DIO - Senior Facilities Manager

We have two Vacancies for talented Senior Facilities Managers to cover an array of sites located within London. The Senior Facilities Manager is a key role within the DIO South East Regional Delivery Team. The role is high profile and challenging and is key in delivering effective hard and soft facilities management at establishments within the London area.

A SFM is responsible for the engagement and stakeholder management of high-profile customers across a variety of sites. Working in collaboration with the industry partners (IP), they will ensure effective delivery of key tasks including delivery of hard and soft facilities management services and high value infrastructure projects. They are responsible for continued delivery of operational requirements, maintaining statutory compliance of the estate and sustaining a collaborative relationship with the customer and Industry Partners.

The role reports to and works closely with the Area Manager, immediate peers as well as the wider DIO community. This is a full-time site-based role with frequent travel between sites.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The position requires Developed Vetting and is eligible for Sole British Nationals only. Dual nationals are not eligible.

The Senior Facilities Manager role is responsible for the effective management of site delivery activities, key aspects of which are:

• Acting as the key customer interface and leading the engagement with Customers via key governance forums
• Management of sites within area of responsibility to ensure a culture of safety first, delivering value for money and expert advice
• Support to complex sites through provision of advice and estate management solutions
• Support the planning and delivering of reactive repairs, maintenance, project delivery and hard and soft FM services.
• Providing a visible presence to ensure effective customer communication and timely stakeholder management.
• Acting as the escalation point for issues raised and facilitating resolutions for significant operational or service delivery issues.
• Contract manage key suppliers, monitoring performance and holding them to account where appropriate.
• Effectively manage all site risks, ensuring consistent and timely documentation on the SPRITe Risk Register with appropriate mitigation plans in place.

Open to UK nationals only.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), 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, previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (750 Word count)

Personal Statement 750 words to include :

• Facilities Management Experience
• Risk management
• Stakeholder and team management

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

Behaviours:

• Leadership

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 the CV and Personal Statement only.

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Experience:

• Career history
• Experiences

Presentation:

• If your application is successful, you will be required to prepare and deliver a presentation for the interview. The subject of the presentation will be provided upon confirmation of your interview.

The position requires Developed Vetting and is eligible for Sole British Nationals only. Dual nationals are not eligible.

• 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.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

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.