Assistant Chief Coastguard England and Wales
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £67,108 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Advertised salary is inclusive of a base salary of £64,108 and up to £3,000 On-call allowance per annum. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 April 2024 |
| Location: | Bridlington |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 347447/1 |
Summary
Could you shape a new role to assist in driving HM Coastguard to become a world class international maritime response organisation?
Would you relish an exciting change of role where your skills will make a real difference?
We would love to hear from people from all operational service delivery backgrounds who have the necessary transferable skills to be the Assistant Chief Coastguard England & Wales.
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.
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.
HM Coastguard (HMCG) is the operational arm of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) with responsibility for 6 Coastguard functions:
- Search and Rescue.
- Pollution Response.
- Vessel Traffic Management.
- Maritime Safety.
- Maritime Security.
- Emergency and Disaster Management.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to join us in this new and exciting senior leadership role within HMCG, as the Assistant Chief Coastguard England & Wales.
Reporting directly to the Chief Coastguard the successful applicant will take strategic leadership for three Coastguard Divisions made up of regular officers and volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers. The Assistant Chief Coastguard England & Wales will evaluate risk, provide effective governance and supervision and ensure effective capacity planning to manage and match resource to demand, ensuring their division works to optimal performance levels.
The role holder has national strategic oversight for the Coastguard Rescue Management Group, Accident Prevention, Coastal Operations Business Management Group and deputise for the Chief Coastguard when required.
Stakeholder collaboration is key within this role and the Assistant Chief Coastguard England & Wales will liaise and build robust working relationships with other emergency services, local government, voluntary organisations the press and media and local resilience fora as well as internally across the MCA.
This is a rare opportunity to take up a significant senior position in a challenging and exciting new role in which you will enjoy great satisfaction in bringing your ideas to the forefront and seeing them through to fruition. The role provides the opportunity and empowerment to use your drive and passion to create innovative solutions to mitigate risk and deliver MCA business objectives in its drive to be a world class maritime emergency service.
This role can be based in the Holyhead, Milford Haven, Southampton HQ, Fareham, Falmouth or Bridlington office).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.
The expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your working time based at your principal workplace or out on official business. Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Providing strong visible strategic leadership, supervision, and guidance to their direct reports to ensure that maritime, aviation, coastal and counter pollution operational delivery is effective within their area of responsibility.
- Providing strategic direction to ensure that HMCG meet its responsibilities as a Category 1 Emergency Services Responder as required under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and be the operational national point of contact for the Civil Contingencies.
- Providing strategic oversight of the Counter Pollution Business Management Group to ensure that the group effectively identifies and proposes mitigation's to emerging operational risks, develops and monitors the control measures for recognised risks and raises significant risks to Chief Officers Group COG for inclusion in the directorate Risk Register.
- Responsible for providing strategic oversight to ensure that HMCG operations remain underpinned by an effective staffing structure, appropriate estate, equipment, and competency to deliver a service that is both fit for purpose and capable of adapting to meet future demands at Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centres (MRCCs) Humber, Falmouth, Milford Haven and Holyhead and Coastal Operational Areas of 5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 within in the context and parameters of the national network.
- Being comfortable making difficult decisions and exercising sound judgement at a strategic level, often in situations where uncertainty exists and information may be scant, whilst giving due consideration to the wider impact and optics of those decisions.
For an in-depth insight into the role, please refer to the Role Profile attached to this advert.