver best-practice support to the portfolio.
- Be the go-to expert for Benefits Management across the portfolio, providing guidance, signposting and capability building.
- Promote effective working relationships with Programme Managers, (Senior) Project Managers, Regional Change Managers and others to ensure good planning and resource management practices are embedded either at portfolio, programme or project levels, both nationally and regionally, as appropriate.
Portfolio Management:
- Ownership of the national and London CT & PS Benefits Management controls to enable effective realisation of benefits
- Lead the Portfolio Management Benefits function by applying advanced knowledge in the technical/professional discipline of Benefits Management, across the portfolio, providing meaningful insights and challenge to senior leadership to ensure cashable and non-cashable benefits are being delivered to support the CT Policing Executive, SROs and Project Executives.
- Champion and implement portfolio benefits management to enable CTPHQ’s Change Portfolio to be ‘best in class’ against Government Project Delivery Profession’s industry standard
- Lead the team to deliver timely, accurate and insightful reporting products that enable senior stakeholders to make effective decisions on the delivery of the CTP Change Portfolio
- Direct, monitor and report on the key portfolio risks and issues to the realisation of benefits, ensuring progress is highlighted and ensure that they are appropriately escalated, managed and mitigated.
- Ensure the management and coordination of appropriate benefits processes for all projects and programmes
- Encourage close working with the Planning & Resourcing and Reporting & RAID teams to track key milestones and highlight dependencies in the change delivery portfolio, understand how these contribute to delivery of benefits and how any changes affect the risk profile.
Centre of Excellence:
- Lead the Benefits Management Centre of Excellence function
- Own the Centre of Excellence development roadmap for benefits management specialism and lead on the continuous improvement of Portfolio benefits management practices
- Lead and manage the creation, continuous improvement, and consistent use of benefits management tools, templates and processes across the portfolio, setting and communicating processes, embedding best practice techniques and standards
- Work closely with the portfolio leadership team, project and programme managers and external Portfolio stakeholders to understand the benefits management needs across the portfolio and ensure that standards are developed to enable efficient delivery of change projects and programmes
- Lead the development, maintenance and implementation of robust, effective and efficient benefits management approaches and processes, and provide associated guidance and tools required, at portfolio, programme and project levels.
- Provide overall direction and expertise for benefits management by ensuring the provision of appropriate tools and products for managing benefits and being responsible for ensuring these are reviewed within programmes and projects and on a regular basis.
- Ensure that there is effective provision of hands-on support and guidance to the programmes across the specialisms, ensuring consistency of approach, ways of working and processes, and that benefits management standards and practices are adhered to across the CT & PS change portfolios at all levels, working with Project and Programme PMOs to achieve this
- Use experience and lessons learned to provide best practice guidance to support successful delivery of the projects and programmes within portfolio
- Provide benefits management expertise at national and London CT & PS portfolio level, and act as a ‘critical friend’, ensuring controls are robust, realistic and achievable.
- Lead engagement with the Strategic Design Authority, to ensure that change proposed is realistically deliverable from a business perspective and that the Change Network are engaged in the business assurance of design where appropriate
- Work collaboratively with the CTPHQ Performance Team and Strategic Finance team, who will have a key role in tracking the delivery of benefits.
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 benefits controls.
The post holder will be expected to work closely with other roles in the PfMO to enable effective delivery of the Change Portfolio in an efficient and effective manner.
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 2nd June 2026.
