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!

About DIO

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Employment Hours:

The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Flexible working patterns will be considered.The objectives of the role cannot be delivered within reduced hours or through job share, the role entails the management of a high volume of complex outputs which will entail a consistent and rapid turnaround for resolutions due to safe and legal compliance and potential risk to lives, the role also includes but is not limited to management of remote work over a wide geographical area and challenging stakeholder management with diverse customers that require access to a single point of contact full time.

Job description

The Project Management Office function within DIO is growing within Regional Delivery, and we are looking for a forward thinking, dynamic and self-motivated Project Delivery Manager to join us. As we experience increasing demands from our customers, this is a great time to work on our upcoming infrastructure projects!

The role is critical to the delivery and performance reporting of all their projects over a wide ranging and diverse portfolio of building and infrastructure, with project values typically ranging from £100K to £5M. Working with customers to define scope and ensure the projects are delivered by the contractor to time, cost and quality.

Our military customers have a large and complex infrastructure requirement that requires close management of change initiatives and careful management of customer/contractor interface. You will bring our customers’ requirements to life and lead on the delivery of the assigned projects to full completion, ensuring all programme key milestones are met.

Join our diverse, outstanding, and motivated team where we are seeking like-minded and hardworking individuals. Our roles provide a great sense of achievement by supporting the accomplishment of our team outputs and goals to provide excellent facilities for our Service Personnel across multiple MoD locations.

Travel is required between sites to review projects and promote effective stakeholder relationships, spending approximately 60% of your time working from your permanent duty station, or other site locations, to support your work. 

A full UK driving Licence will be required as public transport is not always available.

Person specification

Monitoring supplier performance against agreed achievements and Key Performance measures, including production of regular progress reports for assigned projects. Identifying and taking corrective action and re-prioritisation of the programme as required. Engaging and working in collaboration with the supplier for the successful delivery of projects.

Collaborating closely with Programme managers, site teams and key stakeholders on projects within your areas, regularly updating key project data on Information Management Systems. Building and leading the project team to deliver agreed project outcomes including line management responsibilities where required.

Tracking in year progress; undertaking regular analysis and reporting of key achievements and financial forecasting for the projects assigned to them. Providing effective governance and decision making for the control of projects against delivery and budgets.

Risk Management on their projects including implementation of mitigation/recovery measures where appropriate, taking care of Early Warnings Notices and Compensation Events in line with commercial policy. Ensuring quality and compliance within programme schedules by undertaking regular site supervision.

-  Identification and effective management of project stakeholders that can influence and support the project, as well as expectation management of site staff. Stakeholder analysis, to understand their level of involvement and influence in a project.

-  Leading on Business Case production for projects where appropriate, monitoring receipt of planned benefits. Acting as a trusted adviser, providing customers with professional estate advice and support as required.

Sharing standard methodology and good practice with colleagues across Regional Delivery.

Conducting post project evaluations and preparing lessons learned papers where appropriate regarding projects.

Desirable Experience and Skills:

It would be advantageous to have knowledge and/or experience of:

• The Ministry of Defence
• Writing Business Cases
• Experience of working within a construction, facilities management or infrastructure environment.
• Experience of working with commercial contracts

Environmental Factors:

Project Delivery Managers will be expected to visit active construction sites however, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Health and Safety training will be provided

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:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at a Pace

Experience:

• CV to include Full Qualification details, Job History, Previous Skills & Experience
• Personal Statement:
  • A proven track record in project management.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service

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 08/01/2024.

Interviews are currently taking place remotely and will be conducted week commencing 22/01/2024. 

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.

To assist with your application please find attached below:

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

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.