Length of employment: Job Summary: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the government's largest public service departments with a sizeable annual budget, serving over 20 million citizens. The estate spans 1.4 million square metres across 800 sites and supports around 78,000 colleagues. Our vision includes DWP colleagues, supply chain, partners and, most fundamentally, the customers the Department exists to serve. They are the reason for our existence. We are responsible for the day-to-day operation of our vast Estate by managing a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as Security Guarding, Maintenance, Property and Leasehold Management, Construction, Cleaning and Facilities Management. DWP Estates is not just about maintaining buildings - it's about transformation. Our strategic goals include: Transitioning to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estate to meet future needs Investing in infrastructure through planned replacement works Embedding sustainability in line with Government Greening Commitments (GGCs) Delivering cost-effective services while maintaining high standards Creating a professional, best-in-class working culture across the Government Property profession Our Estates strategy ambitions have been refreshed to take us through to 2030: OPTIMISE: Continue to transition to a more affordable and adaptable DWP estate that creates productive environments INVEST: Investment in an improved environment that better meets the needs of customers and colleagues and minimises service disruption SUPPORT the drive for sustainability throughout DWP DELIVER: Expertly deliver improving, cost-effective services for DWP THRIVE: Continue to develop a working culture for DWP Estates that is best in class across government There is no better time to join the award winning DWP Estates team. This role will take ownership of the performance management of one of our estates suppliers This role will represent DWP Estates as the intelligent client against agreed performance metrics and will foster a collaborative relationship to drive innovation and identify improvement opportunities. Job Description: There are two roles available. National (Area of responsibility, you will not be expected to travel between all locations) Location - Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Blackpool, Glasgow Central - Location - Birmingham or any location in central region with space Please state your role preference - National or Central - at the start of your personal statement. Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link) This role sits within the following: Job Family - Strategic Asset Management Core Role - Property Portfolio Management Level - Practitioner Key accountabilities Develop a trusted business relationship role across the wider department, to understand business requirements and intelligence and input into the Estates portfolio strategy. Applying property expertise to translate business strategies into real estate-related outcomes and communicating these effectively while collaborating with various areas of the business and Estates. Writing, coordinating, and seeking the approval of business cases, inviting challenge and where appropriate involve others in decision making. Ensure that all Estates opportunities, issues, and risks are fully understood and connected to relevant business strategy, objectives and plans, to develop an Estates agenda that supports the overall aims of smaller, better and greener. In conjunction with peers in the Strategy, Portfolio and Leasehold team, ensure portfolio plans and strategies are developed and maintained. Balancing business needs, property quality & sustainability, total property cost & Value for Money, utilisation, etc. Determine the demand of specific customer/s through understanding their strategy and drawing feasibility, space modelling, impact analysis and business intelligence against the estate's portfolio strategy, analysing a range of credible information to support decision making. Support the roll out of key major programmes within the business - e.g. Universal Credit and Workplace Transformation, encouraging joined up teamwork within Estates and across other groups as required, collaborating to share information, resources and support. Identify opportunities to drive positive change and improve efficiencies, encouraging ideas for change from a wide range of sources, presenting strong recommendations in a timely manner outlining the consideration of other options, costs, benefits and risks. Requirement planning for MOTOs and Colocations (inward and outward) in support of the Governments One Public Estate and Localism agenda; establishing the strategic demand and how this can be incorporated within DWPs wider Estates Portfolio strategy. Establishing and validating capacity across DWP estate to support DWP recruitment campaigns and wider people movement. DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours. Generous annual leave - at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro-rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave. Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme. Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly). Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes. An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more. Location Applicants should apply for suitable posts where they can travel to and from their home office location daily within a reasonable time. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Relocation costs will not be reimbursed. Hybrid Working This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Successful candidates will be posted in merit order based on your location preferences and the geographical requirements of the business. Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience Ability to forge strong and influential relationships with a broad network of stakeholders, including those at a senior level. Utilise property experience and data analysis to inform decision making to translate business requirements into real estate outcomes. Experience of feeding Real Estate consequences of any business strategy into the portfolio strategy accordingly. Experience in supporting the development of business cases, portfolio plans and strategies. Presenting property feasibility, space modelling, impact analysis and business intelligence. While ensuring VFM, quality & sustainability considerations align with DWPs strategic direction. Confidence to challenge senior stakeholders' thinking. Ability to quickly get up to speed with new and complex projects. Understands and speaks the 'language of the business' and how to translate the plans into reality by being curious, confident and solutions focused. Strong consultancy, partnership and relationship building skills. STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement of no more than 1000 words against the essential criteria as outlined above. You will also be asked to provide a short CV. Your CV should be fairly short and just evidence very brief details of your work history and Qualifications. Please do not submit a speculative application where you do not meet at least 50% of the essential criteria as these applications will be unsuccessful. Do not include Behaviour examples within your application as these will not be assessed in the sift and will only be used at interview stage. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. There will be an initial sift of applications based on the Personal Statement only, so please ensure you evidence how you meet the Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience requirement contained in the vacancy in this section. This will form a short list for interview. STAGE 2 - INTERVIEW All candidates who are successful at the sift stage will undertake a single virtual video interview. The interview will follow a blended approach which will help us assess candidates Behaviours and Strengths. Currently the sift is scheduled to take place w/c 7th July 2025and interview dates w/c 21st July 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place virtually and dates are subject to change Further Information Find out more about Working for DWP A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Any move to DWP 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; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website. If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service or Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing stating the job reference number in the subject heading. For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP's terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action. The evidence you provide must relate to your own experiences. If evidence of plagiarism, or sharing of questions, information or answers throughout any part of the selection process is found, your application will be withdrawn. Examples of plagiarism can include: Presenting the work, ideas and experience of others as your own Copying content from an online/published source Using forms of Artificial Intelligence to produce application content which you present as your own. Reasonable Adjustment At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should Contact Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the "Reasonable Adjustments" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional. If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.