Marine Officer South East - Shoreham-by-Sea (Ref: 6086)

Shoreham-by-Sea

Job Summary

This position is based at Pilots Watch House, Shoreham-by-Sea

Job Description

About the Role

This is a really exciting time to join the MMO as we become an independent coastal state, embedding new repatriated functions and services with an increased focus on the protection and enhancing of the marine environment. The role of Marine Officer is a varied, interesting and key part of the MMO’s work.

MMO South East Marine Area consists of 3 offices – Hastings, Shoreham, and Portsmouth. Whilst vacancies are open for recruitment to Shoreham, there is the potential to discuss recruitment options for Hastings and Portsmouth.

You’ll be trained and accredited to become a marine assurance specialist while forging close working relationships with delivery partners. Following a risk-based approach, you’ll be instrumental in assuring marine activity.

This role is one with a lot of variety, from inspecting fishing vessels on landing, making compliance assessments of marine developments, providing guidance to those in marine industries and contribution towards addressing intelligence. It involves getting out around the local coastline and from our offices assuring that activities taking place are done so according to rules and regulations. You’ll foster working relationships across marine industries and be the face of the MMO as you do so.

Key Tasks, Accountabilities And Responsibilities

• Inspection of fishing vessels in port and, where applicable, at sea.
• Providing guidance to the fishing industry to enable better compliance.
• Representing the MMO at meetings related to fishing and other marine activities with stakeholders.
• Detection and resolution of offences against marine regulations.
• Desk-based monitoring of fishing activity including transportation and sales of fish.
• Providing intelligence to help inform of risk of harm to the marine environment.
• Where offences are detected, taking initial steps to gather evidence to a high standard.
• Monitoring and inspection of works licensed under the Marine and Coastal Act 2009.
• Providing local advice to central MMO teams about the effects of activity in the marine environment.
• Site visits to inspect activities with a marine licence including detection of offences.
• Monitoring of activity within local MPAs.
• Input into (and monitoring of) pollution events.
• Gathering evidence following detection of offences
• Assisting with the investigations process including interviewing suspects
• Providing assistance to the Investigations Team in progressing investigations
  
  

Essential

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Using initiative and working on your own.
• Ability to interpret rules/regulations and apply them to a range of practical situations/solutions.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and control workload and deliver results to agreed timescales.
• Track record of professional engagement, problem solving and attention to detail.
• Computer literate.
• A good team worker.
• Individuals must be able to physically undertake their duties in a sometimes challenging environment, such as getting on and off vessels in port, climbing quay ladders and inspecting fish within chillers.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of marine activities and associated legislation
• A marine-related qualification
• To be computer literate in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
  
  

Essential

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Using initiative and working on your own.
• Ability to interpret rules/regulations and apply them to a range of practical situations/solutions.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and control workload and deliver results to agreed timescales.
• Track record of professional engagement, problem solving and attention to detail.
• Computer literate.
• A good team worker.
• Individuals must be able to physically undertake their duties in a sometimes challenging environment, such as getting on and off vessels in port, climbing quay ladders and inspecting fish within chillers.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of marine activities and associated legislation
• A marine-related qualification
• To be computer literate in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
  
  

Person specification

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Alongside your salary of £28,864, Marine Management Organisation contributes £8,361 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

Selection process details

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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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) (opens in a new window)
• 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
  
  

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

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 Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : Marcus Griffiths (Senior Marine Officer - Hastings)
• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

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Further information

https://networkrecruitment.tal.net/vx/appcentre-5/brand-10/spa-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/6/opp/6086-6086-Marine-Officer-South-East-Shoreham-by-Sea/en-GB