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Standard requests and unusual challenges: IT Support at DIO

Posted by: Robert Boucher, Posted on: 3 February 2014 - Categories: Information Technology

I have always been fascinated by computers and IT from a very young age, and have always been compelled and drawn to anything technical. Although a cliché, being a self-confessed geek and working in IT pretty much goes hand in …

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Exciting times, major projects and unusual benefits

Posted by: Margaret Jesson, Posted on: 29 January 2014 - Categories: Project Management, Working at DIO

I joined DIO because, very simply, it offered wider opportunity and more scope to try different things in my career. It’s also presented me with some unusual benefits – I have been very close to some amazing aircraft and military …

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Money, money, money: Working in finance at DIO

Posted by: Andrea Turner, Posted on: 29 January 2014 - Categories: Finance

Working in DIO is a world away from my previous job working with corporate clients. I’m a Finance Manager based at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire. The finance team provides support to Service Accommodation in the UK and also to overseas …

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Surveying The Defence Estate

Posted by: Sarah Ashcroft, Posted on: 28 January 2014 - Categories: Surveying

Why did I become a surveyor? Well,  I wanted a job that involved being out and about and I had an interest in law, but didn’t want to be a solicitor. I also liked working with and meeting people – …

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Amazing Wildlife and Interesting Worklife

Posted by: Olly Howells, Posted on: 22 January 2014 - Categories: Environment and Ecology

I'm Olly Howells and I work in a team of eight DIO ecologists who cover the whole of the UK and overseas. We work alongside staff with expertise in archaeology, public access, forestry, environmental planning and other specialist areas. My time is …

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Always accommodating

Posted by: Brigadier Martin Boswell, Posted on: 18 December 2013 - Categories: Accommodation

Shelter is a basic human need and I’m fortunate to be responsible for ensuring the provision of accommodation for tens of thousands of Service personnel and their families.  I am Brigadier Martin Boswell and I’d like to explain why Service …

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Preparing our troops

Posted by: Brigadier Frank Noble, Posted on: 9 December 2013 - Categories: Military Training

Hello.  My name is Frank.  When I’m not watching my nine-year-old son play football and rugby – that’s his order of preference - I am Head of DIO Service Delivery (SD) Training, responsible for the Training Service.  We are the …

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Partnering with the private sector

Posted by: Dr David Marsh, Posted on: 18 November 2013 - Categories: Strategic Business Partner

DIO’s priority is to support our Armed Forces by providing the facilities and services they need to live, work, train and deploy on operations. We’re determined to give the men and women who protect our country the best possible service. …

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