DIO- Programme Support

DMS Whittington, Lichfield. Other locations may be considered. Job SummaryAbout the Defence Infrastructure OrganisationDo 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 which enables our Armed Forces and defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy.

From building and upgrading military accommodation to maintaining runways and aircraft operating surfaces for state of the art F35 fighter jets, our outputs offer a unique working environment both in the UK and across the globe. Regional Delivery (RD)RD is a large, complex and geographically dispersed operation within the DIO. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) Estate covers c. 58,000 assets, across over 500 sites on 275,000 hectares of freehold and leasehold Defence Estate in the UK and a further 580,000 hectares overseas, with a multitude of £multi-million contracts to manage.

We deliver hard and soft facilities management services and are responsible for building, maintaining and servicing infrastructure assets across the majority of MODs built Estate in the UK and overseas, including the MOD Training Estate. Responsible for a wide range of activities, from providing accommodation and training facilities to managing land and procurement, DIO acts as the Estate expert for defence, ensuring our Armed Forces have the necessary infrastructure to live, work, train and deploy.

Centre of Excellence (CoE)The CoE allows Regions to focus on Regional responsibilities by leveraging knowledge from across Regional Delivery and DIO supporting functions to develop better solutions. It is responsible for cross-cutting activities across our customers and delivers a programmatic approach to provide enhanced support. The CoE embeds more agile ways of working, develops lean processes and supports defining and realising continuous improvement opportunities. It works across multiple stakeholders to gain insight, share and implement considered Learning from Experience, and provide consistent and coherent advice and strategic direction. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job DescriptionThe Project Support Team (PST) sits within the Regional Delivery Centre of Excellence (RD CoE) and holds a broad portfolio of high-value programmes supporting the Digital, Asset Management, Infrastructure Delivery, Sustainability and Business Improvement areas of the business. As an integrator function, the PST offers a great opportunity for self-development as the successful candidate will be working across many areas of the CoE, wider DIO and industry suppliers to deliver key elements of the MOD’s strategic priorities.

The National Programmes Support position is an exciting new role in Defence that will support the delivery of national MOD infrastructure and sustainability programmes. The post holder can expect to be involved in a wide range of programmes such as the roll out of innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions, transition to a national Electric Vehicle infrastructure contract, standardisation of approaches in Defence towards sustainable infrastructure and services or overseeing the programme of work that maintains our runways and aircraft operating surfaces.

In this supporting role, you will work across DIO’s Regional Delivery teams, RD CoE, industry partners and the military customer base, to coordinate and cohere project and programme data and progress across delivery. This work is vital as it will provide a Pan-Regional view of programmes that underpins programme governance for Defence infrastructure. Providing support to Defence in achieving its Net Zero and sustainability ambitions and meeting the associated government targets, is also a key function of this role. On a day-to-day basis, you will be providing administrative, research, data and statistical support to the Programme lead.

The post holder will be required to operate with a certain amount of autonomy as this role will require you to plan and manage aspects of the programmes with minimal supervision whilst also having primary responsibility for maintaining and updating data for key stakeholders regarding progress and delivery. Key Functions Of The Role Will Include: Managing and maintaining the Sustainability Programme portfolio of activities including but not limited to development and oversight of programme governance functions, setting up document reviews, facilitating feedback and Learning from Experience (LFE) events, document version control oversight and sourcing policy advice as required.

Creating, managing and updating a range of data centric reports including dashboards on utilities and energy consumption, electric vehicle charger asset transition and industry partner innovation. Managing and facilitating communication and engagement activities across the National Programmes. Building effective Partner Engagement across DIO including Regional Delivery, wider DIO teams as well as military customers and industry suppliers. Supporting the National Programmes lead with any data or statistical product required to maintain and record progress and programme positions as required. Defining, developing, analysing and inputting data on to dashboards, spreadsheets and trackers as required.

Maintaining, updating and managing these data artefacts to provide assurance activities surrounding the data employed. Supporting Asset Management activities across all areas of Regional Delivery to maintain alignment with DIO’s Capability Asset Management Team and Strategic Planning Function. In addition to the above, the successful candidate will provide support to the wider PST function. This will include but is not limited to, wider administrative support to the team, data collation and analysis, and support to the PST owned Asset Management function as required.

The Project Support Team (PST) sits within the Regional Delivery Centre of Excellence (RD CoE) and holds a broad portfolio of high-value programmes supporting the Digital, Asset Management, Infrastructure Delivery, Sustainability and Business Improvement areas of the business. As an integrator function, the PST offers a great opportunity for self-development as the successful candidate will be working across many areas of the CoE, wider DIO and industry suppliers to deliver key elements of the MOD’s strategic priorities.

The National Programmes Support position is an exciting new role in Defence that will support the delivery of national MOD infrastructure and sustainability programmes. The post holder can expect to be involved in a wide range of programmes such as the roll out of innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions, transition to a national Electric Vehicle infrastructure contract, standardisation of approaches in Defence towards sustainable infrastructure and services or overseeing the programme of work that maintains our runways and aircraft operating surfaces.

In this supporting role, you will work across DIO’s Regional Delivery teams, RD CoE, industry partners and the military customer base, to coordinate and cohere project and programme data and progress across delivery. This work is vital as it will provide a Pan-Regional view of programmes that underpins programme governance for Defence infrastructure. Providing support to Defence in achieving its Net Zero and sustainability ambitions and meeting the associated government targets, is also a key function of this role. On a day-to-day basis, you will be providing administrative, research, data and statistical support to the Programme lead.

The post holder will be required to operate with a certain amount of autonomy as this role will require you to plan and manage aspects of the programmes with minimal supervision whilst also having primary responsibility for maintaining and updating data for key stakeholders regarding progress and delivery. Key Functions Of The Role Will Include: Managing and maintaining the Sustainability Programme portfolio of activities including but not limited to development and oversight of programme governance functions, setting up document reviews, facilitating feedback and Learning from Experience (LFE) events, document version control oversight and sourcing policy advice as required.

Creating, managing and updating a range of data centric reports including dashboards on utilities and energy consumption, electric vehicle charger asset transition and industry partner innovation. Managing and facilitating communication and engagement activities across the National Programmes. Building effective Partner Engagement across DIO including Regional Delivery, wider DIO teams as well as military customers and industry suppliers. Supporting the National Programmes lead with any data or statistical product required to maintain and record progress and programme positions as required. Defining, developing, analysing and inputting data on to dashboards, spreadsheets and trackers as required.

Maintaining, updating and managing these data artefacts to provide assurance activities surrounding the data employed. Supporting Asset Management activities across all areas of Regional Delivery to maintain alignment with DIO’s Capability Asset Management Team and Strategic Planning Function. In addition to the above, the successful candidate will provide support to the wider PST function. This will include but is not limited to, wider administrative support to the team, data collation and analysis, and support to the PST owned Asset Management function as required.

Person specificationThe successful candidate will be expected to be someone who is well organised, comfortable using and presenting data, confident in making decisions and working with some autonomy, pays good attention to detail, is a strong communicator able to engage across a wide range of stakeholders and is competent in arranging engagements and meetings. EssentialThe role will require the successful candidate to be capable of managing and maintaining aspects of the Sustainability Programme portfolio of activities.

You will be expected to be competent at communication and engagement activities and in building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. As the role is to support the National Programmes lead with producing data and statistical information, you will be expected to be able to maintain and record programme progress in a consistent and logical manner. The successful candidate will be someone who is familiar and experienced in working with data and producing reports and experience of defining, developing and interpreting data requirements would be advantageous.

The role also requires the successful candidate to be able to look across a broader spectrum of work including assisting the wider PST with its Asset Management activities and other emerging priorities, so the post holder will need to be comfortable with working at pace and with competing priorities.

Desirable Experience of working on programmes, preferably in an infrastructure environmentExperience working in or with the UK military or Ministry of DefenceExperience of working with data and software systemsHold or be working towards a Data professional QualificationHold a valid UK Full Driving LicenceBehavioursWe'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Delivering at PaceCommunicating and InfluencingMaking Effective DecisionsManaging a Quality ServiceSeeing the Big PictureWe only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Delivering at PaceCommunicating and InfluencingAlongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityA 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. 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.

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Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, a sift will be conducted on the CV & Personal Statement. At application stage you will be assessed against the following: Experience: CV-Job History; Previous Skills and Experience. Personal Statement (500 max word count). to clearly demonstrate your ability and experience of being well organised, comfortable using and presenting data, confident in making decisions and working with autonomy, paying good attention to detail, strong communication and competent in arranging engagements and meetings. Behaviours: Communicating and Influencing. Delivering at Pace.

At interview stage you will be assessed against the following: Behaviours: Managing a Quality Service. Making Effective Decisions. Seeing the Big Picture. It is expected that interviews will be held over Teams during the week commencing 4th September 2025 (subject to change). Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and InclusionThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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