Barry, Wales, CF62 4WA : Brecon, Wales, LD3 7EA
Job Summary
The Area Utility and Sustainability Manager (AUSM) is responsible for driving all aspects of environmental sustainability within a property context, to support implementing effective strategies for energy and utilities management in existing buildings. Identifying potential areas to protect and improve the environment in and around government sites, Sustainability professionals analyse the present and predict future practice in order to limit and reduce the environmental impact of the department's practices. Environmental Sustainability professionals will provide the strategic direction and promote opportunities to achieve departmental sustainability objectives, and those of wider government.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description
This position sits within the Regional Delivery Central Technical Team and has responsibility for driving the delivery of the UK Governments energy and climate change agenda including Net Zero targets. This is through collaborative working with Top-Level Budget Holders at both a Regional and Site level to: reduce demand, decarbonisation and expenditure; increase efficiency; shape behaviours; raise awareness, and achieve the UK's energy, water, waste, and carbon reduction targets.
The Team is responsible for building effective and positive relationships with estate users, industry partners and wider DIO. The role will deliver successful outcomes as part of a team ensuring that DIO meet the high standards expected of a government body. This is an exciting role with wide ranging responsibilities with plenty to engage your interest. The Team comprises a small team of forward deployed regional Area Utility and Sustainability Managers who are committed to supporting the departments goals.
Interactions across DIO, Contractors and Customers will be an important aspect of the role utilising communicating and influencing skills to optimise and deliver in our capacity as the MODs trusted adviser and delivery agent in utilities management. DIO Regional Delivery are responsible for effective management across the MOD built estate while supporting our customers throughout an extensive geographical area. We are committed to the provision of appropriate Infrastructure advice, Facilities Maintenance and customer directed Billable Works programmes. We strive to become the regional focus in energy, emissions and sustainability. Due to the dispersed nature of the Team. this post promotes a hybrid working pattern of office based, homeworking and site visits. No one week is the same. This is a fantastic post and brings an excellent opportunity to work with various partners to advise on high profile billable works in a busy and complicated MOD Estate.
This position sits within the Regional Delivery Central Technical Team and has responsibility for driving the delivery of the UK Governments energy and climate change agenda including Net Zero targets. This is through collaborative working with Top-Level Budget Holders at both a Regional and Site level to: reduce demand, decarbonisation and expenditure; increase efficiency; shape behaviours; raise awareness, and achieve the UK's energy, water, waste, and carbon reduction targets.
The Team is responsible for building effective and positive relationships with estate users, industry partners and wider DIO. The role will deliver successful outcomes as part of a team ensuring that DIO meet the high standards expected of a government body. This is an exciting role with wide ranging responsibilities with plenty to engage your interest. The Team comprises a small team of forward deployed regional Area Utility and Sustainability Managers who are committed to supporting the departments goals.
Interactions across DIO, Contractors and Customers will be an important aspect of the role utilising communicating and influencing skills to optimise and deliver in our capacity as the MODs trusted adviser and delivery agent in utilities management. DIO Regional Delivery are responsible for effective management across the MOD built estate while supporting our customers throughout an extensive geographical area. We are committed to the provision of appropriate Infrastructure advice, Facilities Maintenance and customer directed Billable Works programmes. We strive to become the regional focus in energy, emissions and sustainability. Due to the dispersed nature of the Team. this post promotes a hybrid working pattern of office based, homeworking and site visits. No one week is the same. This is a fantastic post and brings an excellent opportunity to work with various partners to advise on high profile billable works in a busy and complicated MOD Estate.
Person specification
- Responsible for monitoring and reporting of utilities consumption (gas, electricity, LPG, oil, and water) to sites via a monthly Utilities Dashboard.
- Investigation of data trends and anomalies to ensure data accuracy and identify areas where reductions can be targeted.
- Collaborate with peers across the Regional AUSM Community and wider DIO colleagues to drive consistency via a variety of forums, working groups and engagement events.
- Support and drive wider DIO initiatives including sub-metering, investment planning, establishment management plans, automated meter reading rollout, behavioural change campaigns, and renewable energy opportunities.
- Provide advice and assurance on Top Level Budget Holder utilities working groups.
- Provide and support effective communications to all delivery and support teams within Regional Delivery regarding utilities management.
Licences
- UK Driving Licence as need to visit multiple sites sometimes remote and including an overnight stay, not all are accessible by public transport.
Licences
UK British Driving Licence
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
Alongside 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 role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- 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/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 Word count)
At application and interview you will be assessed against the following:
Behaviours
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
Experience
- CV and Personal Statement
Further Information
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
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.
Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements.
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.
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.
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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
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.
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 Inclusion
The 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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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Sophia French
- Email : sophia.french277@mod.gov.uk
- Telephone : 07773050590
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
Further information
Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.
