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Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and play a key role in keeping our country safe through caring for the Defence estate and those that depend on it? DIO manages the Defence estate, one of the UKs largest and most diverse property portfolios, enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon-zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets, our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!
Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.
About DIO
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Job description
We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time.
We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers.
We understand the importance of life outside of work and our industry leading flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance.
Learning & Development
Professional and Personal Development of skills
Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO
Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by DIO
Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.
DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to thrive, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.
We promote and support a range of flexible working patterns enabling staff to balance home and work responsibilities.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers.
Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs, and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, ambitious and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation.
DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience:
Meaningful, purposeful work
The ability to learn and grow
The right opportunities and resources
To care about your wellbeing
To feel valued and included
About DIO
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure.
Our responsibilities include:
Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment
Provide utilities services
Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering)
Provide a safe place to train
Allocate Service Families Accommodation
Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair
Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning
Act as steward of the Defence estate
Provide the unarmed guarding service
We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world: in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal, and Oman.
Person specification
This post is within DIO Regional Delivery Overseas & Training Permanent Joint Overseas Bases team and is based in the Falkland Islands. The DIO Area Manager post is responsible to the Permanent Joint Overseas Bases G6, for the delivery of all Hard and Soft Facilities Management services across the Falkland and Ascension Islands on behalf of Strategic Command customers within British Forces South Atlantic Islands.
This is an exciting and challenging post, in a unique setting within the MOD and offers the opportunity for the Area Manager to deliver high profile outputs within a complex, busy overseas estate, representing DIO at 1* customer level, supporting command capability thorough the delivery of contracted outputs and funded works programmes.
The post holder will be required to undertake site inspections, to a variety of asset types such as, construction sites, fuel depots, remotes sites, an airfield and training areas which may expose the post holder to inclement weather conditions and require them to negotiate uneven ground.
The post has direct line management responsibilities for 1x Lt Col and 2x SEO posts and will lead the team of 16 staff across the two regions.
The post also provide support to 2x HEO posts which are line managed in the UK.
Responsibilities
Lead the DIO team compromising of Military, Civilians and Locally Employed Civilian staff.
Represent DIO at the senior customer level, supporting command capability through the delivery of contracted outputs and funded works programmes.
Working in collaboration with our industry Service Partners to deliver continuous improvement and excellence in Service Delivery
Lead and manage the estate Maintain and Sustain planning: Provide Monthly reports against delivery and updated forecasts, including risks and maintaining financial and commercial probity.
Lead and manage the Soft Facilities Management contract
Delivery of delegated budgets to ensure projected consumption in year is achieved maintaining financial and commercial probity.
Oversight of Planned PPM (preventative Maintenance Programme) to assure that the estate is being maintained to the correct statutory and mandatory requirements.
Provision of advice and support to the customer on all estate matters, including future plans and strategies. Supporting visits including senior staffs and up to ministerial level.
Responsible for the demobilisation of the current Hard and Soft contracts in the Falkland and Ascension Islands and the mobilisation of the Overseas Prime Contract
Attend the Commanders weekly briefs, Command Boards and other meetings when necessary. Provide Reporting officer function for Military staffs.
Develop the improving relationship with Falklands islands Government and Ascension Island Government, maximising collaborative opportunities, and supporting the Commanders directive in regard to island community and capability development.
Licences
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Portfolio, Programme and Project Management:
P3M06 – Contract Management at Proficient Level - Estates Management:
EM1.11( BFM12)-EM Processes and Principles -Expert Level
Benefits
£15,570 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Some of the many benefits you will receive include:
Highly competitive Pension Scheme
Flexi-time scheme
Alternative working practices such as working from home
25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service
Ability to roll over up to 10 days annual leave per year
In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The Kings birthday
Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period to for volunteer military or emergency service reserve commitments
Special Paid Leave for volunteering up to 6 days a year
Enhanced Parental and adoption leave
Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing
Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and / or site shops
To learn more about our full range of benefits, view our Candidate Information Guide attached.
Allowances
Please be advised the department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
£6000. Difficult Post Allowance.
Working Pattern
The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Flexible working patterns will be considered.
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Selection process details
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.
At application you will be assessed against the following:
Behaviours:
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
Experience:
- CV – Job History
- Personal Statement – Please provide a personal statement on why you are suitable for the role.
Technical: Portfolio, Programme and Project Management
- Contract Management at Proficient Level
Technical: Estate Managment
- EM1.11( BFM12)-EM Processes and Principles -Expert Level
At interview you will be assessed against the above.
We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn’t always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months. It is also possible that we may offer similar lower graded role/s to reserve candidates or, if no reserves are appointed, candidates that meet the lower grade criteria in merit order.
Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing: 30/10/2023.
Interviews are currently taking place either MS Teams or Face to Face and will be conducted week commencing: 06/11/2023.
To assist with your application please find attached below:
- DIO Candidate Information Guide – Overseas
- DIO Candidate Information Guide – Overseas – Accessible Version
- Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Technical Framework
- Estates Management Technical Framework
For help and support with your application check out our
Civil Service Careers Homepage and the How to apply section
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Bob MacDonald
- Email : Robert.Macdonald320@mod.gov.uk
- Telephone : 07974215522
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-DIOResourcing@mod.gov.uk
Further information
Applicants should monitor their Civil Service Jobs application centre regularly for updates.
Some of MoDs Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) changed from 3 February 2014. Those TACOS changes applied to Broader Banded and Skill Zone staff who were new recruits to MoD or who were appointed to a post on substantive promotion, progression or advancement. On the same basis, the TACOS for Departmental Retained Grades changed with effect from 01 September 2014. The document attached to this advertisement provides more information.
All employees joining MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Any move to Ministry of Defence from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please contact the DIO Enhanced Recruitment Team on DBSCivPers-DIOResourcing@mod.gov.uk
Complaints
Please be aware that the selection and interviewing of applicants is the responsibility of the Recruiting Line Manager (RLM) and not the Defence Business Services (DBS) Resourcing team. DBS do not play any part in the selection and interview process.
Therefore, if you wish to discuss your feedback, or you are dissatisfied with your markings, you should in the first instance raise this with the Recruiting Line Manager of the vacancy.
If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address:
Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, PO Box 38, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 7NU
If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address:
Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ
Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk
Cabinet Office Fraud Checks
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant whose details are found to be held on the IFD will be refused employment
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Travel Costs
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Nationality Statement
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.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.
Smoke-Free Working Environment Policy
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
