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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Job description

Can you deliver multi-million £ infrastructure projects within challenging time, cost and performance parameters in a live and busy military environment? 
Can you maintain high levels of stakeholder engagement and satisfaction? 
Do you have a passion for leadership and the drive to build effective customer, stakeholder & supplier relationships that ensure our Armed Forces receive the facilities they require to keep our country safe? 
If this sounds like you, then DIO can offer you a career doing just that. You will work for the DIO Navy and DE&S Portfolio responsible for delivering infrastructure projects for the Royal Navy and the Defence Equipment and Support customers. The roles include managing infrastructure refurbishment programmes at HMNB Clyde (Faslane & Coulport), managing a highly complex refurbishment of marine basins at HMNB Devonport (Plymouth), and managing the delivery of various accommodation and military establishment upgrades across Scotland and England. 
As such, Civil, Geotechnical or Maritime background/experience, complex stakeholder engagement/management background/experience and the ability to commute regularly to the site are essential. 
You will be part of a team and network of project delivery professionals that spans the UK.

Person specification

• A Project Manager within MPP will: Build and lead the team to deliver the agreed project outcomes
• Monitor delivery of benefits against the business case and ensure appropriate approvals and assurance plans are in place
• Identify and set appropriate project controls, tracking and reporting delivery against milestones and budgets
• Schedule and run project resources
• Manage project stakeholders and connect with partners at all levels
• Identify and monitor project risks and issues and ensure effective
• change management processes exist
• Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making and control of projects and their place in a programme and Portfolio
• Responsible for driving the direction of the “Strategic Consenting Approach to Project Delivery”
• Liaising with key consenting organisations to provide coherence across regional and national consenting approaches whilst maintaining productive relationships with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Some of the roles will have line management responsibility, and some will be working independently

Desirable Experience and Skills:

• Working towards a relevant project management qualification.
• Working towards a relevant project management membership or accreditation.
• Working towards a relevant Civil, Geo-technical and/or Maritime Engineering membership or accreditation.
• Demonstrable experience of driving a strategic consenting approach to project delivery.
• Knowledge and understanding of the government financial approvals process for large 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, 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:

Experience:

• CV Job History and Previous Skills and Experience
• Personal Statement

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

Behaviours :

• Delivering at a Pace
• Leadership
• Working Together

Technical:

• Project Delivery Capability Framework For Project Delivery Professionals in Government December 2021 (Version 3)

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 11/12/2023.

Interviews are currently taking place remotely and will be conducted week commencing 08/01/2024.  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
3. Scheduling (Working Level)
4. Budgeting and Cost Management (Working Level)
5. Risk and Issue Management (Working Level)
    
   
   
   

 

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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).

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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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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.