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Salary
The national salary range is £71,381 - £80,419, London salary range is £75,674 - £85,257. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
Location
National
Region
National
Closing Date
07-May-2026
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
Grade 6
Number of jobs available
1
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
16825

Descriptions & requirements

Job description
Job Title        Head Of BIM and MMC
Grade    G6
Business Group    Chief Operating Officer / People Group (delete as applicable)
Contract Type    Permanent
Directorate    Property Directorate 
Team    Prisons Infrastructure and Technical Services
Location    National

Property Directorate Overview 

Property Directorate is a customer service organisation that exists to enable our customers to perform to their best. We do this by providing working environments in which our customers want to work, and which support them in delivering their outputs efficiently, and by providing high quality, easy to use services. We manage one of the most diverse and complex estates in Government, hosted in MoJ, including the estates of the Home Office, Prisons, Probation, MoJ HQ and Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs).

We provide specialist services including facilities management, health & safety, fire safety and security; technical design expertise and sustainability, our cluster partners are supported by account management teams, and we have business management teams supporting the overall Directorate. Our portfolio consists of properties valued at £8.5bn for the MoJ alone.

We work closely with our cluster partners and the Government Property Agency, encouraging healthy collaboration and driving a professional service delivery approach.

We continue to deliver new ways of working across the estates cluster – leading on the scale and pace of activity on this for central government – providing more dynamic and flexible workspace while reducing the cost of the estate.

Team Overview

This role sits within the Prison Infrastructure and Technical Standards Division and will be responsible for the leadership and management of the digital, BIM and MMC functions within the Technical Standards and Digital team.

This is a new and dynamic role within an expanding team that is vital in the execution of several key Government policies that will have a major effect on the Prison sector. This role gives the opportunity for the successful candidate to be involved with crucial Prison strategy developments that will help shape the direction of the estate for the foreseeable future. There is also potential scope for successful candidates to work with the Project Delivery team to take a leading role on delivering the remainder of the expansion portfolio.

The BIM and MMC Delivery Lead is responsible for developing the procurement solutions and market for off-site construction for the Ministry of Justice. MMC is a strategic focus across Whitehall that is increasing in importance as we move to a presumption in favour of off-site construction (where it offers value for money) for all new build’s projects. As such, this will be a greatly rewarding post for a high calibre individual who is well organised, flexible, and able to work to tight deadlines with experience of leading teams to implement fundamental change. The role will require senior management engagement (including to Ministers) on MMC progress, liaising with other government departments to champion MMC and share lessons learned, and promoting MMC internally and externally to move the construction industry forwards.

The post holder is accountable for the successful, timely and quality delivery of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) across our new build prisons, with appropriate engagement through outsourced professional service providers. Your input will be integral to drive forward the next stages of investment and forward planning, and this is excellent opportunity to balance your senior management skills with your technical expertise. They will also be responsible for the successful implementation of specifications and BIM and other digital innovations across our new build and expansions at existing prisons, with appropriate engagement on future programmes of work. Your input will be integral to drive forward the leading role MoJ has played across Government in terms of Digital, MMC and Platform approaches. This is excellent opportunity to balance your senior management skills with your technical expertise.

Job Description, Duties and Responsibilities 

We are looking for a talented individual to lead this team and use their knowledge, experience and drive to design and implement the strategy and plan to take forward this progressive alternative to traditional construction for the delivery of the prison estate. Responsibilities will include the following:

MMC
•    Developing an overarching MMC Vision and Strategy for the department, ensuring alignment with Ministerial goals, and driving that strategy to fruition
•    Championing and embedded MMC as a viable delivery practice for the prison estate
•    Ensuring that design standards and specifications are compliant with legislation, fit for purpose and provide value for money
•    Defining roles, responsibilities and metrics to monitor MMC progress and driving improvements
•    Developing commercial models that share risk and reward MMC innovation, leading future framework procurements and ensuring they deliver to plan and support value for money projects and programmes
•    Actively managing the engagement of internal and external stakeholders on MMC in the MoJ
•    Providing clear direction and focus, visibly championing the changes which deliver greater efficiencies

BIM
•    Ensure the MoJ’s BIM standards are scaled and appropriately adopted in all projects.
•    Develop communication and training plans to demonstrate the use and benefits of BIM to a wide range of stakeholders (such as a Project Management tool).
•    Develop a space / object library strategy that links with the MMC and Platform strategy and vision.
•    Lead the alignment between Information exchanges in delivery v operation.

Leadership is a critical element of this role, as is the ability to prioritise and manage a workload, analyse complex information, present recommendations and make effective decisions.

Skills and Experience 

You should be able to work with minimum supervision, taking responsibility and accountability for outcomes.

Experience of tackling problems and finding suitable solutions for end customer requirements.

Experience of effectively working through a diverse range of stakeholders, to achieve successful outcomes.

You should have experience of delivering projects to a standard control framework process.

Essential Criteria
 
General skills & experience:
•    Leading a varied and senior team of professionals to deliver ambitious targets (assessed via leadership behaviour)
•    Strategy development and implementation (assessed via changing and improving behaviour)
•    Complex stakeholder management (assessed via leadership behaviour)

Knowledge – to be assessed via Statement of Suitability
•    Working knowledge of the offsite market and technology
•    Detailed understanding of the current UK construction market and factors influencing construction in the future
•    Knowledge of digital technologies in construction

Skills – to be assessed via Communicating and Influencing behaviour
•    A strong communicator and able to present confidently to a wide range of audiences
•    IT literate

Desirable 
•    Knowledge of the wider (global) offsite market
•    Knowledge of RIBA stages and experience of construction projects  
•    Financial management experience
•    Contract management experience such as PPC 2000, NEC3 forms of contracts and contract remedies.
•    Understating of Project Management techniques and processes
•    Awareness of Government Property Profession 
•    A strong delivery and commercial focus with understanding of potential cost reduction strategies and leveraging purchasing power to drive savings and benefits
•    Knowledge of central government strategy and process
•    Leading role in complex and high value project/framework procurement processes
•    Risk management and opportunity and benefits realisation

Please note that whilst we don’t assess or score ‘desirable’ criteria, we may consider evidence provided that demonstrates meeting the desirable elements of the role, only after essential criteria is assessed and where there is a need to differentiate between closely scored candidates. 

Qualifications
•    Undergraduate Degree in a related subject (e.g. project management, quantity surveying, construction or relevant subject matter). Or
•    Accreditation with an engineering or design/architectural institution

Qualification/accreditation will be verified via an eligibility question during the application process and candidates will be asked to upload evidence.

Government Property Profession (GPP) Technical Skills 

The GPP Framework is aimed at staff working in property or property-related roles and consider property to be their career anchor profession. This usually encompasses posts where professional qualifications and experience are directly relevant to the work being undertaken. However, it is also applicable to those who are currently not qualified property practitioners but wish to make this their profession of choice. Those with a property background at any level are encouraged to register with the GPP, which exists to support property practitioners at all levels. Details of the GPP Career Framework can be found at:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-government-property-profession-career-framework--2

•    Property Professional Expertise A
•    Analytical Decision Making W           
•    Technology and Innovation A

Application process

You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework..

Sift
Behaviours – Please provide 250 word examples for the following behaviours, with reference to the related essential criteria listed above:
•    Leadership (lead behaviour)
•    Changing and Improving
•    Communicating and influencing
Experience – please provide:
•    Anonymised CV
•    750 word Statement of Suitability which should cover the essential knowledge listed above and the technical skills listed under section ‘Government Property Profession’.

Please refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade:

If we receive a large number of applications, we will carry out an initial sift on the lead behaviour, Leadership.

Candidates invited to Interview

Please note that interviews will be carried out remotely via MS Teams. During the interview, we will be assessing you on the Behaviours listed below and Strengths from the Success Profiles framework. 
•    Leadership (lead behaviour)
•    Changing and Improving

You will also be asked Technical questions relating to the GPP Technical skills:

•    Analytical Decision Making W           
•    Technology and Innovation A
Additional Information

Working Arrangements & Further Information

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.

Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.

For nationally advertised role: all successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale.  This will be at either a HQ building (subject to desk allocation, a Justice Collaboration Centre (JCC) or a Justice Satellite Office (JSO) – See Map. All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity). 

For current MoJ employees, your base location will need to be changed to the nearest viable office (to your home postcode), either at a HQ building, JCC or JSO within the National Office Network and moved its location’s respective pay scale (any legacy arrangements/locations will need to be amended).

Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain their grade on lateral transfer.

All candidates who are currently in receipt of Mark Time / Pay Protection should ensure they are familiar with the new policy on permanent and temporary promotion which can be found on the employee intranet.

Flexible working hours

The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. MoJ welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ’s Flexible Working policy.

Benefits

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

Annual Leave

Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service.

There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Support

  • A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
  • Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
  • For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on www.GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
  • Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
  • Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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. Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.

For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long-term condition, please watch our animated videos.

You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the TBS Recruitment Enquiries Team.

Diversity & 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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ is able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidates will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

Civil Service Nationality Rules

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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
  • 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) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

Reserve list

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.
Contact Information

MoJ:

If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Please quote the job reference 16825

HMPPS

If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Please quote the job reference 16825

Application form stage assessments

Behaviours
A sift based on the lead behaviour, Leadership, may be held if a large number of applications are received. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, your application will be progressed to a full sift, where all behaviours will then be considered.
Behaviours Application Form Question Word Limit
250
Leadership
Changing and Improving
Communicating and Influencing
Experience
We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods
CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability
Statement of Suitability
Guidance for the Statement of Suitability
Your statement of Suitability should cover the essential knowledge, and the technical skills listed under section ‘Government Property Profession’, detailed in the job description.
Evidence of Experience
CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability

Interview stage assessments

Interview Dates
Expected w/c 25th May
Behaviours
Leadership
Changing and Improving
Strengths
Strengths will be assessed but these are not shared in advance. To learn more about Strengths and how they are assessed please click here.
Technical
Analytical
Technical and Innovation
Level of security checks required
Counter Terrorism Check (CTC)

Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al)

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. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.  Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.