DIO - Project and Cost Manager

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

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).

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Accommodation is responsible for providing Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in the UK and Europe. This includes the management of around 47,000 SFA properties for Service Personnel and their families; major SFA upgrades and other improvements; providing a comprehensive SFA repair and maintenance service; managing SFA allocation; and overseeing the move in and move out of personnel from SFA properties and management of private leased homes in the UK and Europe through partner organisations. The Accommodation Directorate attracts close and frequent Ministerial and media interest, and Defence’s ambitions for the quality of service and pace of delivery for Service Personnel and their families living in Service Family Accommodation are high.

The Project Manager will lead and manage the end-to-end delivery of accommodation related projects within the Service Family Accommodation (SFA) portfolio, ensuring that outputs meet quality, time and budget expectations.

The Project Manager will be responsible for co-ordinating cross functional teams, assuring supplier performance and driving improvements to the housing experience for Service Personnel, their families and other eligible users of SFA.

Operating at a Senior Executive Officer (SEO) level, the Project Manager will support strategic priorities, ensure compliance with MOD and government standards and commitments and contribute to the continuous improvement of housing services across the Defence Estate

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, Experience and Technical skills.

Candidates will be required to complete an online Numerical, Verbal test, Civil Service Judgement test and Civil Service Management Judgement Test prior to submitting the CV and Behaviours below:

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

At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and the following Behaviours:

• Managing Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Should there be a large number of applications initial sift. You will be sifted against your CV and Making Effective Decisions only.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours

• Managing Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical Skills

• Requirements Management
• Risk and Issue Management
• Assurance

Please refer to the Technical Skills - Framework: 6.7775_IPA_Project Delivery Capability Framework 2021 Refresh sample pages

Interview to be be held on Teams and are expected to commence early October.

Further information:

The Civil Service Judgement Test is not bankable and therefore must be taken on every vacancy where it is applied.

Should you be invited to complete the online tests, please allow sufficient time to complete the tests and the remainder of the full application form; only candidates who are successful at the test stage will be invited to complete the remainder of the application by clicking ‘Submit Application’. Your application must be completed by 23:55 on the closing date of the vacancy. Late submissions cannot be accepted. The tests are not timed, as they work by giving you harder questions if you answer the previous question correctly, and easier if you get it wrong. You should allow up to an hour for each test, and each test must be completed before you will be invited to complete the second part of your application. Internet access will be required for the duration of the test. Please refer to the attached Candidate Guidance for further information.

Candidates that reach the minimum required pass mark will have their results saved as a banked score against the following tests:

• New Civil Service Verbal Test
• New Civil Service Numerical Test

When a candidate has a banked score they’re not asked to re-take the same test providing it is set at the same level. Scores will be banked for a 6 month period from the date of test completion. If a candidate is invited to take the same test against multiple vacancies, the banked score will be recognised against all vacancies and all active applications will progress.

CSJT scores cannot be banked as each test is generated from the behaviours required for a specific role which will vary between recruitment campaigns.

If you require any particular arrangements (for example due to a disability or health problem) to be made in order for you to complete the online test you MUST contact the DBS Enquiry Centre on 0800 345 7772 BEFORE accessing the online test.

Opening times Mon -Friday 0800- 1600 hrs.

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.