About the job

Job summary

The post supports the Head of Establishment (HoE) in providing a working environment that is safe and conducive to the effective and efficient conduct of the business outputs of the Army Personnel Centre and wider Defence community.  In particular, providing infrastructure services that ensures customer satisfaction and confidence that their working environment is welcoming, safe, legal and secure.  This is a customer facing/relationship management role which focuses on people, place and process to ensure whole force business outputs are attained and value for money is achieved.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

Job description

This is predominantly a customer facing/relationship management role which focuses on delivering a working environment that is welcoming, safe, legal and secure.  The incumbent will be required on site and the position is not suitable for Smarter Ways of Working.  The key areas of responsibility for this exciting role are:

Management of the Facilities Management team comprising of three business areas: Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF) & Security, Facilities Management and Repro/Mail Op; acting as line manager of the three Executive Officer and counter-signing officers for 16 administrative roles.

Delivering infrastructure support services provision to all occupants of the building.  This includes acting as the real estate/accommodation manager, working collaboratively with Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and being the Estate Representative for the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) Hard FM contract as well as the Op Hestia Soft FM contract.  The post also is the key point of contact for DIO, Regional Infrastructure Cell (RIC) and 51 Brigade project management and funding.

Finally, the post is responsible for the overall security of the building and Military Guard Service liaison ensuring the provision of a guarding service to site.

Person specification

This customer facing role requires someone who has effective and confident communication skills as they will be communicating daily with civilian staff, military personnel and external agencies. The individual should be well organised, methodical and be diligent to detail. 

To thrive in this role the individual should have recent experience of -

• Building/Facilities Management
• Health and Safety
• Security Provision
• Project Management
• Management of people

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

At sift and interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk . 

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. 

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). 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

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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.