MoJ Property Directorate – Senior Project Sponsor (Ref: 85037) Job in United Kingdom Recruiting by UK Civil Service

Job summary

Job description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: .

If you are successful in the recruitment process, you will be added to the merit list for the campaign. We will then appoint candidates as Senior Project Sponsor posts become available.�This will be based on merit order and your location preference. For a full list of offices, please refer to the attached link: . Your location preference will be captured during the application process. Please be advised, that being successful in the recruitment process and being placed on the merit list does not guarantee an offer of employment. �

Please note that the application window for this campaign remains open until 04/09/2024. However, we will be reviewing applications and conducting regular screening, interviewing, and onboarding procedures throughout the duration of the campaign.�

The MoJ Property Directorate is a customer focused organisation that exists to enable our customers to perform to their very best.� We do this by providing high quality, easy to use services, and working environments that our customers want to work in, which support them to deliver their individual outputs efficiently.� Our job is to manage one of the most diverse and complex estates in Government � hosted by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).� The �MoJ Property Directorate brings together a property portfolio including Prisons, Probation, and MoJ HQ and Arm�s Length Bodies.� We also provide property services on behalf of the Home Office.

MoJ Property provides specialist services including facilities management, health and safety, fire safety and security, technical design expertise, and sustainability.� We also have business management teams who support the entire Directorate and each of our partners is supported by account management teams.� We are responsible for a great deal - our portfolio consists of properties valued at � for the MoJ alone.� We are part of the Government Property Profession (GPP) and through active membership and engagement we will work with the Office of Government Property to develop the maturity of the profession and also encourage our people to join the GPP. We continue to build our capability through training and recruitment, aspiring to be the best that we can be as individuals and as a directorate.

We continue to deliver new ways of working across our portfolio � leading on the scale and pace of activity for central government � proposing ways to achieve, and then providing more dynamic and flexible workspace, while driving down the cost of the estate.

Infrastructure Team Overview

There are multiple Senior Project Sponsor roles available within the MoJ Prison Infrastructure team. We are seeking Senior Project Sponsors to be responsible for a programme of expansion work within one of the following areas:

Women�s Estate Expansion - a mix of Open and Closed gender-specific accommodation places across existing sites in the Women�s estate.

Small Secure Houseblocks � deploying short timescale secure houseblocks across the closed Category C estate.

These roles are accountable to the relevant Head of Programme Delivery in the new Prison Infrastructure Directorate for the successful, timely and quality delivery of the construction of their prison. The post holder is the prime contact and leader of significant teams of outsourced professional service providers.

Job Description, Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include the following:

Skills and Experience

Essential�

Specialist skills and experience:

Highly Desirable:

Qualifications

Have, or be willing to work towards, a recognised construction qualification, such as the chartered institute of building (CIOB)

Government Property Profession (GPP) Technical Skills

The GPP Framework is aimed at staff working in property or property-related roles and consider property to be their career anchor profession. This usually encompasses posts where professional qualifications and experience are directly relevant to the work being undertaken. However, it is also applicable to those who are currently not qualified property practitioners but wish to make this their profession of choice. Those with a property background at any level are encouraged to register with the GPP, which exists to support property practitioners at all levels.�Details of the GPP Career Framework can be found at: �

This role falls under Property & Construction Project Management Senior Practitionerand some or all of the following Technical Skills will be tested during the selection process:

Behaviours

We will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Hybrid Working

Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. We offer flexible working as a benefit to employees where the business needs allow. This role will involve some hybrid working with travel to sites across England and Wales when required.

Flexible working hours �

The Property Directorate offers flexible working subject to local agreement.

This post is advertised as Permanent & Full Time.� The unit is supportive of and encourages flexible working and compressed hours candidates will also be considered.

This role can be based Nationally, with the possibility of occasional travel into London and across England and Wales.�

Non-civil service candidates will start on the pay band minimum.

Person specification

Behaviours

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

Technical skills

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

Benefits

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