The Chief Property Officer is responsible for one of the most diverse and complex estates in Government. This includes responsibility for over 112 prisons, 493 probation offices, a further 10 MoJ Headquarter offices, providing support to projects over 300 Courts locations and 399 Home Office locations across the UK.

The Property Directorate provides a range of services including environmental sustainability, property strategy and communications, asset management (including acquisitions and disposals), capital planning and project delivery, maintenance and facilities management, fire, health and safety, compliance and business continuity.

As Chief Property Officer, you will provide strategic direction and deliver our ambitious property agenda, utilising our extensive supply chain and MoJ workforce to deliver crucial services supporting our front-line delivery. You’ll be focused on service excellence and a superior customer experience.

The Chief Property Officer requires a standout senior leader with deep knowledge of best-in-class industry thinking, adept at building effective relationships with delivery partners and key stakeholders across the Government Property community, and who has a central focus on driving best possible value and outcomes for the MOJ and our customers.

This is a Nationally based role.

• Lead and empower circa 450 property and FM professionals and support functions deliver against strategic goals and functional objectives.
• Sponsor the delivery of the Property Transformation Programme, transforming facilities management services by improving service delivery, data, IT systems and embedding professional and functional standards by March 2026;
• To manage the day-to-day operations of Property Function, ensuring that planning, end-user impact, change management, training, quality management are properly addressed and monitored to ensure that deadlines, budgets, and service levels are met, and results delivered.
• Delivering a safe, secure, available, compliant and fit for purpose estate every day with a focus on increasing estate capacity to meet increasing demands.
• Drive strategic decision making across the department that shapes our use of property and estate requirements.
• Shape the strategic direction of the property estate and investment portfolio, to deliver departmental and Civil Service priorities, work towards improving facilities management and plan the future footprint of MoJ.
• Proactively engaging with the core Department, arm’s length bodies and Government Property Agency to improve service satisfaction.
• Leading and driving professionalism across the function and more widely in government.
• To take strategic direction from compliance leaders on estates related health and safety, security, fire, and related matters and implement to ensure compliance regarding all legislation and regulations.
• Fully engage departmental senior stakeholders with the Government Property Strategy and
• Maintain strategic oversight over several interacting or department property policies, programmes, or operational activities.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.

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