MoJ Property Directorate Role Profile

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 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.

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.

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 

General skills & experience:

• Leading a varied and senior team of professionals to deliver ambitious targets

• Setting strategy to a 5-year horizon

• Complex stakeholder management

• Leading role in complex and high value project/framework procurement processes

• Risk management and opportunity and benefits realisation

Knowledge:

• 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 central government strategy and process

• Knowledge of digital technologies in construction

Skills:

• A strong communicator and able to present confidently to a wide range of audiences

• A strong delivery and commercial focus with understanding of potential cost reduction strategies and leveraging purchasing power to drive savings and benefits

• IT literate

Highly 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

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent in a related subject (e.g. project management, quantity surveying, design/architectural, building surveyor, engineering, construction or relevant subject matter).

• Accreditation with an engineering or design/architectural institution

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

Behaviours

We will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership

• Changing and Improving

Flexible working hours

The Property Directorate offers a flexible working system in many teams.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. We are happy to accommodate any reasonable adjustments you may require during the selection process. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity

The Directorate is supportive of and encourages flexible working. Non-civil service candidates would typically start on the pay band minimum.