About the job

Job summary

This position is based nationally

Job description

Webinars will be held on: Wednesday, 24th July 2024 at 11:00, Monday, 5th August 2024 at 12:30 and Monday, 9th  September 2024 at 12:30 to provide further information and answer queries about the role. Please come along and ask your questions. Register by clicking on the following link:

24th July 2024 at 11:00 -  Senior Mobilisation Manager- Webinar

5th August 2024 at 12:30 - Senior Mobilisation Manager- Webinar

9th September 2024 at 12:30 - Senior Mobilisation Manager- Webinar

Candidate Pack - Learn much more about the Senior Mobilisation Manager role in our Candidate Information Guide attached below. 

Please note, if you are successful in the recruitment process, you will be added to the merit list for the campaign. We will then appoint candidates as Senior Mobilisation Manager posts become available. This will be based on merit order and your location preference. For a full list of offices, please refer to the attached link: MoJ National Office Network Map – Google My Maps. Your location preference will be captured during the application process. Please be advised, that being successful in the recruitment process and being placed on the merit list does not guarantee an offer of employment.   

Please note that the application window for this campaign remains open until 14 October 2024. However, we will be reviewing applications and conducting regular screening, interviewing, and onboarding procedures throughout the duration of the campaign.   

MoJ Property Directorate Role Profile

Position    Senior Mobilisation Manager

Location    National

Band    Grade 7

Contract Type    Fixed Term

Overview 

The MoJ Property Directorate is a customer focused organisation that exists to enable our customers to perform to their very best. We do this by providing high quality, easy to use services, and working environments that our customers want to work in, which support them to deliver their individual outputs efficiently. Our job is to manage one of the most diverse and complex estates in Government – hosted by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). Our remit brings together a property portfolio including Prisons, Probation, and MoJ HQ and Arm’s Length Bodies. We also provide property services on behalf of the Home Office.

MoJ Property provides specialist services including facilities management, health and safety, fire safety and security, technical design expertise, and sustainability. We also have business management teams who support the entire Directorate and each of our partners is supported by account management teams. We are responsible for a great deal - our portfolio consists of properties valued at £8.5bn for the MoJ alone. We are part of the Government Property Profession (GPP) and through active membership and engagement we will work with the Office of Government Property to develop the maturity of the profession and also encourage our people to join the GPP. We continue to build our capability through training and recruitment, aspiring to be the best that we can be as individuals and as a directorate.

We continue to deliver new ways of working across our portfolio – leading on the scale and pace of activity for central government – proposing ways to achieve, and then providing more dynamic and flexible workspace, while driving down the cost of the estate.

Team Overview

The Mobilisation Team sits in the Property Transformation Programme, which is part of the MOJ Property Directorate. The team is responsible for planning and delivering the mobilisation of new facilities management contracts, carefully aligning to the demobilisation of the current contracts. The team will drive forward the work, including inputting to the Invitation to Tender, to ensure we design and deliver a robust mobilisation. 

The Mobilisation Lead will be managed by the Head of Technical Mobilisation and Sustainability and will have line management responsibilities. 

Job Description, Duties and Responsibilities 

The role will be in a fast-paced and complex environment. Key responsibilities will include the following: 

•    Lead the development and implementation of detailed plans which are clear of the responsibilities of the MoJ and incoming suppliers and incumbent suppliers. 
•    Lead development of mobilisation activities and plans, ensuring they are incorporated into the Outline Business Case, Invitation to Tender and Full Business Case, as appropriate. 
•    Ensure appropriate input is provided to the evaluation process of the procurement. 
•    Development of the mobilisation approach, engaging across the Programme and stakeholders as the workstream progresses.
•    Drive engagement with workstream leads and assurance over the delivery of the mobilisation activity as the work progresses. 
•    Ensure performance, pace and quality it maintained at all times. 
•    Recruitment, training/development and management of a team of Mobilisation Managers and Subject Matter Experts. 
•    Acts as the responsible person in respect of managing dispute processes and be the point of escalation for issues/risks/performance related concerns in connection with the mobilisation of services.
•    Act as the responsible person for measuring and reporting to the Mobilisation Leadership Team in respect of supplier performance and Mobilisation Milestone successes; authorising agreed staged payments.
•    Creating and maintaining effective relationship with stakeholders including suppliers.

Expectations of post holder in executing the role 

•    The ability to identify problems as well as drive forward solutions will be required, whilst building strong relationships with stakeholders, influencing as required.
•    Strong leadership is a critical element of this role, as is the ability to prioritise and manage a workload, manipulate and analyse complex information, present information and recommendations and make effective decisions.
•    Post holders must provide clear direction and focus, visibly championing the changes which deliver greatest efficiencies. 

Skills and Experience 

•    Experience of contract mobilisation and/or facilities management.
•    Ability to work with minimal supervision, taking responsibility for outcomes.
•    Proven track record in building and maintaining effective relationships with a wide variety of people, including senior officials.
•    Proven ability to work flexibly, responding to change and unexpected requests.
•    Experience of effectively working through others to achieve goals. 

Government Property Profession (GPP) Technical Skills 

The GPP Framework is aimed at staff working in property or property-related roles and consider property to be their career anchor profession. This usually encompasses posts where professional qualifications and experience are directly relevant to the work being undertaken. However, it is also applicable to those who are currently not qualified property practitioners but wish to make this their profession of choice. Those with a property background at any level are encouraged to register with the GPP, which exists to support property practitioners at all levels. Details of the GPP Career Framework can be found at:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-government-property-profession-career-framework--2

This role is a Facilities Management role at Senior Practitioner level.  Technical skills in Facilities Management of Customer & Client Service, Analytical Decision Making, Sustainable Practice and Commercial Acumen are sought – these are described in the GPP Framework.

The following Technical Skills (and levels) will be tested during the selection process:

•    Customer & Client Service (expert)
•    Analytical Decision Making (practitioner)
•    Sustainable Practice (practitioner)
•    Commercial Acumen (expert)

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,358, Ministry of Justice contributes £15,165 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, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

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

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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.

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