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Job summary
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice and welcome and encourage applications from everyone, such as ethnic minorities, women, disabled people and those who identify as LGBT+.
To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website.
Are you an experienced surveyor?
Can you encourage others to work collaboratively towards common goals and high quality outcomes for our colleagues and customers?
Are you confident in communicating in a straightforward, honest and engaging manner with stakeholders who may have a diversity of interests and needs?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Job description
As Estates Senior Surveyor, you will lead a small team providing Building Surveying and Project Management duties, to support and deliver Capital Works and maintenance projects. This will include developing a project brief from inception and managing all surveying and construction related processes through to completion. You will provide advice and guidance to your Property Investment colleagues and work collaboratively within our wider Estates team of Government Property professionals.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Contract Management of Service Providers, including delegated NEC Service/Project Manager duties
- Stakeholder engagement, co-ordination and the providing of advice and guidance to Property Investment and liaison with other estate sections
- Project Business case drafting and presentation to appropriate governing committees
- Proactive engagement with project stakeholders and other DVSA service partners to ensure that projects reflect requirements and deliver fit-for-purpose outcomes.
Person specification
To thrive in this varied role, you will be an experienced surveyor.
You can work effectively with both internal and external stakeholders, focusing on high quality outcomes for projects. You can work to agreed targets, with experience in a client focused environment.
You are passionate about collaborative working and are able to work in a responsive and constructive way, supporting other team members.
You are working towards, or already hold one of the following professional memberships: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Chartered Institute of Building, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
Additional Information
There will be occasional travel required with this role to other DVSA locations, including overnight stays.
About Us
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.
We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
Were working hard to:
- Make roads safer.
- Improve services for our customers.
- Make road transport greener and healthier.
- Harness the potential of technology and data.
- Grow and level up the economy.
Were committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams where everyone is valued. You can grow, develop and progress, and make a real difference to society.
Visit the Department for Transport careers website to read more about the great opportunities and benefits of working at DVSA.
Qualifications
You have professional membership of RICS, CIOB or CIBSE (or working towards).
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:
- Government Property Career Framework: Property & Construction Projects – Property & Construction Project Management (Practitioner).
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
If you would like to read more about the great opportunities and benefits of working at DVSA visit our Careers website.
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Selection process details
How to Apply
As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a CV and Personal Statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
For your Personal Statement, please provide detailed evidence of the following:
- Your experience of surveying, particularly in the following areas:
- Building pathology and/ or inspection.
- Construction technology.
- Legal/ regulatory compliance.
- Your experience of having applied these skills at GPP Practitioner level (independently in a previous role and/or under supervision in more complex projects), and you are able to advise and may supervise others in the delivery of these skills.
- Your experience of dealing with clients and leading projects.
Your personal statement will be limited to a maximum of 1250 words.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
- An interview
The sift is due to take place on 10th August 2023.
Interviews are likely to be held w/c 21st August 2023.
This interview could be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
Well try to meet the dates weve set out in the advert. But there may be occasions when these dates will change. Well give you plenty of notice of any important dates.
As part of the Technical assessment for this role you will be assessed against:
Government Property Career Framework: Property & Construction Projects – Property & Construction Project Management (Practitioner).
Ensuring projects meet all statutory and legislative standards and are delivered in compliance with government policies and governance procedures.
The associated skill level with the vacancy is practitioner.
Youre encouraged to become familiar with the candidate pack as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport recruits using Success Profiles. For each role, we consider what you need to demonstrate to be successful.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.
Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Digital Resourcing
- Email : DigitalResourcing@dft.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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