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

Do you have a strong curiosity about Project Management, customer service and learning the activities behind effectively supporting an organisation to meet its strategic objectives? If so, this could be an outstanding opportunity for you! Working in the United States Visiting Forces team provides a unique and exciting opportunity for individuals to work for a mission focused customer where we strive to deliver projects in a dynamic and challenging working environment.

Person specification

We ask our Project Managers to provide effective management, motivation, co-ordination and development of project teams to deliver a portfolio of projects to time, cost, quality and performance parameters.

Responsibilities include:

Engaging with the senior Intelligent Client over the management of the industry partners being used to deliver projects on behalf of DIO

Proactive Contract Management to maintain a productive working relationship with industry partners and suppliers

Manage financial performance of projects and provide accurate financial reporting and forecasting to senior management

Undertake project assurance and reviews to provide confidence to senior management, customers and key stakeholders

Support Customers by managing and maintaining project approvals, and delivering within your delegated authority

Work with our Area Manager to develop a High Performing Team ethos within the Projects Team

Leadership responsibilities

We ask leaders within DIO to:

Inspire and support others and take accountability for what they do

Empower people around them to be the best they can

Have the confidence to be inclusive and value difference

Desirable Experience & Skills:

1. Membership of a relevant professional body. 
2. Significant knowledge and experience of leading complex projects ideally within infrastructure construction, refurbishment and replacement programmes of work.
3. Scheduling experience, ideally for infrastructure construction related programmes/projects.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 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:

Experience:

• CV - Job History, Full Qualification details and Previous Skills & Experience
• Personal Statement - 

  1. Project Leadership skills & experience in a complex Built Infrastructure Environment 
  2. Demonstrate effective communications across multiple stakeholder groups.

Behaviours:

• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

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

Behaviours:         

• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the Big Picture

Technical: P3M Competence Framework 

• P3M09 - Schedule Management - Proficient Level
• P3M11 - Budgeting and Cost Control - Proficient Level
• P3M12 - Risk, Opportunity & Issue - Proficient Level

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: 08th January 2023  
 
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: 15th January 2023  
 
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. P3M Competence Framework 

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

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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.