National Property and Project Manager


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Reference number

325873

Salary

£34,280 – £34,623
£34,280 per annum (pro rata). Rising to £34,623 per annum (pro rata) on successful completion of probation.
A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer
B2 APT

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

OFSTED – Finance, Property and Commercial

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement
Planning
Property
Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Agora, Nottingham

Job summary

We are looking for a National Property and Project Manager to join our Property Team. 

The Property team develops Ofsted’s estates strategy in collaboration with the Government Property Agency (GPA) to ensure that our property portfolio is efficiently aligned to the needs of the business and smarter ways of working. This includes acquisition and disposal of properties, managing our buildings and building services, ensuring our buildings remain compliant and a safe place to work, as well as supporting the organisation in business continuity (disaster recovery) and physical security matters.

The post holder will assist the Head of Property to deliver our core business operations across all remits: relocation project management; workplace management; buildings health and safety; physical security; business continuity; and sustainability. 

They will have responsibility for developing and managing national processes and procedures across all remits which meet industry best practice enabling the team to also deliver a range of business lead services in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

The post holder will be directly responsible to the Head of Property and undertake appropriate tasks and projects as directed.

The post holder will work a minimum of 30 hours a week, across four set days. The working pattern will be discussed and agreed with the line manager.

Job description

Please refer to the job specification for further details.

Person specification

Please refer to the job specification for further details.

Qualifications

Part professional/technical qualifications in a Property/Facilities Management (FM), and Health and Safety related subject, such as Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM), Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), PRINCE2 Project Management or equivalent knowledge and experience in working in a property services/project management/contracts/health and safety environment.

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:

  • Experience of delivering projects and meeting operational targets and objectives within well-defined frameworks.
  • Successful engagement with internal contacts, representation of own work area and collaboration with other teams.
  • Evidence of successful engagement with other departments and agencies.
  • Proven experience of managing property services and contracts.
  • Proven experience of managing and leading multi-disciplined teams.
Alongside your salary of £34,280, Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills contributes
£8,857 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure. 

Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027 we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.

Selection process details

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

Application and Shortlisting:

The selection panel will assess your application based on your evidence you have provided against the essential criteria as set out in the person specification.

You will also be asked to provide information within the “Employer/Activity History” section of the application form. This information is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV setting out your career history (this may be used in the sifting process).

Interview:

Candidates who pass the benchmark at the shortlisting stage will be invited to an interview where they will be assessed against a mixture of the Civil Service behaviours and the experience skills set out in section 2 of the job specification.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 14 December 2023 at Agora, Nottingham.

Please be aware that, as part of our pre-employment checks, you will be required to complete an online health questionnaire. 

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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).

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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available.
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Talent and Resourcing Team
  • Email : Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk
  • Telephone : 03000 130 815

Recruitment team

  • Email : Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should email Ofsted recruitment at jobs@ofsted.gov.uk in the first instance.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recrutiment

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