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.

BENEFITS

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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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)
• 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

Environment and Sustainability
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