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Reference number

373610

Salary

£43,785 - £51,839

A non-negotiable starting salary of £43,785 will be offered to the successful candidate. The salary range for this grade (SEO) is £43,785 to £51,839.

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

WG - Education and Public Services

Type of role

Procurement and Contracts Management

Working pattern

Full-time

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Location

Wales

About the job

Job summary

The role will be managed by the Head of Monuments Conservation who heads up a team responsible for ensuring all monuments are in good condition, safe and accessible for visitors. The Monument Conservation team also includes Cadwraeth, Cadw’s regionally organised craft stone masons and joiners.

Cadw is in the process of changing from GM contractors managed under a broader, external intermediary facilities management (FM) contract, to direct management of grounds contractors by this role. The current system ends in autumn 2025 and the postholder will be responsible for ensuring there is no break in good grounds management for Cadw’s monuments.

This role will set up, and then manage, new GM contracts for all Cadw’s monuments. GM contractors will be organised on a regional basis to match the existing regional Cadwraeth teams (NE, NW, SE, south central and SW Wales). All new contracts must deliver Cadw’s strategic objectives set out above.

The postholder will also lead a review of the grounds management of all 132 of Cadw’s monuments over 3 -5 years, ensuring ultimately that each monument has a Grounds Management Plan which delivers the strategic objectives above.

This role will be pivotal to achieving a step change in how Cadw manages its grounds across the estate.

Job description

The role will manage the grounds for Cadw’s historic monuments and buildings, prioritising Cadw’s strategic objectives (Cadw’s SOs) for its monuments:

Conserve an appropriate setting for all historic monuments / buildings,
Maximise biodiversity potential
Minimise impact on climate
Enable access for as many as possible
Increase seasonal interest
Promote visitor enjoyment
Ensure visitor safety.

Person specification

Lead the effective delivery of grounds maintenance (GM) currently managed by Cadw’s external FM contractor until this contract comes to an end in Autumn 2025, ensuring any issues with service delivery are addressed and resolved.
Ensure effective GM continues seamlessly for Cadw monuments at the end of the current FM contract.
Establish a multi-year, prioritised programme to review all Cadw sites, creating a Grounds Management Plan for each which delivers Cadw’s strategic objectives for its grounds and includes a GM task list that can be used for re-tendering the new GM contracts as and when appropriate.
Devise new contracts which deliver Cadw’s strategic objectives (see above) include key performance indicators for managing performance and, ensure flexibility from contractors. Provide a quarterly performance report on GM.
Take responsibility for reviewing the existing and potential new GM contractors available across Wales grouping them into 5 regional contract areas. The review should identify suitable contractors based on their ability to deliver improved biodiversity, quality, reliability and flexibility.
Devise a system of inspection and sampling which ensures GM is delivered as contracted.
Set up a system to measure biodiversity gain at Cadw sites.
Establish strong working relationships with Cadw colleagues, in particular the regional Conservation Works Managers (Cadwraeth), Cadw’s finance team, Cadw’s Historic Environment Inspectors and the Biodiversity and Nature Conservation team within Welsh Government. Establish equally strong working relationships with Natural Resources Wales and other external groups.
Support in responding to FOI requests and briefings related to Cadw’s FM provision as required by WG Senior Leadership and Ministers.
Explore new partnership opportunities to collaborate with, and / or delegate the GM of some sites to local or national nature groups.
Commission and manage small and medium GM projects at Cadw sites as appropriate. These will have a dedicated capital budget.

Licences

Do you hold a current driving license

Memberships

Are you a member of, or eligible to apply for chartered membership of CIEEM, CIWEM, BES, LI, IEMA or other relevant professional body

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and Improving
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Seeing the Big Picture

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Ability to undertake survey quantify biodiversity outputs developing & communicating site management plans planning delivering training & engaging stakeholders it would be an advantage if some work had been undertaken within the Historic Environment.

Benefits

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%

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

A presentation on Technical 1 will be required at interview stage. More information will be provided in the invitations to that stage.

Number of Stages:

2 stage process

Stage 1

Application Form

Stage 2

Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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.

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).

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Contact point for applicants

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Properties in Care

Email :

CadwEstatesandProperty@gov.wales

Recruitment team

Email :

Sharedservicehelpdesk@gov.wales

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