Nautical Policy Manager

GRS - MCA

Nautical Policy Manager

Closing date: 11:55pm on Tuesday 14 March 2023.

Ref: 269397

Salary: £50,238 - £55,997

Job grade: Grade 7

Location: Cardiff, Hull, Southampton

Job summary

We welcome applications from all communities and we don’t discriminate against any identity. We’re interested to hear from you, regardless of your background.

Are you looking for an exciting new role where you can be part of fast evolving change?

Do you have experience of working with maritime regulation at domestic and international level?

This is a fantastic opportunity to be in involved in industry change of more technology.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.

Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.

Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.

Job description

UK Technical Services Navigation (TSN) is part of UKMS within the MCA. TSN supports Government's maritime strategy for 'Safer Ships and Cleaner Seas' by ensuring high standards of marine safety and marine environmental protection through the development, implementation and monitoring of a consistent policy for UK navigation and radio-communication matters. This primarily covers SOLAS Convention Chapters IV and V (International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,1974); the COLREG (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 “the COLREGs”); associated EU legislation and the ITU Convention (International Telecommunications Union Convention).

The Navigation team sits within TSN and has particular responsibilities around SOLAS V and COLREG, Marine Licensing and Consenting consultations including Space Launch Activities, Offshore Renewable Energy Installations, the Port Marine Safety Code, UK Categorisation of Waters, and Vessel Traffic Management.

As the Nautical Policy Manager, you will effectively manage UK Navigation Policy and act as a focal point for the UK Administrations International & Statutory obligations that arise from SOLAS Chapter V & COLREGs. The post holder leads the Nautical Policy team to set the direction of MCA Nautical and Navigation policy as senior policy manager, including the direction and oversight over the development of MASS navigation policy. This is a pivotal period to be involved in shaping UK policy as disruptive technologies emerge within maritime navigation.

You will manage the MCA’s industry navigation stakeholder relationships and regular engagement with industry and other governmental bodies to feed into UK policy and international representation at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

The Technical Services Navigation Branch is a multi-disciplinary team of professionals working to further safety in the maritime domain. As such it is the aim of the branch to recruit and retain talent by maintaining a family friendly environment and excellent work life balance.

This role can be based in any of the advertised offices. MCA supports flexible working and operates a hybrid working model between home and office for this role, giving you greater flexibility over where and when you work. Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a maritime professional to improve their work/life balance with a less disruptive work pattern.

On occasion, there will be a requirement to work outside of normal conditioned hours.

Work/Travel on official duty within the UK and short term visits overseas or offshore, which may involve overnight stays away from home. A passport valid for international travel is required.

Licences

A passport valid for international travel is required

Qualifications

1. An MCA Recognised STCW II/2 Master unlimited Certificate of Competency
2. Qualification at Level 5 or above of the England, Wales and Northern Ireland register of Regulated Qualifications (e.g FdSc, DipHE, HND), or recognized equivalent

Security

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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.

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 also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Mike Bunton, Michael.Bunton@mcga.gov.uk

Recruitment team, DFTrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission.