About the job

Job summary

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached. 

About DIO

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Job description

Are you looking to build and develop a career in project management? This is an interesting time to join our diverse, unique and motivated team where we are seeking like-minded and talented individuals. Our roles provide a great sense of achievement and enrichment and an opportunity for supported career development through accomplishing our teams’ outputs and goals.

Working alongside Project Managers; being willing to adapt to changing priorities whilst developing your professional and tried skills to deliver projects to time, cost and quality; are you up for the challenge? 

The Major Programmes and Projects Army facing team is a fast-paced environment that supports both the future Army and the broader Defence capabilities of the country by providing a range of facilities for Service Personnel and their families across multiple MOD locations. By delivering sustainable infrastructure we also contribute towards the departmental goal of achieving net zero carbon. 

Given the requirements of the role and the need to visit our sites in a number of locations, the successful candidate is expected to hold a driving licence.

Person specification

An Assistant Project Manager at within MPP will:

• Support Project Managers in all aspects of the delivery of various defence infrastructure projects
• Work collaboratively in the application of project and programme management standard methodology including planning, scheduling, financial management, risk management reporting and stakeholder engagement
• Utilise Information Management Systems to ensure appropriate, accurate and timely recording of financial forecasts, milestone payments, schedules, requisitions and invoice payments
• Report timely and accurate project progress using various reporting tools/dashboards
• Engage and work closely across MPP and the wider DIO organisation including Commercial, Finance and Technical Services and alongside industry partners to help deliver projects within time, cost and quality constraints
• The post may provide potential Line Management duties

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Membership or willingness to obtain membership of an appropriate professional body such as APM, RICS or CIOB
• Understanding of design and construction delivery
• Knowledge or experience of working in either a project, defence or infrastructure environment.

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 and Experience.

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.
    
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

At application you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Leadership

Experience:

• CV - Including: Job History
• Personal Statement - Detail where you have been tasked with delivering a project or key piece of work. How did you overcome any challenges that you faced and what did you do to ensure that the requirements were met.

At interview you will be assessed against the above PLUS the following:

Behaviours:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn't always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months. It is also possible that we may offer similar lower graded role/s to reserve candidates or, if no reserves are appointed, candidates that meet the lower grade criteria in merit order.

Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing: 22/01/2024

Interviews are currently taking place via Face to Face or remotely through a digital platform, this will be confirmed with the successful candidates who are invited to an interview and will be conducted week commencing: 29/01/2024

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs. 

To assist with your application please find attached below:  

1. DIO Candidate Information Guide
2. DIO Candidate Information Guide - Accessible Version

For help and support with your application check out our

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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.