DIO - Sustainability Manager

Ministry of Defence

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

Details

Reference number

386350

Salary

£36,530

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Type of role

Environment and Sustainability

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Location

Sandhurst, South East England, GU15 4PQ : Andover, South East England, SP11 8HJ

About the job

Job summary

Are you experienced in Environment and Sustainability? We have an exciting new opportunity within our Project Management Office for a Sustainability Manager. This role will be engaged in assisting in the identification of and engagement with sustainable infrastructure solutions progressing sustainable and evidenced outcomes within the Command Infrastructure Delivery Plan (CIDP) portfolio of projects. Each task will be addressed with the appropriate Senior team/Top-Level Budget-Holder (TLB) and the Industry Partner (IP) to assist in creating a programme plan.

This role sits within the Capability Team of the Project Management Office (PMO) delivering billable works and will directly report to the Senior Sustainability Manager.

The Sustainability Manager will be responsible for developing sustainable solutions within a wide range of infra projects across Defence Estate, in collaboration with our IP. Verifying information provided by others to outline future plans to ensure they are full, accurate and correct. Then following approval, ensure that construction activity remains compliant to the approved assessment and required MOD standards.

The Sustainability Manager will deliver the above working closely with the PMO Operations Team and wider stakeholders to bring into focus and embed sustainability in projects, as well as developing sustainability assessments with the IP.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Work closely with South East Industry Partner (IP) in creation of sustainability assessments and statements, and review submissions for conformance to required standards.
Be actively involved in the early development of the Command Infrastructure Delivery Plan (CIDP) with the PMO Future Programmes Manager to ensure sustainability is at the forefront of deliverability assessments from the IP.
Engage with tasks across the billable works business in progressing renewables, products and services in collaboration with IPs.
Collaborate closely with SERP Utilities team and wider DIO areas of business.
Support the Senior Sustainability Manager in challenging the IP to evidence sustainability thinking and deliverables.
Actively engage with sustainable marketplace innovation to bring into the Estate and our IP.
Proactively and positively engage with all relevant stakeholders as may be required to ensure best standards of delivery.
Support the Senior Sustainability Manager in creating regular updates of the billable works renewable performance management.
Ensure Legislative requirements are met in collaboration with wider MOD and IP

Person specification

Essential 

A background in the sustainability arena or able demonstrate knowledge and an active interest in the principles of sustainability.

Desirable

Experience of working on projects within a construction, facilities management, infrastructure environment

Strong stakeholder management skills.

Licences

Full driving licence is required as visits to multiple sites are needed sometimes at short notice and are not accessible by public transport.

Behaviours

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

Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Seeing the Big Picture

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

Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 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:

Behaviours:

Communicating and Influencing

Experience:

Job History
Personal Statement

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

Behaviours:

Delivering at Pace
Seeing the bigger picture

Application sifting is expected to take place during week commencing 11 February 2025

Interviews are currently expected to take place in person at Marlborough Lines, Andover and to be conducted during week commencing 17 February 2025.

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)

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 : Michelle Harper
Email : Michelle.harper557@mod.gov.uk
Telephone : 07973885193

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.