DIO – Business Support Manager
| Posting date: | 24 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,530 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 July 2025 |
| Location: | PE282EA |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 410684 |
Summary
Main Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the role are:
Management of the MoD programme and processes of Business Rates expenditure and Income including liabilities, Trading Partners and Visiting Forces.
Supporting the coordination and management of the pan MoD Business Rates Budget for the UK, including changes to the estate to ensure accurate forecasts of expenditure and rebates.
Close liaison and support in the management of a specialist contractor, ensuring delivery against agreed service levels and contractual obligations.
Management of site information data, including change detail, supporting business rates assessments and forecasting.
Contributing to the continuous improvement of processes, systems, and data quality related to business rates management across the estate.
Location
The successful candidate will be expected to regularly attend the RAF Wyton location and will involve weekly attendance to the office for face-to-face meetings and collaboration. Other DIO locations may be considered whilst ensuring the location of the successful candidate can still meet the business and travel requirements of the role. Please state of office location choice on your application form.
If travelling outside your base location for duty reasons, you will have access to flights, hire cars, rail tickets and overnight accommodation. You can also claim 45 pence per mile should you choose to use your own vehicle for business travel.
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 office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
DIO Business Area – Estates
The Defence estate is one of the largest landholdings in the UK and covers an estimated 1.8% of the UK land mass (200,000+ ha). This is complemented by a significant UK Defence presence overseas.
Estates are the in-house real estate team within the DIO (part of the UK Ministry of Defence) supporting infrastructure needs across a high-profile Public Estate. We acquire, manage, safeguard, and dispose of Defence real estate. Our unique customer knowledge and insight of the Defence Estate enables our in-house team of property professionals to provide in-depth advice to our Military customers.
The Team
The DIO Estates Programme Management Office (PMO) is a pan-Estates team, which supports the Estates delivery programme and its delivery teams via centralised Data, Programme and Business Management.
The Business Management Team (BMT) sits within the Estates Programme Management Office and is accountable for the business and admin support to all Delivery Teams in Estates. The BMT has Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in: Business Support, Recruitment, HR, Apprenticeships and Learning & Development.
The responsibilities of the role are:
Management of the MoD programme and processes of Business Rates expenditure and Income including liabilities, Trading Partners and Visiting Forces.
Supporting the coordination and management of the pan MoD Business Rates Budget for the UK, including changes to the estate to ensure accurate forecasts of expenditure and rebates.
Close liaison and support in the management of a specialist contractor, ensuring delivery against agreed service levels and contractual obligations.
Management of site information data, including change detail, supporting business rates assessments and forecasting.
Contributing to the continuous improvement of processes, systems, and data quality related to business rates management across the estate.
Location
The successful candidate will be expected to regularly attend the RAF Wyton location and will involve weekly attendance to the office for face-to-face meetings and collaboration. Other DIO locations may be considered whilst ensuring the location of the successful candidate can still meet the business and travel requirements of the role. Please state of office location choice on your application form.
If travelling outside your base location for duty reasons, you will have access to flights, hire cars, rail tickets and overnight accommodation. You can also claim 45 pence per mile should you choose to use your own vehicle for business travel.
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 office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
DIO Business Area – Estates
The Defence estate is one of the largest landholdings in the UK and covers an estimated 1.8% of the UK land mass (200,000+ ha). This is complemented by a significant UK Defence presence overseas.
Estates are the in-house real estate team within the DIO (part of the UK Ministry of Defence) supporting infrastructure needs across a high-profile Public Estate. We acquire, manage, safeguard, and dispose of Defence real estate. Our unique customer knowledge and insight of the Defence Estate enables our in-house team of property professionals to provide in-depth advice to our Military customers.
The Team
The DIO Estates Programme Management Office (PMO) is a pan-Estates team, which supports the Estates delivery programme and its delivery teams via centralised Data, Programme and Business Management.
The Business Management Team (BMT) sits within the Estates Programme Management Office and is accountable for the business and admin support to all Delivery Teams in Estates. The BMT has Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in: Business Support, Recruitment, HR, Apprenticeships and Learning & Development.