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Job Summary:
Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and play a key role in keeping our country safe through caring for the Defence estate and those that depend on it? DIO manages the Defence estate, one of the UK's largest and most diverse property portfolios, enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon-zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets, our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!
If you are suitably experienced in Business Support and are looking for a new challenge in working within a motivated and professional team, then DIO Estates is for you! Through collaboration with Military colleagues on one of the largest estates in the country, with an extensive overseas portfolio, you will have the opportunity of working on a diverse range of exciting, interesting, and often-challenging projects of National Interest in support of the UK Defence Mission.
The Role
DIO Estates currently have a vacancy for an experienced administrator to work within the Estates Business Support Team as a Business Support Manager. You will be involved in a wide range of exciting and interesting work, delivering challenging and varied business support workstreams.
The post supports the Senior Business Support Manager in delivering an efficient business support service and the role is responsible for assisting with the co-ordination and management of the pan MoD Business Rates Budget for all UK MoD sites, including changes to the estate to ensure accurate forecasts of expenditure and rebates. The successful candidate will have close liaison and will support in the management of a specialist contractor to ensure programme delivery and will manage all data and contribute to continuous improvement of all processes.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the established DIO Estates Business Support Team of highly skilled Administrative Officers and Managers, delivering support and advice to the Estates Team's Surveyors, Managers, and wide range of customers.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description:
Main Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the role are:
* Management of the MoD programme and processes of Business Rates expenditure and Income including liabilities, Trading Partners and Visiting Forces.
* Supporting the coordination and management of the pan MoD Business Rates Budget for the UK, including changes to the estate to ensure accurate forecasts of expenditure and rebates.
* Close liaison and support in the management of a specialist contractor, ensuring delivery against agreed service levels and contractual obligations.
* Management of site information data, including change detail, supporting business rates assessments and forecasting.
* Contributing to the continuous improvement of processes, systems, and data quality related to business rates management across the estate.
Location
The successful candidate will be expected to regularly attend the RAF Wyton location and will involve weekly attendance to the office for face-to-face meetings and collaboration. Other DIO locations may be considered whilst ensuring the location of the successful candidate can still meet the business and travel requirements of the role. Please state of office location choice on your application form.
If travelling outside your base location for duty reasons, you will have access to flights, hire cars, rail tickets and overnight accommodation. You can also claim 45 pence per mile should you choose to use your own vehicle for business travel.
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.
DIO Business Area - Estates
The Defence estate is one of the largest landholdings in the UK and covers an estimated 1.8% of the UK land mass (200,000+ ha). This is complemented bya significant UK Defence presence overseas.
Estates are the in-house real estate team within the DIO (part of the UK Ministry of Defence) supporting infrastructure needs across a high-profile Public Estate. We acquire, manage, safeguard, and dispose of Defence real estate. Our unique customer knowledge and insight of the Defence Estate enables our in-house team of property professionals to provide in-depth advice to our Military customers.
The Team
The DIO Estates Programme Management Office (PMO) is a pan-Estates team, which supports the Estates delivery programme and its delivery teams via centralised Data, Programme and Business Management.
The Business Management Team (BMT) sits within the Estates Programme Management Office and is accountable for the business and admin support to all Delivery Teams in Estates.The BMT has Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in: Business Support, Recruitment, HR, Apprenticeships and Learning & Development.
* 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%
* 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service.
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.
To learn more about our full range of benefits, view our Candidate Information Guide attached.
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/.
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Essential Experience:
* Experience in managing and streamlining processes and a good understanding of data analysis.
* A good working knowledge of Microsoft 360 and Excellent IT skills are an essential requirement of the role.
* Excellent communication skills both verbally and written including experience in collaborating effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders.
* Strong leadership skills and previous experience of working in an office-based team.
Desirable Experience:
* Previous CP&F and IMS experience
* Experience of working within a government department environment.
* Experience of DIO /MoD financial and commercial approval processes.
* Relevant knowledge in the management of Business Rates
* Good working knowledge of Information Management System (IMS)
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.
Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience. Please ensure that you explain all skills and experience that are relevant to the advertised role as detailed within the Essential experience within the personal specification section of the advert.
Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 - Word count)
Please use examples to demonstrate relevant, suitable experience and knowledge at an appropriate level in:
* Experience in managing and streamlining processes and a good understanding of data analysis.
* A good working knowledge of Microsoft 360 and Excellent IT skills are an essential requirement of the role.
* Excellent communication skills both verbally and written including experience in collaborating effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders.
* Strong leadership skills and previous experience of working in an office-based team.
At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and Statement of suitability.
At interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:-
• Working together
• Changing and improving
• Delivering at pace
We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn't always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months. It is also possible that we may offer similar lower graded role/s to reserve candidates or, if no reserves are appointed, candidates that meet the lower grade criteria in merit order.
Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing 14TH July 25.
Interviews are currently taking place via Face to Face or remotely through a digital platform, this will be confirmed with the successful candidates who are invited to an interview and will be conducted week commencing 21st July 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:
1. DIO Candidate Information Guide
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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.
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. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
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. #J-18808-Ljbffr