Workplace Design Standards Lead

For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the government’s largest public service departments with a sizeable annual budget, serving over 20 million citizens.

The estate spans
1.4 million square metres across
800+ sitesand supports around
78,000 colleagues.

Our vision includes DWPcolleagues,supply chain, partners and,most fundamentally, the customers the Department exists to serve. They are the reasonfor our existence.

We are responsible for theday-to-day operation of our vast Estate by managing a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as Security Guarding, Maintenance, Property and Leasehold Management, Construction, Cleaning and Facilities Management.

DWP Estates is not just about maintaining buildings - it’s about transformation. Our strategic goals include:

• Transitioning to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estateto meet future needs
• Investing in infrastructure through planned replacement works
• Embedding sustainability in line with Government Greening Commitments (GGCs)
• Delivering cost-effective services while maintaining high standards
• Creating a professional, best-in-class working culture across the Government Property profession

Our Estates strategy ambitions have been refreshed to take us through to 2030:

• OPTIMISE:
  Continue to transition to a more affordable and adaptable DWP estate that creates productive environments
• INVEST:
  Investment in an improved environment that better meets the needs of customers and colleagues and minimises service disruption
• SUPPORT the drive for sustainability throughout DWP
• DELIVER:
  Expertly deliver improving, cost-effective services for DWP
• THRIVE:
  Continue to develop a working culture for DWP Estates that is best in class across government

There is no better time to join the award winning DWP Estates team.

The Design Standards team works from project inception through post occupancy evaluation to ensure that the DWP’s property portfolio is aspirational in its approach to design, inclusivity and sustainability.

Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link)

This role sits within the following:

• Job Family – Technical Specialisms & Assurance
• Core Role
  - Design

• Lead the development of technical property standards for various building types across the portfolio ensuring, as a minimum, legal compliance but aspiring to the achievement of a ‘great place to work’ or engage with the DWP. Propose amendments as required, welcoming and responding to views and challenges from others
• Lead the preparation and implementation of Design Guides and ensuring the products complement and support the Governments wider design strategy. This to include ‘Smart Working’ principles as outlined in PAS
  3000 all communicated in a clear and creative way whilst clearly articulating how any changes will benefit the business
• Oversee and assist design consultants directly delivering projects relating to the DWP’s requirements. Understand the varying needs of the team and ensure they are supported and their experiences utilised
• Owner of all Furniture Fixtures and Equipment product design standards, welcoming and responding to views and challenges from others despite any conflicting pressures to ignore or give in to them
• Support and integrate branding, working with peers and Project Managers and supplier partners to ensure compliance, creating an inclusive working environment where all challenges and options are taking into account
• Oversee the resolution of technical issues with significant legal or commercial risk
• Lead on all aspects of Workplace planning for the diverse workforce, e.g. disability, age, PAS
  3000 ‘Smart Working’, sustainability etc along with linked initiatives and…