About the job

Job summary

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking for a property project manager, experienced in leading multi-site public sector property projects, to play a key role in the delivery of our ambitious property transformation strategy.

As we undertake an ambitious expansion plan across our locations, this role offers an exciting chance to utilise your property project management skills, helping to provide safe, welcoming and engaging workplaces that enhance the wellbeing of our staff.

About the CMA

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

You can read more about working at the CMA in our candidate pack.

Job description

As Project Manager - Property, you will successfully lead, manage and deliver individual projects and associated change initiatives, in order to meet the expanding workplace needs of the CMA. We seek to implement workplace guidelines that align with our real estate strategy, workplace concepts, sustainability and technology standards.

You will provide clear leadership to project teams, managing team members effectively by utilising their specialisms, skills, knowledge, and strengths. You and your team will oversee the development of programmes, stakeholder mapping, business cases, cost plans, risk registers, contracts and site monitoring schemes. Of course, you will also coordinate with other teams and stakeholders across various professions and business groups to ensure project critical success is achieved and that projects are always delivered safely, on time, and on budget to meet the specified quality.

In addition, you will also help to shape the future CMA property and estate strategy.

Person specification

It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application. For tips on how to make the most your application, please have a look at our guidance document.

• Significant experience of leading and delivering multi-site property projects (up to the value of £10 million) in the public sector, and ideally also the private sector, across the property life cycle including; acquisitions, relocations, mobilisation, refurbishments and fitouts. (Lead criteria)
• Significant experience of developing, influencing and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds and professions, with the ability to operate within the multidisciplinary nature of relocations. (Lead criteria)
• Able to communicate workplace strategy and support the change management activities associated with the projects being delivered. 
• Proven ability to deliver projects to agreed specification, budget, and timeline, with the flexibility to adapt to project changes, alongside significant experience in drafting and managing project documents and reports to be circulated in proper time and manner.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to display professionalism and empathy in an internal client facing role and work effectively with others who may have limited knowledge of the property industry.
• Professional Project Management certification such as Prince2 or PMP.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,100, Competition & Markets Authority contributes £15,417 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.

The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review) and interview.

 An initial sift based on lead criteria 1 and 2 3 may be held if a large number of applications are received.

If your application then progresses to a full sift, all elements of the essential criteria listed under Person Specification of the role profile will then be considered.

The sifting dates are Tuesday 4th June to Friday 14th June.

If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an interview.

This will be a 45-60 minute panel interview, where you will be asked behaviour-based questions based on the behaviours and experience specified in the role profile.

Interviews will be held on MS Teams.

You will also be asked to prepare a presentation to deliver at the start of the panel interview.

You will be notified via email to log-in to your Civil Service Account to book your interview slot. You will then be sent an email with full details of your arrangements for interview.

Interviews are expected to be held between Monday 24th June and Friday 28th June.

Reasonable adjustments:

In order for a person with disabilities not to be put at a disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process.
For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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.