As a member of staff you have access to the same core portfolio tools as students. However, PGRs and some taught programmes have customised tools which you won't see by default.
From the Settings menu Programme Settings lets you view the same menu icons as PGR students or for specific programmes. (this happens automatically for students based on their programme registration)
If your programme is using a specific skill set you may be able to subscribe to this too - this will be displayed in the "My Skills" and "My Blog" sections of the portfolio.
In My Skills click on Subscribe to a Set.
In addition to any programme-specific skills, taught students are automatically subscribed to the Newcastle Graduate Skills Framework and research students to the Researcher Development Framework.