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Location
Andover, Lichfield, Catterick, Wyton, Bristol or Rosyth. Location arrangement can be flexible within reason (see candidate pack)
About the job
Job summary
About Defence Infrastructure Organisation
DIO enables Defence people to live, work, train and deploy at home and overseas and we are proud to be the expert partner Defence needs for all their infrastructure requirements. As one of the largest landowners in the UK we manage assets worth £28bn, with an annual budget of £3.3bn. DIO employs approximately 4,500 staff from a very diverse range of professions, working across the world: in for example Germany, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Canada, Kenya & Belize. In the DIO, it is Regional Delivery that delivers Facilities Management services to customers across the estate. That includes routine repair or reactive maintenance, refurbishment and servicing to over 45,000 buildings in the UK and overseas: as well as catering, retail and leisure services. In addition, Regional Delivery provides a safe place to train across the UK and overseas training estates.
Job description
The Director Regional Delivery will be directly line managed by the DIO Chief Operating Officer. The post holder will have responsibility for a team of circa 1500 staff and annual budget of circa £2.4Bn. As a member of the DIO Senior Leadership Team you will play an active role in overseeing the management of various UK defence assets, including the UK Built Estate comprising c.33,633 assets; the UK Training Estate comprising c.9000 assets across 173 sites over 150,000 Ha; the Overseas Training Estate comprising c. 2886 assets across 36 sites over 583,990 Ha and the Overseas Built Estate comprising c.8103 assets across 8 countries. Each of the above comprises associated contracts, delivering £multi million contracted Hard and Soft FM services and in year injected works services including repairs, LCR works and new builds. As Senior Responsible Officer for GMPP Future Defence Infrastructure Services Programme for infrastructure contract replacements, you will act as MODs Head of Profession for Infrastructure and Property.
Person specification
We are looking for an exceptional leader who has experience of successfully leading a large scale multi-million-pound operational infrastructure contracts function, with the ability to build and empower high performing dispersed teams, in a complex and dynamic environment with an engaging adaptable
leadership style. With a track record of change
leadership, a strong customer focus and the ability to collaborate at all levels you will be skilled at managing important stakeholder groups, both internally and externally and you will demonstrate the ability to operate in an environment that attracts significant political media and stakeholder interest. Commercially minded with sound business acumen and a strong focus on performance and financial management, you will have experience of influencing asset investment choices. You will demonstrate the ability to provide professional technical advice and guidance, acting as the authoritative voice on FM service delivery. A relevant property, infrastructure or engineering degree level qualification and professional membership of an industry accrediting body such as RICS, IWFM, ICE or CIBSE will be considered essential. If youre interested in becoming a world class leader, developing your career with us, or doing things differently and inspiring colleagues, we look forward to hearing from you.
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Application
GatenbySanderson, an executive search agency, has been appointed to assist with this appointment. To apply for this post, please visit https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe102145/ by no later than 17:00 on Friday 22nd September 2023 and please provide the following documentation:
- A CV (no more than 2 pages) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
- A Personal Statement (no more than 2 pages) explaining how your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration
is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them
to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through
building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above.
This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions.
Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and
conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your
personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any
absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you
to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
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
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Working for the Civil Service
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.
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