Facilities Management Technical Asset Manager

Details
Reference number

430440

Salary

£60,300 - £66,330

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Chief Operating Officer Group - Home Office Property Services (HOPS)

Type of role

Estates

Property

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newport (Gwent), Peterborough, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent

About the job
Job summary

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

The Chief Operating Officer Group works closely with the Home Office's policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department's priorities. The group is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.

Home Office Property Services (HOPS) are responsible for providing expert property services to the department. The estate comprises of office space, Border Force premises, warehousing, conference and residential buildings, and public access properties.

The Facilities Management (FM) Technical Asset Manager role is responsible for providing technical expertise and guidance in the management of facility operations, including statutory compliance, operational FM service delivery and asset management. The post holder will ensure alignment to government functional standards and enable FM service delivery activities to support the running of the Home Office estate, delivering a compliant, quality service and value for money.

Job description

Our property teams work with a variety of stakeholders within the department, across Government and with external suppliers to deliver a range of projects, change and improvements, estate management and facilities management, to support the Department in delivering our strategic ambitions of a smaller, better, greener estate in line with the Government Property Strategy, and operational and political priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Be the first line of response and subject matter expert to support FM colleagues, stakeholders and suppliers with technical guidance, including statutory and regulatory requirements, building codes, safety standards and contractual requirements to enable successful delivery of the FM contracts;
• Provide technical guidance, training and support to enhance the skills and capabilities of the FM team and wider Home Office colleagues, mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the team and deliver knowledge sharing with colleagues and stakeholders;
• Review and update procedures, policies and standards to align with changes in regulations affecting technical and FM operations;
• Develop and support audit processes;
• Lead on the design of condition and asset survey scope in conjunction with supplier partners, and develop processes to support asset lifecycle management and asset register maintenance;
• Attend regular supplier partner, stakeholder and contract management meetings, deputising for the G6 when required; and
• Ensure timely performance reporting, monitoring, and assurance, and that all information reporting cycles are met. Be responsible for key performance management technical and asset data.

Line Management

This role will involve line management of one team member.

Working pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Travel

This role will require travel to Home Office sites which would be at least monthly and could require some overnight stays.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Experience in technical and facilities management with good knowledge of building construction, infrastructure, systems and service.
• Extensive knowledge of H&S statutory processes, Building Regulations and built environment related legislation, codes, standards and SFG20 and have leadership, team and stakeholder management experience.
• Experienced in audit processes and asset lifecycle management.
• Holds Chartered Membership, Certified or Fellow of RICS, IWFM or CIOB, or is a Chartered Engineer.
• Able to communicate with stakeholders at all levels using different communication styles to articulate benefits and establish governance and processes;
• Confident in deputising for the Grade 6 in chairing supplier, internal and stakeholder meetings.
• Have a proven ability to resolve problems swiftly and deftly. Ability to exercise good judgement to analyse situations and develop new approaches; and have excellent written and oral communication skills, using these to manage a variety of stakeholders. Demonstrating the ability to mitigate between different agendas, resolve conflict and achieve positive outcomes.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) application.
• Knowledge of bringing digital innovation to asset management and maintenance.

Memberships

Holds Chartered Membership, Certified or Fellow of RICS, IWFM or CIOB, or is a Chartered Engineer.

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

• GPP: Health and Safety, Compliance and Inclusion (Senior Practitioner Level)

Benefits

In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:

• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
• Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
• Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
• See more of our benefits on our careers website.

Things you need to know
Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.

1. Application – by 6th November 2025

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

• CV.
• Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words).

Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications and skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be scored against the experience required for the role as noted within the essential criteria.

The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.

For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.

1. Sift – week commencing 10th November 2025

The sift will be held on the CV and Personal Statement.

1. Interview – week commencing 1st December 2025

If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviour and Technical Skills (as listed in the job advert) based questions.

For guidance on the Technical skills, please refer to the Government Property Profession (GPP) Framework

In addition, candidates will be asked to prepare a presentation that will be delivered at interview. The presentation question/scenario will be disclosed closer to the interviews.

The presentation will be assessed against 'Experience' on the 'Success Profiles' and will be assessed against the 'Essential Criteria' as listed in the job advertisement.

The interview will take place on Teams.

For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.

Artificial Intelligence

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.

Problems during the application process

If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you've made a mistake on an initial application, please contact , including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.

Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.

Location Preferences

You can select up to threelocations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.

Reserve lists will be held for each location. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location.

Standards

All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.

Additional Security Checks

As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. The level of Criminal Record Check required for this role is Basic. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.

If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre- stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email

Reasonable Adjustments

If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
• Complete the "Assistance Required" section in the "Additional Requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

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)
• 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

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 .

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.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :

• Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
• Email :

Recruitment team

• Email :

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, then contact the Government Recruitment Service via If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

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