Head of Corporate Estates Management

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Details

Reference number

330420

Salary

£54,200 – £68,970

£54,200 – £63,280 (National) £58,360 – £68,970 + £3,150 RRA (London)

A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Grade 7

Level D

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CPS – Chief Finance Officer Directorate

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Location

Please note, this post can be based in any CPS Office in England and Wales, however travel will be a requirement of the role to be a visible presence within the business and to ensure the estate is being managed effectively.

About the job

Job summary

CPS Chief Finance Officer Directorate is delighted to advertise the role of Head of Corporate Estates Management.

Please note, the following is considered an essential technical skill for this role:

Hold GPP Core Accreditation at Chartered, Certified or Fellow grade Member Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IFWM), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Please note, applications that do not meet the above essential criteria will be rejected and will not be considered by the panel.

For further information on how to apply, please see the Candidate Pack at the bottom of this page.

Job description

As head of corporate estates management, you are accountable for the operational and financial delivery of all property services and asset management services (transactions and property management) across the CPS estate. You drive a culture of service excellence through continuous improvements and commercially sound decisions relating to all aspects of property. You work with senior stakeholders to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, play a pivotal role in customer liaison yourself, and share best practice with business and area management.

Person specification

To support the head of estates with creating and implementing the strategic asset management plan including relocation, modernisation, and suitability of the CPS estate. This supports recruitment and retention by providing our people with a modern, inclusive, and sustainable place to work.
To manage the Lease Events Pipeline / Property Transaction Tracker for all current and future portfolio lease / occupancy events, including expiries and breaks. To lead as the CPS Transaction Manager on the preferred property solution/s agreeing the terms and putting in place relevant legal occupancy documentation with the Government Property Agency (GPA), their advisors and colleagues.
To provide assurance to the CPS board and executive team including the estates steering group, area strategy boards, area business managers and chief crown prosecutors on the effective delivery of facilities management services, as provided through the GPA.
To lead on effective Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), working in partnership with the GPA, to secure optimal performance of the CPS built environment.
To be a visible leader, effectively managing key stakeholder relationships and engagement arrangements including working in close partnership with the GPA and area business managers to deliver the national CPS estates strategy.
Represent the CPS at cross-government estates forums and meetings, sharing best practice and acting as an advocate for the department.

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:

Hold GPP Core Accreditation at Chartered, Certified or Fellow grade Member Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IFWM), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Chartered Engineer (CEng), Charte

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,200, Crown Prosecution Service contributes
£14,634 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Join the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and have a future that matters: Find Your Purpose

CPS is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. 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 want to ensure all our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes where possible, flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment, which means that where you work (i.e. a court, an office, or a remote setting such as your home) will be based on the kind of work you are undertaking.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility alongside our Mental Health First Aiders Programme and Wellbeing Sessions.

CPS commits to offer its employees the following experience

Impactful, purposeful work making a difference to your local communities
The ability to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources
To care about your wellbeing
To feel valued, trusted and included

We also offer the following range of benefits:

Civil Service Pension
Access to employee savings
Cycle2Work scheme
25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service.
1 extra privilege day entitlement to mark the King’s Birthday.
Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
Flexible working and a family friendly approach to work.
Childcare vouchers unless already registered with the Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme)

The CPS has also designed a range of Management Development Programme to support all Aspiring, New and Experienced Managers in developing the skills, behaviour and knowledge to build their confidence and capability. We strongly recommend that all new managers undertake the Manager Induction. 

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

The recruitment process will consist of an online application and interview which will be held on either w/c 15th January 2024 or w/c 22nd January 2024.

Your interview will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. A member of our recruitment team will be in touch with further guidance. If you have any queries about this please contact the CPS Recruitment Team at Strategic.Resourcing@cps.gov.uk

You should keep these weeks free or notify us if you are not available. We will make every effort to accommodate you in your preference for dates; however we cannot guarantee that they will be met.

Information Session

We hold an information session whilst the campaign is live. The session will be a live webchat where you can ask us any queries you may have about your application, the process or the role. You can register for the session here:

Tuesday 19th December, 12:30pm 1:30pm: https://meetandengage.com/alpwjlgno

Personal Statement

You will also be asked to complete a personal statement of no more than 1250 words setting out how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience, match the requirements as detailed in the Candidate Pack. You will also need to address the core behaviours for this role, detailed in the Behaviours Section of the Candidate Pack, which are;

In addition, you will need to demonstrate the CPS or Civil Service Values.

Please note, the panel reserve the right to only assess the lead behaviour Leadership at shortlist and raise the minimum standard pass mark.

CV Section

You will not be required to upload your CV however, when submitting your application there is a CV section. You will be required to provide information regarding your employment history.

Please note that it is the candidates responsibility to provide the specified application information in the requested format to ensure that they are considered for the post.

Other

This role will be in line with our hybrid working principles which are:

Attending with Purpose – Considering where we work, whether at court, in the office or at home we focus on the needs of our role, team and Service and the positive benefits to best support business outcomes.

Focused on Wellbeing – Supporting our own and others wellbeing enables us to thrive through inclusive working practices and environments.

Collaboration is Key – Recognising that collaboration is integral to how we learn, grow and develop, together we prioritise innovation and problem solving, to achieve shared objectives.

Therefore, this will mean it will be a mixture of home working, office working and travelling to courts, how this is split will depend upon the business needs and your role within the organisation.

We would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.

This is a full-time post. However, requests for flexible, part-time working and job share will be considered, considering at all times the operational needs of the Department.

Clearance Required

The successful applicant will be required to secure DBS clearance to speed up this process; you should bring 3 forms of ID with you on the day of interview. Data gathered from unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed in accordance with our Data Retention Policy.

If successful in obtaining an interview you will be asked to complete the Character Enquiry Form and Nationality and Immigration Questionnaire.

(If you are an internal member of staff, you will not be required to undergo this DBS check as you will already hold this clearance)

Waiting List

Candidates who are recommended by the selection panel but not appointed to the current vacancy will be placed on a waiting list for 12 months and may be offered another post, should any further vacancies for a Head of Corporate Estates Management arise in the Chief Finance Officer Directorate during this period. CPS may also approach candidates on the waiting list to fill other roles requiring similar knowledge and experience.

Feedback

Feedback will not be provided until the vacancy is complete, please note that written feedback will not be provided for candidates who do not pass the application stage.

Excess Fares

Please note excess fares will not apply.

Fair Processing Notice (FPN)

From April 2018, the CPS will provide a Fair Processing Notice (FPN) to all new applicants after they have been successful at interview. These candidates will be informed that, as one aspect of pre-employment screening, their personal details name, National Insurance Number and date of birth – will be checked against the Internal Fraud Database (IFD) and that anyone included on the IFD will be refused employment unless they can demonstrate exceptional circumstances.

The Strategic Resourcing team in the CPS will, on behalf of the vacancy holder, inform applicants when they are refused employment because of their inclusion in the IFD.

Current Civil Servants

Please note, if you are a current civil servant and you are currently undergoing any of the following formal actions your application will not be progressed any further;

Formal discipline action
Any formal action regarding attendance, poor performance
any restriction of duties as a result of disciplinary action

Civil Service Commissioners

If you are dissatisfied with the recruitment process and wish to make a complaint, please contact Strategic.Resourcing@cps.gov.uk with your concerns.

If you remain dissatisfied and wish to make a further complaint, please click on the following link to the Civil Service Commissioners complaints page https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/civilservicerecruitmentcomplaints/

Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles can be found here

https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/

Details of the Civil Service Nationality Rules are located at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements. For the most up-to-date information on the requirements of working in the UK, please go to the UK Visas and Immigration website: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

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.