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!

The Strategic Compliance Manager is an important role within our team. As we experience increasing demands from our customers, this is an exciting and meaningful time to join DIO and get the opportunity to work on one of the largest estates in the UK.

Learn more about Defence Infrastructure in our Candidate Information Guide attached. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The Strategic Compliance Manager (Asbestos) provides key support across the entire region as part of the Regional Technical Team. As we experience increasing demands from our customers, this is an exciting and meaningful time to join DIO and get the opportunity to work on one of the largest estates in the UK.

Ensuring that the Defence Estate meets the required compliance standards, making it safe and fit for purpose. This role is accountable for the overall management and leadership of one of the six strategic compliance areas, specifically Asbestos.

The role is required to work from a specific establishment, however routine travel to other sites within the region and wider DIO estate is required. 

The successful candidate will lead a range of compliance focused operational challenges – putting safety first, implementing long-term compliance improvement plans, up-skilling local teams, identifying opportunities to improve the estate. Everything you do will be in support of a safe and compliant estate and to support the strategic goals of the military. 

We fully support flexible working and will consider the needs of successful candidates to ensure that the right work-life balance is achieved subject to operational needs. DIO is a multiple award winning smarter working organisation that has successfully applied flexible working best practices, supported by digital technology and modern work spaces that will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance in a collaborative working environment. 

A key member of the Regional Technical Team providing first hand support through a wide range of technical specialists to the Site Teams and wider DIO, being agile identifying and implementing solutions.

We have a Safety-First Ethos focusing on assuring safety standards in key areas such as, Asbestos, Gas Safety, Electrical, Fire Safety, Fuels and Legionella Management. The role will involve planned and preventative maintenance, project management, contract management, collaboration with customers, suppliers and consultancies to deliver a safe place for service personnel to work, live and train. DIO is investing in strategic asset management, and you could be part of the future management of the Defence Estate

Person specification

A Strategic Compliance Manager at DIO will:

•    Provide direct support and proactive advice to site teams on their specific specialist area.
•    Take the lead in carrying out compliance investigations to ensure contractors align with their contractual obligations and are delivering in a consistent manner across the Region. 
•    Implement compliance recommendations put forward by the senior customer stakeholders.
•    Formulate strategies to continually improve compliance
•    Lead and mitigate key compliance risks
•    Work alongside site teams in identifying works for future programmes and provide a coherent, continuous improvement focused bid for our customers for the next financial year.

Responsibilities also include:

•    Building an environment of strong working relationships both within the team and with other teams across DIO, MoD and Industry Partners.
•    Leading the provision of the external technical support interface and coordination with partners including Subject Matter Experts.
•    Identifying and communicating trends and issues relating to technical matters across all Regional Delivery
•    Supervising Industry Partner performance in line with the contract to ensure that statutory and mandatory requirements are met and collaborate with IP to resolve issues.
•    Working with commercial team members where there is a requirement for a technical input to clarify a contractual scope issue.
•    Portfolio and Issue Management in support of works, in year programmed works and future years programmes.
•    Working as an active member of the team, supervising compliance with MOD and DIO policy, instructions and guidance.
•    Supporting estate assurance activities.
•    Responsible for ensuring pro-active action in the case of non-compliant delivery or actions for all partners.

A full UK Driving Licence is essential due to the need to visit multiple sites sometimes including an overnight stay; not all are accessible by public transport.

Government Property Framework (GPP) Career Framework

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 & GPP Career Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.

Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile and GPP Career Framework elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Applications will be sifted on all stated elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the behaviour - Managing a Quality Service.

At application you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours: 
Managing a Quality Service

Experience: 

CV - Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Personal Statement- Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count 750)

Technical Skills:
GPP Career Framework

Reference - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-government-property-profession-career-framework--2

1. Property Professional Expertise Property Portfolio Management, practitioner level
6. Technology and Innovation Estate Strategy, practitioner level.

At interview you will be assessed against all of the above.

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. 

Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing 10 June 2024

Interviews will take place via MS Teams Video and expected to be conducted week commencing 1 July 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.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

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.