Senior Coastal Operations Officer
| Posting date: | 07 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,233 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Advertised salary is inclusive of a base salary of £34,233 and up to £6,000 of additional allowances which includes: Public Holiday, Evening and Weekend - £1000 personal allowance, Enhanced weekend allowance - £2,000 & on call allowance - £3000 personal a |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 January 2025 |
| Location: | Newhaven |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 384814/1 |
Summary
Do you have a passion for developing people and love to build and support others to achieve their best?
If so, this is your opportunity to help save lives with the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA)!
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 are committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams.
We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at MCA.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks groups covering, Women’s, LGBTQI+, Race, Carers, Mental Wellbeing and volunteer Respect Ambassadors.
The role holder is responsible for leading, training, and managing a number of Coastguard Rescue Teams, under the supervision of the Coastal Operations Area Commander to ensure that the Operational Area is at a state of constant readiness. Responsible for the supervision and management of vehicles and estates belonging to a number of Coastguard Rescue Teams, and for the inspection of operational equipment.
As part of the role, your responsibilities will include:
- The role holder forms part of the Area Management Team, with responsibility for delivery of agreed Area objectives and for informing the Coastal Operations Area Commander of developments and opportunities within their teams which will impact on Area plans.
- Leading and managing a number of teams allocated to them by the Coastal Operations Area Commander. They will act as mentor and coach to Station Officers, ensuring that there is a consistent standard of leadership and compliance with policy across the teams they are allocated.
- Responsible for recruitment, induction, and technical training of volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers, the monitoring of their probation progress and ensuring that newly recruited Coastguard Rescue Officers are developed appropriately, are motivated and understand the commitment required within the volunteer Coastguard Rescue Service. This includes ensuring that Coastguard Rescue Officers are trained and assessed in all disciplines required in line with national policy, and Area priorities.
- Continually strive to identify good practice, lessons learnt and opportunities for continual improvement within the teams.
We operate a 24/7 on-call roster as part of a team and you will be required to participate in this, acting in a leadership, direction and standards role for the Coastguard Rescue Service. By exception, this will include deployment anywhere in the UK.
If you would like more information, please find the role profile attached.
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