Responsibilities To ensure overall successful delivery of building and building services operations across the Parliamentary Estate by supporting and leading accountable managers and ensuring that maintenance activities deliver results in line with the wider HOC, HOL and PMST strategic plan. • To assist the Director of Maintenance in the strategic planning for PMST, including development of the Maintenance Strategy and its integration into the strategic framework of the organisation. Taking a leading role in the strategic planning and direction as a member of the Senior Management Team. • To develop the directly employed House maintenance team increasing their capabilities to deliver services through forward planning for resources utilising apprenticeship schemes and training for existing and new staff. • To provide effective leadership and management of the Parliamentary Maintenance Service Team, ensuring all work is delivered in a customer- centred, quality driven manner and managed against agreed service standards. • Have responsibility for the operational planning for the Parliamentary Estates including co- ordinating the workload and building the capacity of the Parliamentary Maintenance Service management team in line with established strategic goals and required standards of operation. • Develop a proactive maintenance sub strategy which will provide resilience and future planning ensuring improved preparedness and mitigations. • Provide specialist professional, technical and expert advice across Parliament. Representing the Service professionally on committees,
Security Successful candidates will be required to complete pre-employment checks. This includes security vetting to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level or higher, as described in the job description. All successful candidates are required to pass these checks before an offer can be confirmed. You should be aware that if you have resided outside of the UK for a total of more than two of the last five years, you are not eligible to receive security clearance to work on the Parliamentary Estate. Hours We offer a range of flexible working options and actively encourage applications from candidates expressing a wish to perform the role in a flexible working arrangement such as part-time working, job-share and compressed hours. SCS Positions Net conditioned full-time working hours for staff of the House in the Senior Commons Structure are 36 hours per week plus additional hours as the service of the House may require. This excludes daily meal breaks of one hour. Exact times of attendance each day are to be agreed with line management. Hybrid Working Our mission is to support a thriving parliamentary democracy – and today more than ever, this means being ready to carry out our essential functions in Westminster and elsewhere. Since 2020 our workforce is involved in developing new, business resilient capabilities for hybrid working. We support colleagues to deliver excellent services on the Parliamentary Estate and remotely, while the balance of location varies according to the requirements of each job role.
working groups, review panels and meetings, where appropriate, to give input on relevant strategies and interventions and to provide advice on the future maintenance requirements. • Have responsibility for managing the maintenance budget for area of responsibility, prioritising and focusing resources as necessary to meet Parliament’s needs and properly administer the funds allocated in accordance with Parliament’s Financial Regulations guidelines. • Have accountability for all operations and maintenance of the estate to ensure that Parliament adheres to all relevant health & safety and environmental legislation and that the PMST implements working practices that minimise risk to staff, members and visitors. • To drive performance, using key performance metrics and data analysis techniques to analyse trends, opportunities for improvement and advise the Director of Maintenance on suitable courses of action. • Presents assurance and risk-based reports to the PMST Director, outlining remedial actions and targets for completion. Deploys plans to mitigate against any potential delays to key areas of delivery. • To represent the PMST Director at boards and meetings as appropriate. • Monitors, coaches, supports, motivates and develops team members to enable them to deliver to the best of their ability and upholds the values of collaboration and inclusion in their approach to leadership. • • Ensure monthly audits are carried out to identify and record all maintenance activities via Planon work management system to monitor and develop improvement plans to ensure services are delivered to required standards.
If you are selected for an interview, please discuss the working arrangements for this role with the interview panel. Workplace Adjustments As an inclusive employer, the House of Commons supports individuals in need of workplace adjustments. The workplace adjustment process prevents, reduces or removes problems you might face at work. Adjustments can be requested to help with obstacles relating to mental health, and physical or non-physical requirements. You can request a workplace adjustment if you have a disability or suffer from a difficulty or disadvantage in your workplace. Application and Selection Process Further details will be provided if you are successful at the initial application stage. We may ask you to complete a test, presentation or other assessment as a part of your recruitment process. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you a combination of competency questions and role specific questions solely based on the criteria below. Any presentation or test requirements will be clearly communicated to you well in advance of your interview. As a Disability Confident Leader, it is important that we are able to make appropriate arrangements or adjustments where necessary in order to create a full and equal participation in the selection process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please contract the recruitment team to see how we can meet your needs.
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