DIO Project Officer

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

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 position is advertised at 37 hours a week.

DIO is the agent for Estate Management and Infrastructure works delivery for the USVF in the UK, under the terms of the 1973 UK & US Cost Sharing Arrangement and the 1951 NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SoFA) and is bound by those agreements and arrangements to deliver all infrastructure works including additional works services (AWS), as required by USVF. The DIO is mandated by the Secretary of State to provide the capability to undertake AWS projects at several locations both on the UK and USVF estate in support of the UK Armed Forces and their allies.

DIO RD USVF operate within a centralised Head Office at RAF Wyton and 2 regions East and West which span 6 major sites: RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall in the East Region, RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford and RAF Menwith Hill in the West Region.

We are excited to offer the opportunity for a Projects Officer to join our professional team. The successful candidate will be a forward-thinking individual, able to represent DIO at all levels, working with stakeholders to provide direction, analysis, insight and challenge, whilst ensuring all capital investment is optimised and aligned to USVF priorities and strategic objectives.

Person specification:

• Ensuring effective & efficient delivery and management of major and high-profile projects, addressing changing customer requirements, and updating the Command Infrastructure Development Plan (CIDP).
• Ensure changes are appropriate and technically robust.
• Developing strong and positive relationships within the team and with customers and contractors, supporting effective communications and delivery of services.
• Understand and act on customer and DIO priorities.
• Develop and manage your customer's priorities, issues, projects, and constraints, ensuring delivery of objectives.
• Pre-emptively identify emerging constraints and risks within projects, communicate the trends for attention and develop proposed resolution.
• Developing Business Cases for DIO authority scrutiny.
• Attending and chairing customer liaison meetings, acting on customer feedback, establishing, and delivering action plans for systemic issues within projects.
• Collaborating with the Core, Technical and Assurance leads to ensure compliance with DIO policies and practices and technical advice.
• Producing high quality and accurate reports covering contractor performance, risks, and issues.
• Developing and delivering annual assurance plans ensuring compliance with legislation.
• Managing and assuring service delivery, meeting customer needs, and achieving value.
• Identifying and developing efficiency and opportunities for improvement.

Licences:

• Full UK Cat B Driving licence required due to remote location.

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture

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.

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%.

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.

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.

Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder.

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.

Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At application, you will be assessed against the following:

• Behaviours: Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions
• Experience: Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience. Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 Word count)

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences.

Applications will be sifted on all elements listed above, but in the event of a high number of applications, the sift will be conducted on the Delivering at Pace Behaviour and statement of suitability.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following:

• Behaviours: Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Seeing the Big Picture, Leadership

Further information: 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.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation.

You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years.

This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment.

Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

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 in to 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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa.

It 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.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

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.

Nationality requirements: Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service: The Civil Service Code 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.

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.

Contact point for applicants:

Job contact: Name: Kismet Finch Email: kismet.finch107@mod.gov.uk Telephone: 07970952942

Recruitment team Email: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information: Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application.