Senior Contracts and Facilities Manager

Job Description

LocationCorsham SN13 9GB, Tidworth SP9 7QD, Andover SP11 8HJ, RAF Northolt HA4 6NGAbout the jobSummaryJoin the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to flourish, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated. We promote and support a range of flexible working patterns enabling staff to balance home and work responsibilities. This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers. Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, bold and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation. DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience: • Meaningful, purposeful work • The ability to learn and grow • The right opportunities and resources • To care about your wellbeing • To feel valued and included About DIOThe Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure. Our responsibilities include: • Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment • Provide utilities services • Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering) • Provide a safe place to train • Allocate Service Families Accommodation • Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair • Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning • Act as steward of the Defence estate • Provide the unarmed guarding service We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman. You can view our YouTube video to see more about our workJob descriptionThe ChallengeDIO have a career defining opportunity for a Senior Contracts and Facilities Manager to be responsible for the management of 12 mature Private Finance Initiative contracts with a total whole life value of £20bn. As a result of these efforts essential assets and services will be provided across the Defence Community. This ranges from strategic Headquarter sites in central London and Northwood, to military garrisons in Salisbury Plain, Aldershot and Colchester; and the provision of water and wastewater services across the GB estate. The postholder will be responsible for meeting the needs of the customer through effective management of the contract, delivering changes as their needs evolve, and being relentless in seeking out opportunities to maximise value; all to ensure we provide an outstanding service. Working with the customer the role will provide excellent advice to help shape future plans to ensure that we continue to meet the outstanding service aspirations. It is an opportunity to lead the PFI portfolio through to expiry, which is a significant and exciting challenge. Post LocationDIO SE Region has multiple sites for duty stations. We offer a flexible base location for this role and will therefore make one of these locations your duty station where possible. Where this is not possible, we will look to assign an alternative MOD establishment as your duty station. Work location will be agreed once the successful candidate has been selected.ResponsibilitiesMain ResponsibilitiesThe Deputy Head of PFI will be responsible for: • Providing leadership across the Group including enabling functions such as finance and commercial. This includes building a capable resilient team of over 58 people. • Direct line management of key people within the overall team • Ensuring that core contracted services are delivered in accordance with the contract and law, to ensure that customers can operate in a safe and legal environment with the agreed services • As a member of the senior management team (SE Region and Private Finance Initiatives) the role will support the Head of SE Region and PFI in delivering the Business Plan and building a diverse and inclusive environment • Working with customers to develop and deliver long-term cost plans to meet their changing needs and drive value to their business • Engaging with the supplier base to develop strong collaborative relationship across the complex stakeholder base to ensure alignment of vision, and resolve issues in a timely manner • Developing a strategic approach to contract exit, with finance and commercial leads, and then implementing plans for each contract in a timely manner. • Liaising with other stakeholders to support effective procurement of and transition to new contracting arrangements. Essential Experience:1. Experience of managing large and complex contracts. Ideally, significant experience of Public Private Partnership PPP/Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) contracts 2. Management of operational assets, facilities contracts and sitesBehavioursWell assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Leadership

Changing and Improving

Delivering at Pace

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

Leadership

Changing and Improving

Benefits We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time. We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers. We understand the importance of life outside of work and our industry leading flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to en