DIO - Regional Delivery United States Forces Senior Stewardship Manager

Salary: £40,000 + substantial pension and benefits
Location: RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton or RAF Fairford
Reference: 79502

Join 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

The Challenge

DIO RD USF operate within a centralised Head Office at RAF Wyton and 2 regions East and West which span 6 major sites; RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall in the East Region and RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford and RAF Menwith Hill in the West Region. DIO RD USF is responsible for supporting the USVF in the UK in the delivery of works; developing and implementing DIO/US Civil Engineering joint policy and procedures and undertaking Estate Stewardship on behalf of the Secretary of State to ensure the estate is Safe and Legally compliant.

The C1 Senior Stewardship Manager holds responsibility on a USAF operated MOD base to ensure that the estate is safe and legal, all UK statutory requirements are met as well as MOD mandatory requirements. The terms of reference cover the whole estate, including DIO contractor maintained and operated facilities as well as USAF maintained and operated facilities. The job entails a high degree of interaction and briefing to senior UK and US officials, such as the RAF Base Commander.

Flexible Location
DIO RD USF are based across the UK including RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford & RAF Menwith Hill. We offer a flexible base location for this role and will therefore would consider RAF Croughton, RAF Alconbury, RAF Fairford location as your duty station. Work location will be agreed once the successful candidate has been selected.

Main Responsibilities

Stewardship Policy Management

• Ensure compliance with MoD and DIO policy, instructions and guidance. Monitor and take actions to improve compliance, operational efficiency and escalate issues up the governance chain.
• Responsible for the Area’s Base Facility Management Agreement (BFMA) ensuring the BFMA is updated and reflects current legislation
• Responsible for the Annual Stewardship Report identifying the compliance state and prepare for issue to higher MOD. Liaise and coordinate with other DIO Stewardship Managers

Stewardship, Compliance and Assurance Management

• Manage the stewardship assurance process relating to the inspection, assessment and maintenance tasks identified in the joint UK/US Service Level Agreement BFMA which describes such UK and US statutory requirements and responsibilities. Also the USAF Form 29 direct contracting approval process.
• Manage the assurance inspections programme for building and facility assets and BFMA statutory and mandatory tasks to secure a safe and legal estate
• Initiate and interpret deep dive audits into UK compliance areas to provide feedback to higher MOD

Senior Stakeholder Engagement

• Responsible for developing and maintaining engagement with major functional / customer stakeholders in support of DIO Stewardship delivery keeping stakeholders informed of mutual objectives.
• Attend, actively participate and represent DIO at the following meetings as required; Stakeholder meetings (US Customer, RAF Air Command and DIO Compliance Teams).
• Liaison with internal and external stakeholders, providing advice and guidance on UK Statutory compliance across the estate

Leadership and Management

• Demonstrate a personal commitment to DIO values and provide leadership to the team and manage individuals to contribute to DIO outputs. Ensure compliance with mandatory training requirements, Health and Safety, and risk assessments.
• Promote strong working relationships both within the team and with other teams across DIO and MOD.

Desirable Experience & Skills

• An understanding of the USVF NATO SOFA Agreement. An understanding of the Cost Sharing arrangement. Understanding/experience UK/USVF delivery model within the UK
• A relevant professional or technical qualification to degree level or equivalent

Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Chartered Institute of Building, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology

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 enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

The MOD Discover My Benefits page lists the full set of benefits. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

• Highly competitive Pension Scheme
• Flexi-time scheme
• Alternative working practices such as working from home
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days annual leave per year
• In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The Queen’s birthday
• Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period to for volunteer military or emergency service reserve commitments
• Special Paid Leave for volunteering up to 6 days a year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing
• Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and / or site shops

Learning & Development

• Professional and Personal Development of skills
• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO
• Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by DIO

Employment Hours
The post advertised is for 37 hours net

Allowances
This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact:
Name: Mark Keen
Email: Mark.Keen105@mod.gov.uk
Telephone: 07929 763254

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

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 8th November 2020