ASRA Property and FM Deputy Director
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 8th November 2024
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The challenge
The Home Office is central to UK life. Our work extends from devising drugs policies and ensuring the immigration system is not being abused, to delivering an accountable policing service. Join us in this important role and you’ll be a key leader as you support the Director for Non-Detained Accommodation in the delivery of property acquisitions, Heath and Safety compliance, and facilities management.
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The role
Leading the Property Services team for the Non-Detained Asylum Accommodation team as you work on the critical infrastructure necessary to support exit from hotel accommodation, your focus in this vital role will be on delivering a core stock of housing and associated property services. Responsible for all aspects of acquisition and disposal activities, including property and financial due diligence as well as Health and Safety compliance, you’ll work with other teams in our organisation to ensure the successful delivery of outcomes on time, budget and to the highest standards.
Working closely with the Home Office Property Services group, the HO Minster’s private office, legal representatives and teams within our asylum function to deliver acquisitions and property related services, you’ll work with finance colleagues to establish, review and deliver new budgets. Delivering estates, legal and planning solutions to reduce the government’s annual liability through the creation of a low cost, scalable and effective Non-Detained accommodation portfolio. We’ll also expect you to represent the Home Office’s interests in engagement with councils, landlords and other stakeholders.
Person specification
About you
With considerable experience of leading public sector property, Health and Safety and facilities management teams across complex property types,, you’ll have a proven track record in acquisitions and disposals together with a good understanding of town planning and property legislation. Capable of managing a complex agenda and responding quickly to changing situations and challenges with flexibility and creativity, you’ll possess the skills to develop strong commercial partnerships and contracts.
When it comes to qualifications and memberships you should possess one or more of the following – MRICS, Level 6 IWFM and NEBOSH. In addition, your excellent communication and interpersonal skills will allow you to work collegiately and maintain credibility with Ministers and senior colleagues while operating effectively under scrutiny by Parliament and the media.
A motivating, inspirational and visible leader with the ability to encourage others to express their views, you’ll be ready to create a culture of transparency and supportive behaviour. This includes challenging unacceptable behaviours and promoting the importance of a diverse workforce.
In return for your skills and expertise we can offer you a great career with one of the Government’s most interesting and inclusive departments. And with ongoing training and development opportunities and a highly competitive benefits package, there’s no saying where your career will take you at the Home Office.
The successful candidate must be vetted to Security Clearance (SC) level before they start work with us. For more information on this process, please visit www.gov.uk
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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Selection process details
Essential Criteria
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their knowledge, experience, capability and behavioural approach to a high standard against the following key criteria:
- One or more of the following:
- MRICS
- Level 6 IWFM
- NEBOSH
- Experience of working in property leading Health and safety and FM teams across complex property types. A subject matter expert with a proven track record in acquisitions and disposals with a good understanding of town planning and property legislation.
- Experience operating at a senior level with an ability to manage a complex agenda and respond quickly to changing situations and challenges with flexibility, pace, and creativity with experience of working with or developing strong commercial partnerships and contracts
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to maintain credibility with Ministers and senior colleagues, work collegiately, and operate effectively under scrutiny by Parliament, the media, and others.
- Inclusive and visible leadership: The ability to encourage others in expressing their views and challenging the way things are done. Creating a culture of role modelling, transparency and supportive behaviour. This includes challenging unacceptable behaviours and putting into action the importance of a diverse workforce.
Online Application
Please follow the Job Advert instructions on the Civil Service Jobs website to apply online, no later than 23:55hrs on Friday 8th November 2024.
Provide some basic personal information;
A CV - setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, including details where budgets and numbers of people managed, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years;
A Statement of Suitability – (limited to 1250 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.
Diversity Monitoring - as part of the online application process, you will be asked a number of diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the characteristics, you will have the option to select 'prefer not to say'. See the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy: 2022 to 2025 (HTML) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) for more information.
It is essential that in your written application you give evidence, using examples, of proven experience. These responses will be developed and discussed with candidates invited for interview.
Failure to submit both a CV and Supporting Statement will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
For further information please refer to the candidate pack attached.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
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Job contact :
- Name : Belinda Mather
- Email : Belinda.Mather@homeoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : HORCSCSRecruitment@homeoffice.gov.uk
