DIO - Estate Facilities Manager

The role

To manage construction projects within a fast-paced environment. You will work closely with United States Visiting Forces (USVF) project teams and DIO appointed contractors to manage construction projects from initiation to completion.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Due to the nature of the role, part time and job share arrangements may be considered, subject to the requirement that full-time hours are fully covered (or business needs are met).

Main responsibilities

• To work collaboratively with the USVF Project Manager and DIO appointed contractors to successfully deliver construction projects within an agreed time frame and to an agreed standard.
• Leading project teams, managing priorities and targets ensuring delivery of objectives.
• Promoting a positive, collaborative, and proactive working environment within project teams and with key contractual and financial functions, within DIO and MOD.
• Developing teams and individuals to build capability, ensure appropriate plans are in place and supporting Departmental business.
• Developing strong and collaborative relationships with customers and contractors supporting effective communications and delivery of services. Understand and act on customer and DIO priorities.
• Acting on customer feedback, establishing, and delivering action plans for systemic issues within projects.
• Attending and chairing customer liaison meetings, providing expert estate advice in line with DIO’s vision, seeking advice when required.
• Managing and assuring service delivery, meeting customer needs, and achieving value.
• Validating and approving payments to the Business Support and Commercial Teams, undertaking financial forecasting.
• Developing and delivering annual assurance plans ensuring compliance with legislation and contract deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with all relevant internal and external organisations including but not limited to DIO Core services and DIO Technical and Environmental teams to ensure compliance with DIO policies and practices.
• Investigating and rectifying compliance and service delivery issues.
• Producing high quality and accurate reports covering contractor performance, risks, and issues.
• Managing projects through to completion addressing changing customer requirements and updating the Command Infrastructure Development Plan (CIDP). Ensure changes are appropriate and technically robust.
• Developing Business Cases for DIO expert scrutiny.
• Ensuring effective & efficient delivery of major and high-profile projects.
• Identifying and developing efficiency opportunities

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience. Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a CV (500 Word count)

At sift, Candidates will be assessed against their CV, Statement of suitability and the following:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, the sift will be conducted on your CV & Statement of suitability only.

At interview, Candidates will be assessed against the following:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Further information:

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.