About the job

Job summary

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. 

Job description

This is an exciting time to join DIO within the Major Programmes & Projects (MPP) team, delivering on multi-million-pound capital construction projects, critical to Defence Operations in the UK & Overseas!

The position will operate within the DIO MPP Air Directorate which is a £4.5bn portfolio of work covering a dispersed geographic area. It encompasses all capital construction work undertaken in the UK on behalf of the Royal Air Force, as well as elements of the Defence Estates Optimisation programme. The new customer focussed Air directorate strives to build commonality and consistency of service to the customer across the portfolio, delivering an outstanding service to time, cost and performance in a safe and responsible manner.

As a Project Manager you will be accountable and responsible for delivering complex Capital Infrastructure Delivery, with utmost focus on Performance, Cost & Time and proactively managing our supply chain to perform, ensuring delivery of both Life Cycle Replacement or Betterment outcomes.

As a hybrid role, the expectation is that the successful applicant will combine home working with working in the office depending on business needs.

Person specification

This is an exciting time to join DIO within the Major Programmes & Projects (MPP) team, delivering on multi-million-pound capital construction projects, critical to Defence Operations in the UK & Overseas!

The position will operate within the DIO MPP Air Directorate which is a £4.5bn portfolio of work covering a dispersed geographic area. It encompasses all capital construction work undertaken in the UK on behalf of the Royal Air Force, as well as elements of the Defence Estates Optimisation programme. The new customer focussed Air directorate strives to build commonality and consistency of service to the customer across the portfolio, delivering an outstanding service to time, cost and performance in a safe and responsible manner.

As a Project Manager you will be accountable and responsible for delivering complex Capital Infrastructure Delivery, with utmost focus on Performance, Cost & Time and proactively managing our supply chain to perform, ensuring delivery of both Life Cycle Replacement or Betterment outcomes.

As a hybrid role, the expectation is that the successful applicant will combine home working with working in the office depending on business needs.

Desirable Experience & Skills

This role would suit someone who has experience of working in complex infrastructure projects and programmes and the use of portfolio management as a tool for managing organisational change and who has an understanding of key programme or project disciplines such as governance, risk management, dependency management and programme security.

Experience:
Candidates will preferably have experience of leading and delivering infrastructure projects.

Membership:
Membership of a professional body institution (e.g. RIBA, RICS, ICE, CIBSE, IMechE, CIOB or equivalent)

Qualification:
The candidate must hold one of  the following qualifications OR provide evidence of experience in: 
APMP/APM(PMQ)
Prince 2 Practitioner 
P3O Practitioner 
Project Leadership Programme
A recognised construction qualification (NVQ Level 5, HNC/HND or higher in a Construction, Infrastructure or engineering related discipline).

This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice.  If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,670, Ministry of Defence contributes £15,570 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, Experience and Technical skills.

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 - Full Qualification details, Job History, Previous Skills & Experience
• Personal Statement: Detailing in no more than 500 words please provide details of your experience or knowledge in:
  Experience of delivering major engineering or infrastructure programmes and projects (>£10m) in a senior project management role.
  Significant experience of successfully managing stakeholders in a complex regulated environment

Technical: Portfolio, Programme and Project Management (P3M) Professional Competence Framework

• P3M09 – Schedule Management  - Practitioner Level       

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Delivering at a Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical: Portfolio, Programme and Project Management (P3M) Professional Competence Framework

• P3M11 – Budgeting and Cost Control - Practitioner Level
• P3M12 - Risk, Opportunity and Issue Management - Practitioner Level            

Assessment:

• Candidates should prepare a short presentation (no more than 5 minutes) that covers their role on a project they have worked on that demonstrates they have the key skills and experience necessary to succeed in this appointment. 

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 either remotely or face to face 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
3. Portfolio, Programme and Project Management

For help and support with your application check out our Civil Service Careers Homepage and the How to apply section

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

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.