DIO - Project Delivery Manager

Ministry of Defence

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 10th February 2025

Details

Reference number

386129

Salary

£44,590

Outer London Waiting allowance applies to London Northolt £1750

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Type of role

Estates
Project Delivery
Property

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Location

Sandhurst, South East England, GU15 4PQ : Ruislip, London (region), HA4 6NG : Carterton, South East England, OX18 3LX : Andover, South East England, SP11 8HJ

About the job

Job summary

Are you an experienced and dynamic Project Manager? Our Project Management Office function within MOD’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is growing. We are looking for a forward thinking, dynamic and self-motivated Project Delivery Manager (PDM) to join our Southeast Project Management Office (PMO).

The PDM role is pivotal in the reporting and delivery of all projects assigned to them. This covers a wide ranging and diverse portfolio of building and infrastructure projects, with values ranging from £50K to in excess of £5M. Utilising mature processes and procedures the postholder acts as the client (MOD) lead for a range of construction projects, including; life-cycle replacement works, sustainability studies, refurbishment works and much more - from conception into delivery, working with our military partners to define project scope and ensure works are delivered to time, cost and quality, working closely with our industry partner.

DIO cares for, and manages, the Defence estate, both within the UK and Overseas, enabling Defence to live, work, train and deploy. We work as one team, offering excellent advice and providing outstanding delivery to our customers.

In the PMO we sit within Regional Delivery, responsible for safe and efficient delivery of our programme across the Southeast operational military estate, working on a wide range of projects, from runway resurfacing to office redevelopment, equine infrastructure to dining facility improvements and technical facilities to historic buildings.

As we experience increasing demands from our customers, this is an exciting time to join the team and work on our upcoming infrastructure projects. Our successful PDM will be able to draw on support from the PMO and wider DIO group, for the delivery of building and infrastructure related projects.

We are looking for the right person, who we will further develop/train into the role.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Building and leading the integrated project team to deliver the agreed project outcomes, including line management responsibilities where required.
Monitoring of industry partner performance against agreed achievements and Key Performance measures, including the production of regular progress reports for assigned projects.
Collaborating closely with other PDMs on projects within their areas and regularly ensuring the updating of key project data within our Information Management Systems.
Leading on the management of risk on their projects, including the implementation of risk mitigation/recovery measures where appropriate
Undertaking regular site supervision to ensure quality and compliance within programme schedules
Engaging with the customer and leading on the production of Business Cases for assigned projects where appropriate and monitoring the delivery of the planned benefits.
Acting as a trusted advisor, providing customers with professional estate advice and support as necessary.
Sharing standard methodology and best practice with colleagues
Conducting post project evaluations and preparing lessons learned

Person specification

Essential Criteria

- A proven track record in project management within a construction/facilities management/infrastructure environment.

- Strong stakeholder management skills.

- Exposure to the commercial and financial elements of project management

Desirable

- Relevant construction or project management experience and/or qualification such as APMQ.

Licences

A full driving licence is essential as the nature of the role requires visits to multiple sites, sometimes a short notice, which are not accessible by public transport

Behaviours

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

Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Leadership

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.  This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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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.

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience. Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, plus Job History and Personal Statement (500 words)

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

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

At application you will be assessed against the following:

Experience:

Job History

Personal Statement

At interview you will be assessed against the above along with the following:

Behaviours:

Delivering at Pace

Leadership

Communicating and Influencing

Application sifting is expected to take place during week commencing w/c 10 February 2025

Interviews are currently expected to take place via in person RMAS Camberley and to be conducted during week commencing 24 February 2024.

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.

We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

To assist with your application please find attached below:

DIO Candidate Information Guide
DIO Candidate Information Guide (Accessible version)
Success Profiles

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 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Adam Glover
Email : adam.glover109@mod.gov.uk
Telephone : 07717 424075

Recruitment team

Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.