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! 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Facilities Manager to join a team and be responsible for some of the most critical and interesting infrastructure in South East England. This role will be working within a key defence operational environment based in London area. The Facilities Manager will join a team working in close collaboration with the Industry Partner (IP), asset stakeholders, contractors and other agencies to deliver key tasks including ensuring statutory compliance of the estate together with delivery of customer development tasks across the SE. The postholder will ensure delivery of the correct level of service against agreed indicators. Where necessary, enabling issue resolution to maintain operational outputs against agreed requirements.  Working closely with our Hard and Soft service Industry Partners we seek to deliver the service, by proactive, innovative and sustainable solutions.

We embrace Flexible Working and will provide the IT equipment to support remote working. However, this role will require significant (almost daily) site presence to engage with suppliers and customers on sensitive issues. There may be occasional travel to sites within the SE Region, with overnight stays. 

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE SECURITY LEVEL (Developed Vetting) ONLY BRITISH NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.  DUAL NATIONALS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.  It is a predominantly site based position.

Job description

• Customer Representative for delivery of Hard and Soft Services 
• Management of all local additional works service tasks arising from inspections and in response to local demands  -
• Ensuring the engagement and stakeholder management of the specified assets and its customer    -
• Working in collaboration with the Industry Partner (IP), contractors and other agencies to deliver key tasks including providing assurance of delivery and statutory compliance of the estate together with delivery of customer development tasks.  
• Ensuring that the IP is delivering the correct level of service against agreed indicators and enabling issue resolution to maintain operational outputs against agreed requirements. 
• Assurance of both hard and soft delivery for a multiplicity of tasks with a particular focus on statutory compliance 
• Collation and reporting of hard and soft facilities management data.  
• Maintaining key stakeholder engagement with both industry partner and customer representatives.  
• Effective and timely issue management. 
• Liaising with the Facilities and Projects Manager to ensure delivery of  Command Infrastructure Development Plan (CIDP) works.

Person specification

Essential Experience

Demonstrable aptitude and ability in Facilities and Project Management

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.

 You will be assessed against Behaviours, Job History, previous skills and experience and a personal statement.

CV:

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

Personal Statement:

Candidates will be required to provide a personal statement (250 words)  to show aptitude and ability of Facilities and Project Management

At Application Candidates will be assessed against the following Behaviour-

• Leadership

At Interview Candidates will be assessed against the following Behaviour-

• Communicating and Influencing 

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 developed vetting (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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.