About the job

Summary

Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.

Job description

The Challenge

Do you see yourself as an Estate Facilities Manager? If you are looking for a high profile and challenging role that will provide a sense of achievement this role is for you. You will be key in delivering effective hard and soft facility management for several key establishments within the Defence Estate.

The Estate Facility Manager (EFM) is an individual and semi-autonomous leader and plays a key role in the delivery of services at several sites in the South East area for the RAF, Army and UK Strategic Command.

Please be aware that Developed Vetting security clearance is required for these roles.

We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman.

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Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

• Ensuring the engagement and stakeholder management of the local Army sites and its customer representatives.

• Working in collaboration with the Industry Partner (IP) 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 including Legionella, Asbestos and Construction Design and Management Regs (CDM).

• Effective management of additional works service tasks including delivery of the Command Infrastructure Delivery Plan (CIDP) and contract amendments.

• 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.

The EFM will work closely with the Senior Estate Facility Manager (SEFM), immediate peers and the wider DIO community. The postholder may be required to make site inspections of construction sites, airfields and training areas. This may expose the post holder to inclement weather conditions and require them to negotiate busy work sites and uneven ground.

Travel Requirements

Regular travel to sites within the Service Delivery Area and the general South East and periodic opportunity to travel to interesting and varied locations within the UK, with occasional overnight stays at location.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Estate Management Functional Competence Section 1.7 Compliance - Practitioner Level

Benefits

We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time.

We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers.

We understand the importance of life outside of work and our industry leading flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

The MOD Discover My Benefits page lists the full set of benefits. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

• Highly competitive Pension Scheme

• Flexi-time scheme

• Alternative working practices such as working from home

• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service

• Ability to roll over up to 10 days annual leave per year

• In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The Queen’s birthday

• Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period to for volunteer military or emergency service reserve commitments

• Special Paid Leave for volunteering up to 6 days a year

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing

• Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and / or site shops

Learning & Development

• Professional and Personal Development of skills

• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO

About DIO

DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to thrive, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

We promote and support a range of flexible working patterns enabling staff to balance home and work responsibilities.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers.

Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, ambitious and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation.